The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

His primary interests are resuscitation, prehospital critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound. More advanced skills such as airway management, vascular access, and cardiac medications are being de-emphasized. Case: A 46-year-old man has a cardiac arrest at home, witnessed by family.

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PulmCCM

JULY 3, 2023

Every airway manager should ideally be an expert with both DL and VL, but mathematics and muscle memory suggest that if your training included video, and you keep doing some intubations with video, it will be more difficult to achieve or maintain the same expertise at DL as airway experts who trained exclusively on DL. (Who

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 25, 2020

His primary interests are resuscitation, critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound. His primary interests are resuscitation, critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound. Case: A 60-year-old male is in your emergency department with sepsis from pneumonia.

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EM Curious

AUGUST 5, 2015

Onto the FOAMed RICH LEVITAN AIRWAY MANAGEMENT [VIDEO LECTURE]: A fantastic airway lecture discussing novel ideas about management of the difficult airway. You must watch this video here !

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 3, 2024

Use checklists for complex procedures, such as airway management. Maintain a routine during shift work, especially when it comes to obtaining adequate sleep during a string of night shifts. Routines are also helpful when applied to intentional, on-shift teaching.

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EM Curious

JULY 15, 2015

Onto the Foamed AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN THE CRITICALLY ILL [PAPER]: If you intubate patients this is a must read for management of the airway of sick patients. Check out our indexing section #FOAMED REVIEW which allows you to view previous weekly reviews by edition or by selecting from CORD curriculum categories.

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EM Updates

MARCH 24, 2021

The primary tool for emergency airway management then became the traditional laryngoscope , a device little improved since the 1940s, until the advent of video laryngoscopy in the early 2000s which changed everything. All airway providers must be competent in DL, but only because video is not always available.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Flexible laryngoscopy, CT scan, direct laryngoscopy under general anesthesia, esophagoscopy, ultrasound, or chest X-ray may all be requested by the surgical consultant. If the airway is deemed to be stable, flexible fiber-optic laryngoscopy and computed tomography of the neck may be appropriate initial studies. 2008;20(3):415-30.

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Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I was able to see what they were able to do compared to other paramedic crews, such as airway management with endotracheal tubes and administering drugs like ketamine. There were however some investigations used that you would not typically see in a ward A-E, such as thoracic ultrasound to rule out traumatic injuries.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As always, it’s ABC and IV, O2, monitor first with early airway management in those with head and neck burns being a top priority. Jeff: Real quick – in case you missed it – ultrasound sneaks in again. Jeff: If not already done, an ultrasound should be obtained as well and a two week follow up ultrasound will be needed.

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EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

Moreover, when airway management is needed, advanced airway techniques by ALS crews were associated with decreased odds of survival. Jeff: Interestingly, the system I work in has prehospital physicians, who do carry US, but I can’t think of a major trauma where ultrasound changed any of the decisions we made.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 4, 2021

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