In this blog by Dr. Jasmine Jolly, you will learn about the immediate actions to perform to resuscitate drowning victims.
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Cricothyrotomy, although a rarely performed procedure by the emergency physician, can be life- saving when definitive oropharyngeal airway cannot be established. Ultrasound can be an adjunct to the standard technique, especially in cases which the patient does not ideal airway anatomy. Check out this blog and get your POCUS on!
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Drs. Dumas and Beau discuss awake and facilitated intubations. The authors simplify the technique into basic steps and discuss a patient who directly benefitted from using a facilitated intubation approach.
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This article highlights a retrospective patient safety study investigating the use of depolarizing versus non-depolarizing agents in rapid sequence intubation. This study provides an example of how medical students can become involved in research projects at USF EM, leading to a manuscript publication.
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