Will Artificial Intelligence Help Paramedics Successfully Intubate?
Promising TechnologyCarlson JN, Das S, De la Torre F, et al. A novel artificial intelligence system for endotracheal intubation.Prehosp Emerg Care.Mar 17, 2016. [Epub ahead of print.]In the 1983 science-fiction filmWarGames, Matthew Broderick believed he was going head-to-head with a random simulation program. However, he soon learned he ’ d accidentally hacked into a government artificial intelligence (AI) computer system programmed to repeatedly run thermonuclear simulations until it learned the best strategy for winning a war.Over 30 years later, AI is no longer the stuff of science fiction. In fact, AI algorithms are...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 11, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: David Page, MS, NRP Tags: Airway & Respiratory Columns Training Patient Care Source Type: news

Will Artificial Intelligence Help Paramedics Successfully Intubate?
Promising Technology Carlson JN, Das S, De la Torre F, et al. A novel artificial intelligence system for endotracheal intubation. Prehosp Emerg Care. Mar 17, 2016. [Epub ahead of print.] In the 1983 science-fiction film WarGames, Matthew Broderick believed he was going head-to-head with a random simulation program. However, he soon learned he’d accidentally hacked into a government artificial intelligence (AI) computer system programmed to repeatedly run thermonuclear simulations until it learned the best strategy for winning a war. Over 30 years later, AI is no longer the stuff of science fiction. In fact, AI algorithms...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 11, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: David Page, MS, NRP Tags: Airway & Respiratory Columns Training Patient Care Source Type: news

Ultrasound as an Adjunct for Prehospital Airway Management
You're dispatched to a 45-year-old male involved in a high-speed motorcycle accident. On scene you find the un-helmeted rider unresponsive with a Glasgow coma scale of 5 and significant facial trauma. The patient is breathing, but is in significant respiratory distress. You determine he's unable to protect his own airway and begin to think about how to manage the airway effectively. You anticipate endotracheal (ET) intubation and bag-valve mask (BVM) ventilation will be difficult given his facial injuries, and mentally prepare for the possibility of needing to perform a cricothyroidotomy. Your extraglottic airway device an...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 2, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jenna M. B. White, MD Tags: Airway & Respiratory Source Type: news

Ultrasound as an Adjunct for Prehospital Airway Management
You're dispatched to a 45-year-old male involved in a high-speed motorcycle accident. On scene you find the un-helmeted rider unresponsive with a Glasgow coma scale of 5 and significant facial trauma. The patient is breathing, but is in significant respiratory distress. You determine he's unable to protect his own airway and begin to think about how to manage the airway effectively. You anticipate endotracheal (ET) intubation and bag-valve mask (BVM) ventilation will be difficult given his facial injuries, and mentally prepare for the possibility of needing to perform a cricothyroidotomy. Your extraglottic airway device an...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 2, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jenna M. B. White, MD Tags: Airway & Respiratory Source Type: news

Pit Crew Approach to CPR has Higher Patient Survival Rates
The ResearchHopkins CL, Burk C, Moser S, et al. Implementation ofpit crew approach and cardiopulmonary resuscitation metrics for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest improves patient survival and neurological outcome. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5(1).The ScienceThis is a retrospective review of the impact of multiple changes to howSalt Lake City Fire Department EMS cared for cardiac arrest victims. Researchers examined the typical Utstein measures in two periods: from Sept. 1, 2008, to Sept. 1, 2011, and from Oct. 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2014.In September 2011, the agency was trained in the delivery of high-quality CPR, which included t...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Columns Source Type: news

Pit Crew Approach to CPR has Higher Patient Survival Rates
The Research Hopkins CL, Burk C, Moser S, et al. Implementation of pit crew approach and cardiopulmonary resuscitation metrics for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest improves patient survival and neurological outcome. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5(1). The Science This is a retrospective review of the impact of multiple changes to how Salt Lake City Fire Department EMS cared for cardiac arrest victims. Researchers examined the typical Utstein measures in two periods: from Sept. 1, 2008, to Sept. 1, 2011, and from Oct. 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2014. In September 2011, the agency was trained in the delivery of high-quality CPR, which in...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - August 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Columns Source Type: news

Pediatric Airway Presents Unique Challenges in Airway Management
Your aeromedical EMS crew is dispatched directly to a preschool for a patient with a possible head injury. The patient is a 4-year-old, 20-kg boy with known Hurler's syndrome who was struck in the head during a fall from a standing position. The school nurse arrived to find him unconscious, apneic and without a palpable pulse. She initiated CPR, which resulted in a palpable pulse, and continued ventilations via mouth-to-mouth until an ambulance arrived. On arrival of ground EMS, ventilations were continued via a bag-valve mask (BVM) and supplemental oxygen while C-spine precautions where maintained. Endotracheal (ET) intub...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - June 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ken Davis Tags: Airway & Respiratory Source Type: news

What it’s like to be in endocrine surgery: Shadowing Dr. Krishnamurthy
As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to be an endocrine surgeon? Here’s your chance to find out. Meet Vikram D. Krishnamurthy, MD, an endocrine surgeon and featured physician in AMA Wire’s® “Shadow Me” Specialty Series, which offers advice directly from physicians about life in their specialties. Read his insights to help determine whether a career in endocrine surgery might be a good fit for you. “Shadowing” Dr. Krishnamurthy Specialty: Endocrine surgery Practice setting: Academic group practice in a health system of 10 hospitals and 18 ambulatory centers Years in practice: 2 ...
Source: AMA Wire - May 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news

What it ’s like to be in endocrine surgery: Shadowing Dr. Krishnamurthy
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Source: AMA Wire - May 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news

Prehospital Management of Difficult Airways
LEARNING Objectives Understand what makes management of an airway difficult. Learn the different mnemonics and acronyms to help determine when an airway will be difficult. Know which tools to use for different airway difficulties. KEY Terms Cricothyrotomy: An emergency incision into the larynx, performed to open the airway of a person who's unable to be ventilated. Denitrogenation: The elimination of nitrogen from the lungs and body tissues during a period of ventilation with pure oxygen. Patent: Open and unblocked. A difficult airway is one in which the EMS provider identifies pot...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - May 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Keith Widmeier, BA, NRP, FP C Tags: Airway & Respiratory Source Type: news

Direct vs Video Laryngoscopy for Intubation With GI BleedingDirect vs Video Laryngoscopy for Intubation With GI Bleeding
Which is the better method for performing endotracheal intubation in patients with GI bleeding? Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news

Dehaier gains on 2015 prelims
Share prices for China’s Dehaier Medical Systems (NSDQ:DHRM) jumped today after it released preliminary numbers for last year, despite massive losses incurred as it sheds unprofitable medical device businesses. Beijing-based Dehaier said in February that it plans to ditch the medtech units to focus on its wearable sleep respiratory business. Today the company reported preliminary losses of -$36 million, or -$6.13 per share, on sales of $1.32 million for 2015, compared with profits of $1 million last year. Sales are slated to be off by -67.6% compared with 2014, Dehaier said. Full results are due to drop some time this...
Source: Mass Device - April 8, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: MassDevice Earnings Roundup Wall Street Beat Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd. Source Type: news