by Richard Hoang | Aug 8, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Procedural care, Trauma
Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy (ERT) is a potentially lifesaving intervention. It is a true salvage procedure, without which survival is essentially zero, even in indicated scenarios. After reading this post, you’ll be slightly more comfortable should you...
by Rob Suttie | Mar 21, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care, Ultrasound
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming increasingly prevalent in Emergency Departments (EDs) for diagnostic, procedural, and management purposes. In this post, we will examine some less known, but extremely useful, indications for POCUS. For further information,...
by Jim Yang | Nov 1, 2018 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care
In this two part series, we are delving into a few of the many controversies regarding procedural sedation and explore how to reduce resource utilization and ED length of stay. In PART 1, we discussed preprocedural fasting and concluded that adherence to fasting...
by EMottawa | Oct 25, 2016 | Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care
The ability to administer peripheral nerve blocks in the ED has the potential to provide fast and direct analgesia with less systemic side effects compared to parenteral medications. When administered by an experienced provider, studies have shown that peripheral...
