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.

Operating Room 52

Operating Room ACS Critical Care Coronary 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Operative management is required in majority of cases. 9,23 Disposition: Dislocation : If successfully reduced in the emergency department may discharge with strict mobility restrictions and Orthopedic follow up. 6 Periprosthetic fracture : Admission for operative management. 2022 Jul;3(7):543-548. BJO-2022-0026.R1.

EMS 98

EMS E-9-1-1 Operating Room Emergency Department 98

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My first real encounter with the healthcare system took place when I was about seven years old and had to go into hospital for an orchidopexy, so I can empathize with all the young people who come through our emergency department with acute testicular pain. Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine , 10 (1). This dropped to 79.3%

Operating Room 111

Operating Room Emergency Department ALS OR 111

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.

ED 66

ED Operating Room ALS Frozen Plasma 66

ACEP Now

JANUARY 12, 2024

Case A 40-year-old female at 11 weeks, five days gestation presented to the emergency department (ED) with concern for lower abdominal pressure and inability to fully empty her bladder. The patient was admitted to the obstetrics service and underwent spinal anesthesia in the operating room to manually reduce the uterus.

Operating Room 52

Operating Room Emergency Department OR ED 52

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2 Moreover, the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ 2022 Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway recommend the use of adjuncts like bougies in anticipated difficult airways but stop short of endorsing their routine universal use. Randomized controlled trials or comparative non-randomized observational studies.

Operating Room 105

Operating Room Emergency Department ICU ALS 105

Core EM

JANUARY 16, 2025

Only about 50% sensitive for detecting an esophageal intubation (Grmec 2004) and about 65% sensitive for detecting a main-stem intubation in the operating room where everything is much quieter than in the ED (Sitzwohl 2010). et al (2022). The walls manual of emergency airway management. Auscultation. Even worse.

E-9-1-1 130

E-9-1-1 EMS ALS OR 130