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Rural EM: PREOXI Trial Protocol In Rural Life

How do you apply the PREOXI trial to rural emergency medicine?

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    The Approach to the Poisoned Patient

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    A focused update on poisonings, toxicologic emergencies, and toxidromes with pearls, pitfalls, and myths. What can the emergency physician miss?
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    Unexplained abnormal vital signs on discharge / unexplained deaths after discharge: what can we do better?

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    Death after discharge from the Emergency Department (ED) is an uncommon but nonetheless highly concerning event. Discharge from the ED, on the other-hand, is a frequent event, with over 80% of ED visits culminating in discharge to home or non-acute care. (1) That number may be increasing with more pressure
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    EM Mindset: Larissa Velez – The Unique EM Mindset

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    Continuing with our EM Mindset series, here is another piece by Dr. Velez to kick off your week with another great piece. Enjoy!
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    Awake Endotracheal Intubation

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    An update on awake intubation with a discussion of the needed supplies, various techniques, complications, and modifications.
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    Management of the Trauma Patient’s Airway – Pearls and Pitfalls

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    Airway management is one of the most challenging and critical skills that the emergency medicine physician must master. This is particularly true in the setting of the trauma patient, where the ABCs of trauma evaluation begin with establishing the patency of the airway and ensuring adequate oxygenation and ventilation before
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    Hyperviscosity Syndrome

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    What if the viscosity of a patient's blood---that is, how "fluid" it is and how easily it flows---contributed to a unique stellate of symptoms?
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    Trauma Resuscitation

    Primary: CABC vs MARCH (massive hemorrhage, airway, respiration, circulation, hypothermia/head injury)

    Deadly diamond of trauma: hypocalcemia, hypothermia, coagulopathy, acidosis

    If transfusing trauma patient, don’t forget the calcium

     

    If giving TXA, consider using 2g IV bolus; frees IV line, cognitively offloads, supported by TCCC guidelines

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