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Air Care Series: Machines Inside of Machines - CPR in flight
While high-quality CPR delivers the best outcomes in cardiac arrest, this is challenging in a transport environment. Dr. Connelly reviews the evidence behind mechanical chest compression in CPR, exploring its practicality to the Helicopter EMS (HEMS) environment.
Grand Rounds Recap 9.11.19
Drs. Winslow and Habib started the Grand Rounds off with a case-based discussion on the Centor Criteria and testing for strep pharyngitis. Drs. Walsh and Sabedra led an interesting discussion about a case of TTP. In his R4 Case Follow Up lecture, Dr. Nagle presented about DKA and family presence during resuscitation. Dr. Hogan, one of the EMS Fellows, gave a great presentation about the current controversies in cardiac arrest management. Finally, the week wrapped up with some great simulation and cases from our PEM fellows about post T&A bleeds, PTA, and acute chest syndrome.
A Helping Hand
Medication Assisted Therapy or MAT is a critical component of the care and treatment of patients with opiate use disorder. Over the course of the past several years, more and more ED providers, have been on the front line of initiating treatment of patients withdrawal symptoms and linking those patients to outpatient resources. In this post, we review the initiation of Buprenorphine based treatment for opiate use disorder in the ED.