ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

and youre three hours from the nearest tertiary care center. A young woman, 13 days post-tonsillectomy, comes into your rural emergency department (ED) coughing up blood. Even if you are successful in stopping the bleed in the ED, these patients need rapid ENT consultation for urgent definitive management in the operating room.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

EmergeNcy Department use of Apneic Oxygenation versus usual care during rapid sequence intubation: A randomized controlled trial (The ENDAO Trial). He writes an excellent […] The post SGEM#186: Apneic and the O, O, O2 for Rapid Sequence Intubation first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments. Intubation practice and outcomes among pediatric emergency departments: A report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS). Acad Emerg Med. 0.41), p < 0.001.

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REBEL EM

MARCH 27, 2023

2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. J Crit Care. Crit Care Explor. Paper: Owyang CG, et al. N Engl J Med.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

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. Familiarity with post-op restrictions for gluteal AFT patients will also improve their care in the emergency department.

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REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

If pre-made syringes are not financially feasible then the creation of these medications should be done by a dedicated emergency department pharmacist. Clinical Bottom Line: Acute hypotension must be treated emergently in order to decrease morbidity and mortality. Intensive Care Med. Am J Emerg Med. J Med Toxicol.

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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.

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