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When Should You Stop Using Chest Tubes?

Thoracostomy or the insertion of chest tubes (CTs) is a frequent procedure in clinical practices. After inserting chest tubes in the patient’s pleural cavity, they become a route for administering antibiotics, sclerosing agents, fibrinolytics, and saline. Meanwhile, indwelling pleural catheters…

Role of Ultrasound in Lumbar Punctures

For procedures involving lumbar punctures , sonographically guided lumbar punctures (SGLPs) have a higher propensity of being chosen when dealing with obese patients. This is based on findings of a randomized controlled trial conducted in 2007. The main takeaway from…

Conscious Sedation. What It Is, When to Apply It, and the Latest Updates

Conscious sedation, also known as procedural sedation, is a common practice in emergency departments for patients undergoing painful or anxiety-provoking procedures. It is intended as a less invasive method. Generally, those who undergo this type of sedation can recover more…

Basic Emergency Procedures You Should Know

Physicians, physician associates (PAs), and nurse practitioners (NPs) need to be adept in a range of essential medical emergency procedures that they must perform in an inpatient settings. These bedside procedures are accomplished readily, but only if you have the…

Live CME Course vs Online CME Course. Which One to Choose?

A Continuing Medical Education (CME) Course is designed for doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates and other healthcare professionals who want to learn more about certain topics in medicine. The primary goal of CME is to improve the quality of…

Looking To Work in the ER? Here Are Its Benefits, Challenges, and What To Expect

The emergency room (ER) is an essential area of any hospital because it often deals with life-and-death situations. How medical personnel respond significantly affects the prognosis of patients who are in need of urgent care. As a medical professional, experience…

Clinical Pearls for Airway Management of Morbidly Obese Patients

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM

August 23, 2022

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Morbidly obese patients can pose numerous challenges when it comes to airway management. Morbid obesity can make vascular access more difficult and you need good vascular access prior to any attempts at safe airway management. In addition, morbid obesity can…

The Jury is Still Out on Whether Awake Prone Positioning in Non-intubated Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia Decreases Mortality or Endotracheal Intubation

COVID-19 pneumonia can be a frustrating infection to treat because we have limited medications that have proven benefit in moderate-severe infections. Patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who require up to 2L/min supplemental oxygen have at least moderate infection. Patients with severe…

Tricks of the Trade for Stylet-guided Endotracheal Intubations

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM

June 7, 2022

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Eschmann stylets, or Bougies, can assist the clinician with endotracheal intubation in difficult airway scenarios. The stylet when properly placed can act to guide the endotracheal tube (ETT) into the trachea. However, there are different troubleshooting techniques that once must…

Airway Management Pearls to Optimize Your Chances of Securing an Airway

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Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM

December 6, 2021

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TOP TEN AIRWAY MANAGEMENT PEARLS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR CHANCES OF SECURING AN AIRWAY Develop a difficult airway management plan Huddle with your nurse and respiratory therapist in advance to alert everybody what plan A/B/C/D are for the patient If plan…

The Likelihood of a Difficult Intubation

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM

December 6, 2021

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A recent article in JAMA reviewed 62 high-quality articles to determine the clinical factors that can help to predict the patient with a difficult airway. Airway management experts have devised different scoring systems and exam findings that can predict the…

Procedural Competency in Academic Emergency Medicine Attending Physicians

A recent article summarizes a cross-sectional survey aimed at determining the processes in place to assess the procedural competency of academic emergency medicine attendings.[i] The survey was sent to the 39 ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine programs in the U.S. and had…

Simulation Based Training Improves Airway Management Skills

Simulation-based procedural training has been shown to improve procedural competence, safety, operator confidence and most importantly patient safety for every bedside procedure studied. Now, a new systematic review and meta-analysis confirms that simulation-based training in airway management improves procedural competence…

Tips for Management and Bedside Procedures in Critically Ill Patients with COVID Pneumonia

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM

October 15, 2021

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The SARS-COV-2 pandemic started in January 2020 and has decimated the majority of U.S. hospitals for the past 18 months. The impact of COVID-19 has not only affected available hospital beds, but has limited the ability of hospitals to perform…

Airway Management in COVID-positive Patients

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM

October 15, 2021

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A number of additional factors must be considered with airway management in COVID-positive patients. Hospital Procedures Consultants (HPC) can provide simulation-based training to prepare providers for airway management in COVID-positive patients. The first essential consideration is to place the patient into a…