ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. Familiarity with post-op restrictions for gluteal AFT patients will also improve their care in the emergency department.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments. Intubation practice and outcomes among pediatric emergency departments: A report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS). Acad Emerg Med. 2018 Mar;28(3):210-217.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: January 31st, 2018 Reference: Frohlich LC, et al. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Melissa Langhan is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Yale University in New Haven, CT. display_podcast] Date: January 31st, 2018 Reference: Frohlich LC, et al. AEM Dec 2017. AEM Dec 2017.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

A 44 year-old male with unknown past medical history came by emergency medical services (EMS) to the emergency department (ED) for an electrical injury and fall from a high voltage electrical pole. In the operating room, there was minimal urinary output and the bladder pressures were 35 mmHg under sedation and analgesia.

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FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Data was pulled from June 2013 to June 2018. During Orientations, new crew members must do a minimum of 10 live intubations in the operating room before being cleared to intubate in the field. From experience, some emergency departments would not even allow the nurse to administer a paralytic.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

C, respiratory rate 20 breaths per minute, and oxygen saturation 95% on room air. This is less critical in ED management of the unstable pelvic fracture, as the optimal site for identification of rectal or vaginal tears is the operating room. An x-ray in the trauma bay demonstrated an AP grade III fracture.

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EMDocs

JULY 17, 2023

In these cases, CT may not be feasible and a plain radiograph showing free air or bedside US showing free fluid may be useful to confirm serious abdominal pathology prior to transfer to the operating room. 2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation. World J Emerg Surg.

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