Abolishing the H’s and T’s
When I was rotating through the emergency department on my sub-I’s as a medical student, I remember the differential diagnosis being heavily emphasized throughout, often in the form of the…
read moreWhen I was rotating through the emergency department on my sub-I’s as a medical student, I remember the differential diagnosis being heavily emphasized throughout, often in the form of the…
read moreA little over a year ago I was lucky enough to write a post for CriticalCareNow.com on the bougie which can be found here. A more detailed version of this…
read moreAs originally published in EM Resident magazine. Endotracheal intubation is one of the most high-stakes and critical procedures we as emergency physicians perform; one study found that 4.2% of Emergency…
read morePost Authors: Anisa Mughal, MD (PGY-2) and Kevin Drechsel, MD (Attending, Mayo Clinic-Phoenix) CC: Shortness of breath HPI: This patient was a 61-year-old male with a history of epilepsy and…
read morePost Author: Anisa Mughal, MD, PGY-2 History and Physical Examination: A 28-year-old male with a history of renal tubular acidosis and urinary retention presents with 4 days of lethargy and…
read morePart 4: Can we have one without the other? First to consider is the problem common to both principal types of video laryngoscopes, the standard geometry and hyperangulated blades. If…
read morePart 3: Can we be competent at both? As alluded to previously, direct laryngoscopy, standard-geometry or Macintosh (CMAC) video laryngoscopy, and hyperangulated (GlideScope) video laryngoscopy are all distinct devices, with…
read morePart 2: Who is the King of First-Pass Success? In our last post, we saw that the NEAR III data suggested video laryngoscopy increases first pass success, although there…
read more“I will unequivocally state that it is wrong for people to practice direct laryngoscopy in 2012.” — Ron Walls on EMRAP September 2012 Awfully harsh words from the man who…
read moreAs originally published in EM Resident. A recent retrospective review analyzing a group of academic, community and free-standing EDs published in JACEP Open showed that emergency physicians performed a median…
read moreHere at ‘Copa, our ED is divided into the “Front” and the “Back.” The stable(ish) patients will go to the back of the ED, since they (relatively) have time to…
read moreEver since the BEAM (Bougie Use in Emergency Airway Management) trial was published in JAMA in 2018, the use of the bougie has become increasingly mainstream.1 Some of the advantages of using…
read moreAs originally published at emDOCS.net. Authors: Richard J. Cunningham, MD (@HappyDays_EM, EM Resident Physician, Creighton/Maricopa Emergency Medicine Residency, Phoenix, AZ) and Geoffrey Comp, DO (@gbcomp, EM Attending, Creighton/Maricopa Emergency Medicine…
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