Research on Therapeutic Hypothermia for Post-Arrest Patients Helps Refine Temperature-Management Strategies
New research on therapeutic hypothermia for post-arrest patients helps refine temperature-management strategies
About Scott D. Weingart, MD, FCCM
Scott D. Weingart, MD, FCCM, is an ED intensivist. This column is a distillation of the best material from the EMCrit Blog and Podcast (http://emcrit.org).
Posts by Scott D. Weingart, MD, FCCM
Should Cricoid Pressure Be Used During Rapid Sequence Intubation?
Note to readers: The following piece is a tongue-in-cheek condemnation of the evidentiary base for the use…
How To Prevent Peri-intubation Deaths with Careful Medication Choice
You are considering your next steps in management when you hear the BP cuff cycle…64/34…repeat…61/30…Heart rate now…
An Intubation Checklist for Emergency Department Physicians
The EMCrit call/response checklist offers tips to prepare patients and ED teams, gather equipment needed to perform…
How To Place A Blakemore Tube in an ED Patient with Upper GI Bleeding from Esophageal Varices
Equipment list and tips on technique for the ED physician Case A 58-year-old male patient presents to…
One That Made Me Happy, One That Made Me Sad
I recently came across two articles pertaining to the peri-intubation; one made me very happy (b/c it…
Delayed Sequence Intubation (DSI)
e The Case You have a 50-year-old male with bad bilateral pneumonia; BP 108/70, HR 96, RR…