October 21, 2020

From bad to worse: avoiding peri-intubation cardiac arrest

October 21, 2020/ Samantha Wood, MD

Intubation in the emergency department (ED) can be a stressful endeavor. We are often presented with patients who have complex anatomy and tenuous physiology. Because of this, it can be hard to look past the critical step of securing the airway. Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) and positive pressure ventilation can dismantle patients’ physiology and contribute to an almost 4% rate of post intubation cardiac arrest (PICA). Is there anything we can do to predict or prevent this? In this podcast, Sam Wood gives us an overview of the literature to help us answer these questions.

July 02, 2019

The PREVENT Trial - When to Use Bag Mask Ventilation in Your Intubations→

July 02, 2019/ Sam Potter, MD and Jason Hine, MD

When you're intubating your patient, twiddling your thumbs and waiting for your induction and paralytic to work, do you ever ask yourself "hmm, should I be bagging this patient?" In this podcast episode we talk about that very question and the new data from the PREVENT trial.

April 03, 2017

Perron's Airway Pearls from AAEM 2017

April 03, 2017/ Andrew Perron, MD, FACEP

The following airway pearls were gleaned from Dr. Mike Winters' lecture "Critical Care Quickies - Pearls for the Moribund Patient." This was presented at the pre-conference workshop "Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians" (23rd Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine in Orlando, Fl).