Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , EMS , Airway , Trauma

Critical Care Alert: Delayed Versus Rapid Sequence Intubation in Critically Injured Trauma Patients

6/5/2023 Gabriel Colon, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

Consider delayed sequence intubation with ketamine in trauma patients requiring emergent airway intervention, as a 2023 study shows it was associated with a reduction in the incidence of peri-intubati

EMS

Taking to the Sky: Launching an EM Resident Flight Physician Program

5/10/2023 Christopher W. Root, MD , Michael Lauria, MD, NRP, FP-C , Darren Braude, MD, FACEP

Resident involvement in air medical transport leads to significant mutual benefit for residents, residency programs, and flight programs. Residents gain unique clinical experiences and broaden their u

Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Wilderness Medicine , EMS , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: ICE-CRASH Study

5/2/2023 Sara Twadell, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

The ICE-CRASH Study examined the effects of ECMO on neurological outcomes among patients with severe hypothermia. Get the summary and the take-home points pertinent to emergency medicine.

Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , EMS , Prehospital Care

Critical Care Alert: INCEPTION Trial

3/7/2023 Gabriel Colon, MD , Brian Sumner, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - ECMO - as an adjunct to CPR following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has gained a lot of attention. The INCEPTION Trial takes a closer look at the evid

Airway , Ventilator Management , EMS , Pediatric EM

Pediatric Drowning Case: Favorable Neurologic Outcomes Possible With Prolonged CPR

6/10/2022 Dimitri Livshits, DO , Brenda Sokup, DO , Jordan Jeong, DO , Nirav Patel, DO , Mark Kindschuh, MD

Currently, there are no definitive guidelines or robust clinical evidence on which to base the duration of CPR in pediatric drowning cases. However, we make the case that in select drowning patients,

International EM , Social EM , Leadership , Disaster Medicine

The War in Ukraine: How Can Emergency Physicians Help?

4/21/2022 Daria Hunter, MD , Rebecca Leff, MD , Colin Bucks, MD

The crisis in Ukraine has created a pivotal time for emergency physicians to provide the right type of aid and, eventually, help bolster EM education and practice within Ukrainian health care.

Prehospital Care , Administration & Operations

Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Optimize Emergency Department Utilization for High-Risk Elderly Patients

2/12/2022 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Gilbert Nelson, DO , Michael J. Rushton Jr., DO , Philip M. Fennema, EMT-P, CCP , Chad Barnhart, MD, EMT-P , Sean Anderson , Todd Chassee, MD, FACEP , Jeffrey S. Jones, MD, FACEP

Community paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare are forming a new paradigm. Using paramedics to evaluate and treat medically complex elderly patients in the home setting could have wide-reachi

Prehospital Care

Event Medicine and Mass Casualty Response with Matt Friedman

2/12/2022 Jessica Andre-Todd, MD , Matt Friedman, MD, FACEP

Matt Friedman, MD, FACEP, serves as Associate Medical Director of Prehospital Care and Director of Event Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center and Medical Director of CrowdRx, which provides physician

Prehospital Care , Cardiology

A Revamping of an Old Practice: Head-Up CPR

10/7/2021 Glenn Goodwin, DO, EMT-P , Charles Latimore, MD

From intravenous drugs and genetic engineering to highly advanced equipment to mind-blowing surgical techniques, medicine continues to evolve at an exponential pace. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR

Career Planning , Practice Environments , Community , Prehospital Care

Tactical Medicine Q-and-A: Life as a SWAT Doc

10/7/2021 Sriram Venkatesan, FAWM , Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C

With > 50,000 yearly SWAT deployments in the U.S. alone and tactical environments that are not optimized for medical care, the need for well-trained physician-led tactical medical teams is clear. What

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