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Medical Category: Procedures and Skills

REBEL Cast Ep107: The BOUGIE Trial – Bougie First in All Emergency Intubations?

Background: Emergency endotracheal intubation is a potentially life-saving procedure in the management of critically-ill patients. The inherent risks associated with the procedure challenge us to refine our skills and adopt new techniques that can improve our performance. The bougie is …

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitation

REBEL Core Cast 72.0 – Lung US

Take Home Points: Lung ultrasound is simple, quick and accurate for real time, bedside assessment of your patient with acute undifferentiated dyspnea PTX: least dependent area, shallow depth, lung sliding, lung point CHF: scan across the 4 zones of the …

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Procedures and SkillsThoracic and Respiratory

Meta-Analysis on Topical TXA for Epistaxis

Background Information: Epistaxis management in the emergency department has historically included topical vasoconstrictors, local anesthetics such as oxymetazoline and phenylephrine and topical fibrinolytic agents such as Tranexamic Acid (TXA). When these topical agents fail, packing, chemical cauterization or surgical ligation …

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Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, and ThroatProcedures and SkillsResuscitation

Rebellion21: Cut The Neck – The Bougie Assisted Cric via Andy Little, DO

In this 10-minute presentation from Rebellion in EM 2021, Dr. Andy Little, DO discusses the bougie assisted cricothyrotomy. Of the many High Acuity Low Occurence (HALO) procedures in medicine, few are as daunting as performing a bougie assisted Cric. For …

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Procedures and Skills

Rebellion21: SAVE the EYE – Lateral Canthotomy via Andy Little, DO

Of the Many High Acuity Low Occurrence (HALO) procedures in medicine, few are as daunting as performing a lateral canthotomy. For EM providers it is key to understand the indications, anatomy, and steps to performing this procedure on the right …

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Procedures and Skills

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