A few days ago Dr. Steve Rowe (@KangarooSteve) asked a question: @rfdsdoc @emcrit who would like to share any emergency department pre RSI checklists?? #FOAMed — Steve Rowe (@Kangaroosteve) November 28, 2013 The responses were so amazingly useful that they just had be Storified for posterity (read on). Checklists are hot. In fact, they’re so […]
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Catching or Tubing
Should all med students learn how to deliver a baby or intubation? #meded — Taylor (@canibagthat) June 13, 2013 And with that began a debate that might have deteriorated into an all out brawl had the participants been standing face to face. This came on the heels of yesterday’s excitement around the question of stopping […]
Let the Junior Intubate? Nah… (Part B – Ethics and Such)
For the case intro, See “Let the Junior Intubate? Nah… (Part A)” In an earlier post I introduced a case that got me thinking about intubating in a training environment. Specifically, I wondered, how do we decide whether the junior-most or senior-most person in the room should intubate the patient with impending respiratory failure? O […]
NODESAT – Make It Happen
If you believe apneic oxygenation increases safe apnea time during intubation, and accept the NODESAT methodology, you’ve probably found yourself in an RSI conundrum. Three devices are needed to effectively preoxgyenate and safely intubate a patient: 1) O2 Mask (NRB), 2) Nasal Cannula (NC), and 3) BVM. But with a maximum of two oxygen outlets in […]
#FOAMed Page is Up
In the name of cleaning out the attic, will be sorting through various talks, workshops and other educational projects I’ve done over the last few years and posting them to my new FOAM page. In the mean time, have shared “Intubating in the ED – RSI, DSI and Beyond” (for residents), and “Mechanical Ventilation” (medical student version). […]