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2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More

ACEP Now

1 The primary outcome was the frequency of observed hypoxemia, defined as any pulse oximetry reading below 85 percent. Serious patient-oriented outcomes such as cardiac arrest were rare, but almost all occurred in the oxygen mask cohort. The obvious winner was NIPPV, whose 9.1

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The Ducanto Catheter—It Sucks!

RebelEM

James DuCanto, developed the DuCanto catheter to enhance airway management in these high-stakes situations. The commonly used 14 Fr Yankauer catheter, with its smaller bore, may struggle to clear heavily contaminated airways effectively. 1 The head-to-head performance of these devices has not been previously studied.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Motor Fingernail bed pressure with a pencil first If flexion outcome, then apply painful stimulus to neck or head (trapezius or supraorbital notch) to look for localization Spinal reflex can result in a falsely elevated score if lower extremity pain induced Verbal Orientated- Able to answer all questions. References : Teasdale G, Jennett B.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. This could be due to paralysis of the muscles which protect the upper airway. In studies including patients with trauma or Glasgow Coma Scale less than 8, intubation without sedation led to poorer neurological outcomes. This article is based on: Mayberry, H., Burgart, A.M.

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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

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Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. 4 Repeated trials have not shown alteplase to have any signal of better outcomes, nor tenecteplase to have an association with increased adverse events. Gotta catch ‘em all!” How Best to Stop the Bleeding in Trauma?

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.9.2024

Taming the SRU

Major contributing factors for poor outcomes in this patient population (Dalton et.

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Critical Care Now - Untitled Article

Critical Care Now

The 28 Fr DuCanto catheter, developed by Dr. James DuCanto, is designed to handle thicker fluids, potentially improving airway management. Research Question: How does the effectiveness of DuCanto catheter compare to the Yankauer and standard suction catheters at suctioning liquids of different viscosities?