Rapid Sequence Airway (RSA) involves the same preparation and pharmacology as RSI with the immediate planned placement of an extraglottic device (EGD) instead of intubation. Like DSI, RSA is an alternative airway management strategy that may be ideal for preoxygenation of hypoxemic patients as well for prehospital and in-flight use. Depending on the chosen EGD, RSA can facilitate gastric decompression, positive pressure ventilation with PEEP delivered by a ventilator and endoscopic intubation. The speaker presents the evolution of this novel concept in New Mexico, reviews their clinical experience with RSA in both the prehospital and hospital settings and assesses the available literature.
Don’t DSI…Rapid Sequence Airway (RSA)!
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What I learned from Dr John Hinds
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, clinical trial, data safety and monitoring board, DSMB, 0
The evolution of medical evidence from what we think to what we know will be reviewed in an historical...
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Transfusion Thresholds in Acute Brain Injury
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, blood, haemoglobin, hb, ICH, Neuro, neurosurgery, SAH, SMACCDub, subarachnoid haemorrhage, tbi, transfusion, traumatic brain injury, 0
A bare knuckle pit fight between Oli Flower & Simon Finfer over when to transfuse in acute brain injury…...
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Prick with a Needle
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Anaesthetist, Communication, London, medicine, music, 0
Musical genius Suman Biswas (@amateursuman) gave one of the most popular talks at SMACCDUB: A Prick with a Needle....
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1984. Dystopian Literature and Emergency Medicine
Ka, , The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Bureaucracy, Climate change, Dystopia, Futurism, literature, 0
The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the...
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The challenges in the prehospital management of sick kids
Phoebe Adams, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, Uncategorized, paediatics, prehospital, SMACCDub, Trauma, 0
Fight, Flight and (more commonly) Freeze are common reactions when faced with the critically ill child. In this talk...
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First, do no oxygen
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, cardiac arrest, Oxygen, reperfusion, 0
Recent data has suggested that oxygen increases myocardial injury in patients with STEMI and may increase neurological injury after...
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A world of new threats
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, disaster plan, mass casualties, Multi site terrorist attack, penetrating trauma, prehospital damage control, prehospital trauma care, Resilience, 0
Terrorism is a new threat for pre hospital care specialists. Even if you're experienced in trauma patient management expect...
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Fighting Ebola in Guinea
Ka, , 2016, The Talks smaccDUB 2016, bush talk, ebola treatment centre, ebola virus disease, epidemic, Guinea, haemorrhagic fever, medical evacuation, 0
Life as a doctor in an Ebola treatment centre in West Africa