Tamingthesru
Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination with Jim DuCanto, MD
Recently, one of our FOAMed friends came to visit the University of Cincinnati. Jim Ducanto is well known for his innovations and general wealth of airway management knowledge. One wonderful thing that Jim shared with us during his visit was an airway mannequin that he “modified” to be able to puke…yes…puke. Not sort of puke…but REALLY PUKE!! Here is what Jim has to say regarding the motivation for building the device as well as lessons we learned while doing it’s “beta-test”.
Ebola
Ebola. Synonymous with Terror, Class A Bioterrorism Agent Extraordinaire. The Republic of Guinea and surrounding countries are in the midst of the deadliest, most widespread outbreak ever. Death totals are rising every day, and each new death is a new record that with any luck will never be eclipsed.
To quote the man that discovered and named Ebola after a river in the Congolese jungle,
“Soap, gloves, isolating patients, not reusing needles and quarantining the contacts of the ill - in theory it should be very easy to contain Ebola”
- Peter Piot
Grand Rounds Recap - 10/1/2014
Consultant of the Month Series: Ear Emergencies with Dr. Golub
Auricular hematoma
Blood separates the cartilage from the perichondrium which supplies the blood-flow to the cartilage. This can lead to cartilaginous ischemia, infection, deformation (cauliflower ear). Treatment: I+D: make cuts parallel to natural lines in the helix to reduce visible scarring. Place a bolster to close the new potential space. Bolster stays for 7-10days. Keep on Keflex while bolster in place and f/u with ENT.