What is the NNT for an EM physician to have a better outcome...

Comparing physicians and PAs as solo providers in a rural... : Journal of the American Academy of PAs f the host institution were analyzed. Although minor variances in metrics were appreciated, transfers, 72-hour returns, and death rates were all similar among provider types. Results from this work do not demonstrate a clinically meaningful difference among ED metrics between physicians and PAs... journals.lww.com Just came off shift where I worked alongside an EM doc a few years out of 3 year residency. Last patient with pneumonia failing bipap with hypercapbeic failure. Elderly, obese, COPD on 5 L at home, multiple neck surgeries on what little neck there was, kyphotic, malampatti 3. Looked like a terrible intubation. Did DSI with ketamine and when we laid pt back the neck was... Read more
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