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An Insight into Mountain Rescue Teams (MRTs)

Mind The Bleep

Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) is an umbrella organisation, with teams the final decider of how they operate. On the severest end of the spectrum, polytrauma was encountered in 7%, and concerns over a spinal injury in 7%. Team equipment, procedures, training schedules/frequency, and skill mix vary between teams greatly.

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Beyond Ketamine: When to use Facilitated Intubation in the ED

EMDocs

Improved Visualization: Video laryngoscopes allow for the use of standard or hyperangulated geometry, essentially allowing the operator to “look around the corner” on an anterior airway. Operators can manipulate the blade with less force to optimize the view, making it easier to identify and navigate the endotracheal tube into the trachea.

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Pediatric Pain

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Neonatal observational scales have been validated in the intensive care and post-operative settings; ED-specific quantitative scales are lacking. CRIES ( Table 1 ) was validated for post-operative patients; to adapt its use for the ED, the most conservative approach is to substitute “preoperative baseline” with normal range for age.