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EM Journal Update: Prehospital Narrow Pulse Pressure Predicts Need for Resuscitative Thoracotomy and Emergent Intervention After Trauma

Core EM

2021 Background Prehospital trauma team activation criteria allow for prompt mobilization of personnel and resources. Read More PEMCAR iBook (Apple version) PEMCAR iBook (PDF) EMCAR – Prehospital Traumatic Narrow Pulse Pressure – J Surg Res 2021 Read More Prehospital hypotension is one of those criteria.

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Cuffed Endotracheal Tubes for Children: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

2021 Jun;31(6):713-719. Epub 2021 Apr 11. 0.41), p < 0.001. References : To YH, Ong YG, Chong SL, Ang PH, Bte Zakaria ND, Lee KP, Pek JH. Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments. Paediatr Anaesth. doi: 10.1111/pan.14185. PMID: 33774880.

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In-Office Pediatric Ear Tube Procedures: Interview with Preceptis Medical’s Greg Mielke

Medgadget

Medgadget spoke with Steve Anderson , CEO of Preceptis Medical, back in March 2021. Greg Mielke, Preceptis Medical: Today, approximately one million children undergo ear tube procedures annually in an operating room in the United States.

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First10EM Journal Club: May 2024

Broome Docs

Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. 2021 Oct;38(10):446-448. 2024 Mar 18:e240762. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0762. PMID: 38497992 Preventing poison ivy? N Engl J Med. 2024 Apr 4;390(13):1186-1195. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2309003.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

ACEP Now

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. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery National Databank Statistics 2020–2021. Accessed March 6, 2024. Aesthet Surg J.

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Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management

EMDocs

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. Preperitoneal Packing While most often done in the operating room, PPP may be done in the trauma bay in rare instances depending on the institution.

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Large bowel obstruction: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

EMDocs

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. Published 2021 Apr 22. Acute mechanical bowel obstruction: clinical presentation, etiology, management and outcome.

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