The Pediatric Airway: Considerations and Challenges
5-year-old child involved in a motor vehicle crash (MVC) presents with altered mental status and a Glasgow…
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The Pediatric Airway: Considerations and Challenges
5-year-old child involved in a motor vehicle crash (MVC) presents with altered mental status and a Glasgow... -
Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress
Every two years, Americans go to the polls to choose our representatives in Congress and at the... -
Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and fever. Vital signs...
Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress
Every two years, Americans go to the polls to choose our representatives in Congress and at the…
Bougie: First Pass or Rescue Device?
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and fever. Vital signs…
How To Manage Tracheo-Innominate Fistula
A 24-year-old male with history of quadriplegia and traumatic brain injury presents to the emergency department with…
Should You Etomidate Me?
Case A critically ill patient presents to the emergency department (ED) requiring an emergent, definitive airway. While…
Case Report: Upper Airway Obstruction in the Emergency Department
Case Report A 25-year-old female with history of shellfish allergy presented to the emergency department (ED) via…
How To Use Video-Assisted Flexible Endoscopic Intubation
Airway technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and many emergency departments (EDs) now stock video laryngoscopes…
Preintubation Point-of-Care Echocardiography for Hemodynamic Optimization
Have you wondered why a particular patient coded after endotracheal intubation? Actually, it is not uncommon for…
Cushions Help Larger COVID-19 Patients with Proning
As COVID-19 cases continued to escalate in the United States in April 2020, Richard M. Levitan, MD,…
CRASH, a Mnemonic for the Physiological Difficult Airway
There are two causes of difficult airway: anatomy and physiology. These two factors are not always equally…