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Emergency Department Deliveries  – Part 2

Emergency Department Deliveries – Part 2

by Alexandra Hamelin, Elyssia Adamo | Feb 3, 2022 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN, Procedural care, Resuscitation

We are back with Part-2 of our blog series on Emergency Department Deliveries. If you haven’t already, check-out Part 1 HERE. In this post, we will explore postpartum hemorrhage and resuscitative hysterotomy:  Managing postpartum hemorrhage Running a maternal...
Pneumothorax in the Emergency Department – Part 2

Pneumothorax in the Emergency Department – Part 2

by Simon Wells, James Gilbertson | Jan 21, 2021 | Airway, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care, Respirology

In Part 1 of our 2-part series on Pneumothorax, Dr. Simon Wells walked us through the varying definitions, epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, and imaging findings of pneumothorax including on point of care ultrasound (POCUS). Click here to review Part 1. In...
Pneumothorax in the Emergency Department – Part 1

Pneumothorax in the Emergency Department – Part 1

by Simon Wells, James Gilbertson | Dec 17, 2020 | Airway, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care, Respirology

Pneumothorax is a relatively rare emergency department presentation with a number of controversies existing regarding its management. Over the last decade, the standard of care has shifted from invasive strategies to more conservation management approaches. What...
Resuscitative Thoracotomy in the Civilian and Military Environments

Resuscitative Thoracotomy in the Civilian and Military Environments

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...
Echoes: Taking Your POCUS Game to the Next Level

Echoes: Taking Your POCUS Game to the Next Level

by Robert Suttie, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | 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,...
Procedural Sedation in the ED: Agents

Procedural Sedation in the ED: Agents

by Jim Yang, Richard Hoang | 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...
Ah, that feels better! The Use of Nerve Blocks in the ED.

Ah, that feels better! The Use of Nerve Blocks in the ED.

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...
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