The 2 View: Episode 2

2 View: Emergency Medicine PAs & NPs

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2020 BLS/ACLS Guideline Changes

Merchant RM, Topjian AA, Panchal AR, et al. Part 1: Executive summary: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. Published October 21, 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000918

Highlights of the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC. American Heart Association. Published 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://cpr.heart.org/-/media/cpr-files/cpr-guidelines-files/highlights/hghlghts_2020_ecc_guidelines_english.pdf

Edelson DP, Sasson C, Chan PS, et al. Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: From the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and Get with The Guidelines-Resuscitation Adult and Pediatric Task Forces of the American Heart Association. Circulation. Published April 9, 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047463

Topjian A, Aziz K, Kamath-Rayne BD, et al. Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Children and Neonates with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19. Pediatrics. Published 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/04/13/peds.2020-1405

Hunt EA, Jeffers J, McNamara L, et al. Improved Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance with CODE ACES2: A Resuscitation Quality Bundle. Journal of the American Heart Association. Published December 7, 2018. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.009860

Procedural Pearl of the Month - Fish Hooks

Roberts M, Roberts JR. The Proceduralist. https://www.theproceduralist.org/. Accessed January 20, 2021.

The Procedural Pause by James R. Roberts, MD, & Martha Roberts, ACNP, PNP. Fishing Out the Fishhook. Emergency Medicine News. Published September 1, 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://journals.lww.com/em-news/blog/theproceduralpause/pages/post.aspx?PostID=108

Droperidol

DeFranco, C, DO. Oldie but a Goodie: 10 Pearls of Droperidol. Acep.org. Published 2021. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://www.acep.org/how-we-serve/sections/pain-management/news/may-2020/oldie-but-a-goodie-10-pearls-of-droperidol/

Ho, J, FAAEM MD, Perkins J, FAAEM MD. Clinical Practice Statement: Safety of Droperidol Use in the Emergency Department. Aaem.org. Published September 7, 2013. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/file/Safety-of-Droperidol-Use-in-the-ED.pdf

Cisewski, D MD. Droperidol Use in the Emergency Department – What’s Old is New Again. Emdocs.net. Published August 1, 2019. Accessed January 20, 2021. http://www.emdocs.net/droperidol-use-in-the-emergency-department-whats-old-is-new-again/

Ken’s Third View

SGEM#315: Comfortably Numb with Topical Tetracaine for Corneal Abrasions. Thesgem.com. Published January 16, 2021. Accessed January 20, 2021. http://thesgem.com/2021/01/sgem315-comfortably-numb-with-topical-tetracaine-for-corneal-abrasions/

Shipman S, Painter K, Keuchel M, Bogie C. Short-Term Topical Tetracaine Is Highly Efficacious for the Treatment of Pain Caused by Corneal Abrasions: A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial. Ann Emerg Med. Published October 27, 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33121832/

SGEM#316: What A Difference an A.P.P. Makes? Diagnostic Testing Differences Between A.P.P.S and Physicians. Thesgem.com. Published January 23, 2021. Accessed January 24, 2021. http://thesgem.com/2021/01/sgem316-what-a-difference-an-a-p-p-makes-diagnostic-testing-differences-between-a-p-p-s-and-physicians/

Pines JM, Zocchi MS, Ritsema TS, Bedolla J, Venkat A, US Acute Care Solutions Research Group. Emergency Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Diagnostic Testing and Admission Decisions in Chest Pain and Abdominal Pain. Acad Emerg Med. Published November 21, 2020. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33107088/

Gonorrhea Questions Answered

Scully BE, Fu KP, Neu HC. Pharmacokinetics of ceftriaxone after intravenous infusion and intramuscular injection. Am J Med. Published October 19, 1984. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6093511/

Meyers BR, Srulevitch ES, Jacobson J, Hirschman SZ. Crossover study of the pharmacokinetics of ceftriaxone administered intravenously or intramuscularly to healthy volunteers. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Published November 1983. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC185948/

Shatsky M. Evidence for the use of intramuscular injections in outpatient practice. Am Fam Physician. Published February 15, 2009. Accessed January 20, 2021. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19235496/

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