The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 13, 2024

Reference: Snyder BD, Van Dyke MR, Walker RG, et al. Reference: Snyder BD, Van Dyke MR, Walker RG, et al. Date: January 11, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is an EMS fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM. Resuscitation 2023. Resuscitation 2023.

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CPR Defibrillator First Responder Epinephrine 274

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 15, 2024

Reference: Jansen et al. 2023 Date: June 10, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rob Leeper is an intensivist, trauma surgeon, and general surgeon at Western University where he also serves as the director of the Royal College Surgical Foundations program. You wonder what the evidence is for this additional approach.

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Life Support Emergency Department ALS 300

FOAMfrat

JULY 3, 2024

If they are not already there, get ALS-level care to the patient as soon as possible. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control, 2023) some respiratory exposures can result in the long-term development of “reactive airway dysfunction syndrome (RADS)” This is a type of chemical induced asthma and is a life-long condition.

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Life Support ALS Emergency Response OR 105

REBEL EM

APRIL 22, 2024

Paper: Nielsen FM et al. Lower vs higher oxygenation target and days alive without life support in COVID-19. This data supports current practice of targeting a lower O2 sat. As therapies are escalated, it’s critical for clinicians to have high-quality data on target oxygen levels.

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Life Support ICU EMS OR 74

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. Kerrey BT, Rinderknecht AS, Geis GL, et al. Rinderknecht AS, Mittiga MR, Meinzen‐Derr J, et al. Bertrand P, Navarro H, Caussade S, et al. Peyton J, Park R, Staffa SJ, et al. PALS Algorithms 2024.

E-9-1-1 52

E-9-1-1 Emergency Department Advanced Life Support ALS 52

ACEP Now

APRIL 3, 2024

Several recent studies yield insights into this hypothesis: In a single site retrospective cohort study, Callaway et al demonstrated that TTM efficacy may be impacted by arrest severity.10 In a multisite retrospective cohort study, a study by Nishikimi, et al., Group W, Nolan JP, et al. Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, et al.

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Advanced Life Support ALS Life Support CPR 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, therapeutic hypothermia is supported for controlling intracranial pressure. A 2024 consensus guideline on TBI management in adults recommends therapeutic hypothermia for the management of raised ICP when other treatments have failed to control ICP. Kochanek et al. The guidelines by Kochanek et al.

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ALS Life Support Critical Care OR 117