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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Naloxone (opioid antidote) should be available in ED in case of severe respiratory depression. They should be admitted to hospital in case of clinical deterioration to receive ICU treatment. This treatment is usually done in the ICU setting. Monitor vital signs for respiratory depression. A newer therapy option is ketamine.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

This document will focus on the anatomical considerations and aspiration risk. It is true, someone finally did an RTC on ICU level patients and found that first pass success IS better with VL than DL (Prekker 2023), but the fact remains that sometimes VL fails. naloxone), the person is likely to get intubated.

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