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EMCrit Podcast 29 – Procedural Sedation, Part II

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It seems the government and other specialties are trying hard to make sedation as difficult as possible in the ED. We must persevere to provide the best procedural sedation to allow maximal comfort and safety for our patients. This continues the discussion started in Part I.

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Procedural Sedation – Part I

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It seems the government and other specialties are trying hard to make sedation as difficult as possible in the ED. We must persevere to provide the best procedural sedation to allow maximal comfort and safety for our patients. This brief lecture was originally posted on the defunct EMCrit Lecture Site on 8/7/2009.

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EMCrit Podcast 19 – Non-Invasive Ventilation

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Intubation is a sexy procedure, there is no doubt about it.

NIV does not have the glamour; it’s not nearly as cinematic. But for the patient, to spend 30 minutes on a NIV mask is preferable to a couple of days on the ventilator. In this episode, I discuss some of the basic ideas and methods of NIV.

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EMCrit Podcast 18 – The Infamous Awake Intubation Video

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This post marks the return of the Awake Intubation Video. If you’ve seen it, we will have a brand new post early next week. If you haven’t, well you are in for a treat:   Awake intubation can save your butt! It requires forethought and humility–you must be able to say to yourself, “I am [...]

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EMCrit Podcast 15 – the Severe Asthmatic

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Don’t intubate the severe asthmatic, try NIV first continue the nebs on the NIV obviously they need steroids and throw in Mag does ketamine work? maybe… If you intubate, Ron Walls says add lidocaine to your sedative and paralytic if you put them on the vent make sure your plateau pressure stays below 30 cm [...]

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Video for the Laryngoscope as a Murder Weapon Lecture

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Hey folks, If you are visiting from EMEDhome, Welcome to the EMCrit Blog. You may like some of our other ED Critical Care educational offerings, check out everything at the home page at blog.emcrit.org   This is the demonstration video for the Laryngoscope as a Murder Weapon Talk. If you’d like to read the article [...]

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