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EMCrit Podcast 25 – End of Life and Palliative Care in the ED
Aggressive palliative care is just as important as aggressive critical care in the ED. Sometimes we will be the first physicians to talk to a family about end of life issues, even if their loved one is terminally ill. Now that is not how it should be, but it just means that we must be just as skilled at family palliative care discussions as we are at floating a transvenous pacer. In this podcast, I discuss my vision of how to handle palliative care issues in the ED.
Q&A: The Two Rams
Two listener questions answered in 5 minutes. One on awake intubation in trauma and the other on intubating the patient with severe RESP acidosis.
Bougie-Aided Cricothyrotomy by Darren Braude
Darren Braude, Aiway and EMS master from New Mexico demonstrates the use of a bougie to make the cric procedure MUCH easier. For more great Braude magic, see his site at airway911.com.
Procedure: Fiberoptic Stylet-aided Cricothyrotomy by Seth Manoach
This video demonstrates the fiberoptic styler-aided cric. In this case he is using a Levitan Scope, but an adult bonfils or any other rigid fiberoptic should work fine.
Procedure: Open Cricothyrotomy for Historical Purposes Only
Here is my video on performing open cricothyrotomy in 3 situations: with a trach set and an assistant, with a trach set when alone, and when you only have a scalpel.
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