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First10EM Journal Club: May 2024

Broome Docs

2022 Aug 1;93(2):157-165. Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Validating the Brain Injury Guidelines: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective multi-institutional trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg.

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Data Cafe Insights: 2023 ESO Trauma Index Overview

ESO

It’s built from ESO-compiled data consisting of 968,538 hospital records from 596 hospital systems that took place between January 1 st to December 31 st of 2022. Surgical Repair of Hip Fractures: Demonstrating effective care prioritization, 94% of older adults with hip fractures were moved to the operating room within 24 hours.

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Case Report: EMS Says Flail Chest, But Is It?

ACEP Now

On hospital day 2, he was taken to the operating room for surgical rib fixation. 2022; 22(11):432-439. 2022; 276:221-234. The trauma team placed a pigtail catheter in the right chest cavity to decompress the pneumothorax and the patient was admitted to the surgical intensive care unit. References Mistry RN, Moore JE.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

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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. Published May 11, 2022. Published online August 11, 2022:sjac224. References Garcia SE. Butt Lifts Are Booming.

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EZ-IO® Emergency Burr Hole for Epidural Hematoma

Handtevy

The standard care in North America for post-traumatic EDH involves decompressive craniotomy or trepanation via a burr hole, typically performed in an operating room by neurosurgery teams. EDH accompanies up to 4% of adult head injuries, leading to 10% mortality in adults and 5% mortality in children. Mannix, R., & Simon, E.L.

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Case Report: a High-Voltage Victim

ACEP Now

In our case, the patient had a CT of the head, cervical spine, and chest, abdomen, and pelvis with intravenous contrast demonstrated a C2, C7 compression fracture with significant bowel edema (Figure 4), and was taken to the operating room for left arm disarticulation, left below knee amputation and right above knee amputation.

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Cuffed Endotracheal Tubes for Children: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

2022 May 11;10:864766. 2022 Apr;29(4):406-414. Epub 2022 Jan 12. 0.41), p < 0.001. Bibl K, Pracher L, KĂ¼ng E, Wagner M, Roesner I, Berger A, Hermon M, Werther T. Incidence of Post-extubation Stridor in Infants With Cuffed vs. Uncuffed Endotracheal Tube: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Front Pediatr. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.864766.

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