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Airway Algorithm

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Objectives List the three main indications to intubate a patient (though there are way more than three). Outline an algorithm for approaching the patient who requires intubation. As said before, your first priority with your patient is to ensure a secured airway. But how do you decide who to intubate? Who gets the tube? There [...]

First Minute Of A Code

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Objectives Describe how you would control the room within the first minute of a code. Explain why you would or wouldn’t want family presence during resuscitations. One of the defining aspects of emergency medicine is the ability to manage acutely ill patients. Handling these patients effectively requires skills in: Controlling these potentially chaotic and stressful [...]

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