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practice updates

Management of Acute Respiratory Distress in a Tracheostomy Patient

Scenario: You receive a call from EMS stating they are on the way to your emergency department with a 60 year-old male in acute respiratory distress. VS: HR 105, RR 30, BP 126/68, SpO2 83%. No further information is provided. The patient arrives, awake, alert and oriented in visible respiratory d...

practice updates

Intern Report Collection

Our ongoing intern report series is the product of first-year EM residents at UT Southwestern exploring clinical questions they have found to be particularly intriguing. For med students & junior residents – if you haven’t encountered these issues yet, you will!