Intubating the Critically Ill Patient
Intro / Main Questions The following is a review of the most recent literature regarding intubation of critically ill patients. Specifically, the following questions will be addressed: What is the...
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Supraglottic Airway Review
Background As of 2008, the Nation Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) data from 16 states reported 4 million EMS activations with over 88,000 airway interventions ranging from bag...
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Airway Subtleties in Critically Ill Patients
Airway Subtleties in Critically Ill Patients: Salicylate Poisoning, Hypotensive/Septic, and Obtunded DKA ‘Fish in the oropharynx.’ Sim training on Kangaroo Island, rural Australia via KIDocs.org....
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Yellowstone Advanced Airway Course Pearls
Thanks to Twitter I was privileged to attend a free advanced airway course hosted by Dr. Richard Levitan a few weeks ago. This is an incredible 3-day course set in the beautiful Tetons near...
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Neck Trauma: A Practice Update
Author: Amaan Siddiqi, MD (Senior EM Resident, Brooklyn Hospital Center) // Editor: Alex Koyfman, MD & Justin Bright, MD Basics of Neck Trauma The neck is a particularly tricky area of assessment...
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Resuscitation of the Pregnant Trauma Patient – Pearls and Pitfalls Authors: Geoff Jara-Almonte, MD (PEM Fellow New York Methodist Hospital) and Hilary Fairbrother, MD (EM Attending NYU)// Editor: Alex...
View ArticlePediatric Medical Resuscitation – The Airway
Pediatric Medical Resuscitation Pearls and Pitfalls: The Airway Author: Geoff Jara-Almonte, MD // Editor: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Featured on #FOAMED REVIEW 39TH EDITION – Thank you to Michael...
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Intubating the Gastrointestinal Bleeder
Author: Angela Hua, MD (EM Resident Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (EM Attending Physician, UT Southwestern Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital, @EMHighAK) and...
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Case – Blunt Trauma to the Neck
Author: Brett A Hayzen, MD (EM Chief Resident, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD...
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Preventing peri- and post-intubation decompensation: Pearls + Pitfalls
Authors: Sara Adibi, MD (@deebs_6, Baylor Scott & White at Centennial), Kathleen Cowling, DO (@ EMdoc911, Central Michigan University School of Medicine), and Michelle McLean, MD (Central Michigan...
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PEM Playbook – Adventures in RSI
Originally published at Pediatric Emergency Playbook on November 1, 2015 – Visit to listen to accompanying podcast. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Tim Horeczko on twitter @EMTogether Pediatric...
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10 Procedural Sedation Errors in the Emergency Department
Authors: Nicole Vetter, MD (EM Resident Physician, University of Connecticut Emergency Medicine Residency) and Jesse Sturm, MD (Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending, Connecticut Children’s Medical...
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Interpreting Waveform Capnography: Pearls and Pitfalls
Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit – EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK – EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Manpreet Singh, MD...
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PEM Playbook – Multisystem Trauma in Children Part I: Airway, Chest Tubes,...
Originally published at Pediatric Emergency Playbook on February 1, 2016 – Visit to listen to accompanying podcast. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Tim Horeczko on twitter @EMTogether Traumatized...
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Unstable Sepsis: Airway First? Not Always
Author: Jennifer Robertson, MD, MSEd // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) Case A 50 year-old male presents to the emergency department...
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Bi-level Ventilation: Who Needs it and Who Doesn’t? Pearls and Pitfalls
Authors: Robert Goodnough, MD (EM Resident Physician, UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program), Karla Canseco, MD (EM Resident Physician, UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Program), and Marianne...
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R.E.B.E.L. EM – Is Apneic Oxygenation Overhyped? with Scott Weingart
Originally published at R.E.B.E.L. EM on April 4, 2016. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Salim R. Rezaie (@srrezaie) and Dr. Scott Weingart (@emcrit) Welcome back to the April 2016 edition of...
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Pearls for the management of GSW associated traumatic injury
Author: Joshua Bucher, MD (Assistant Professor, Department of EM, Rutgers – RWJMS; Assistant EMS Medical Director, RWJ-MHS) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW /...
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Can’t Intubate Can’t Ventilate
Originally published at Pediatric EM Morsels on May 20, 2016. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Sean M. Fox on twitter @PedEMMorsels “Can’t Intubate Can’t Ventilate” is one of the frightening...
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R.E.B.E.L. EM – Critical Care Updates: Resuscitation Sequence Intubation –...
Originally published at R.E.B.E.L. EM on September 29, 2017. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Salim R. Rezaie at @srrezaie This blog post is the second part of a series of 3, on a recent lecture I...
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