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REBEL Core Cast 106.0 – Nerve Block Basics

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Procedures and Skills

REBEL Cast Ep122 – Delayed vs Rapid Sequence Intubation in Agitated Trauma Patients

Background: Getting a definitive airway in a critically ill trauma patient can be a stressful situation.  The potential for soiled airways, cervical spine injuries, maxillofacial injuries and head injuries combined with agitation/delirium, altered mental status and hypoxemia can make securing ...

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Procedures and SkillsTrauma

Peri-Intubation Hypotension – Dose Induction Dose Matter?

Background: Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) is a procedure fraught with potential complications including hypotension which, in turn, can result in cardiovascular collapse. While there are numerous potential causes of hypotension peri-RSI, induction medications represent an important, modifiable variable. Over the ...

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Procedures and Skills

Don’t Become Obsolete: The EM Physician’s Fight Against Procedural Decay

INTRODUCTION You’re moonlighting in a remote access hospital. EMS radios in for a burn patient and to anticipate a difficult airway. You can hear the tension in their voice. They’re rolling up now. The patient is horribly burned. She was ...

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Procedures and Skills

REBEL Cast Ep120: Etomidate vs Ketamine for RSI in the ED?

Background: Standard rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the emergency department involves administration of an induction agent and a neuroblocking agent in quick succession.  RSI inherently carries with it risks of complications such as post-intubation hypotension and cardiac arrest in the ...

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitationThoracic and Respiratory

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