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Palliative and Hospice Care in the Prehospital Setting

NAEMSP

The patient was dying while intubated in the ICU but was awake enough to engage in discussions with providers through writing about her wishes. Effect of a Mobile Integrated Hospice Healthcare Program on Emergency Medical Services Transport to the Emergency Department. Prehosp Emerg Care. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. Accidental Hypothermia: 2021 Update.

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min). 2021 Aug 1;133(2):374-378. Anesth Analg.

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SGEM#356: Drugs are Gonna Knock You Out – Etomidate vs. Ketamine for Emergency Endotracheal Intubation

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Etomidate versus ketamine for emergency endotracheal intubation: a randomized clinical trial. Intensive Care Med 2021 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter, former City of Bremerton Firefighter/Paramedic, currently a professor of Emergency Medical Services at Tacoma Community College’s paramedic program.

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Resident Journal Review: Massive Transfusion Protocols (MTPs) in Traumatic Hemorrhage

AAEM RSA

There was no difference in the secondary outcomes of time to hemostasis, ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, disposition at 30 days, incidence of primary surgical procedures, and functional status at hospital discharge (measured as Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended Score). Accessed January 5, 2021. vs. 78.1%, p=0.006). 376(9734):23-32.

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Sepsis Updates Relevant to the Emergency Physician

EMDocs

The most recent surviving sepsis campaign (SSC) guidelines were released in 2021, which provided 93 recommendations for evidence-based sepsis management. 1 Since 2021, attempts to identify a single screening tool with optimal sensitivity and specificity to predict which patients will develop sepsis or septic shock have been ongoing.

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