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The official blog site and online hub for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program and Medical Student Clerkship at Rush University Medical Center. Educational content here is provided by the residents and faculty at Rush University Medical Center. Rush EM is a progressive, innovative, and challenging training program dedicated to providing the most comprehensive educational experience.
Recent Posts:
Airway Literature Review – Episode 6
Author: Tucker Matthews Back with another dive into some airway literature. Got a few studies looking at prehospital airway management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which seems to be a pretty popular area of publication these days. Then have a study…
Airway Literature Review – Episode 5
Author: Tucker Matthews Four more papers about airways! Paper 1: Nauka PC, Moskowitz A, Fein DG. Appraising First-Pass Success: During Emergency Airway Management, What Does It Mean to Be Successful? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Jan;20(1):21-23. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202208-661VP. PMID: 36227712;…
Literature review – when to terminate resuscitation efforts for out of hospital cardiac arrest?
Author: Tucker Matthews Lit Review: OHCA Resuscitation Termination I’ve started thinking more about calling codes. It’s always been odd to me how lacking we are in concrete rules to help us decide when another round of CPR is useless, and…
Airway Literature Review – Episode 4
Author: Tucker Mathews, MD Edition 4: Airways, airways, airways! Paper 1: Mohr NM, Santos Leon E, Carlson JN, Driver B, Krishnadasan A, Harland KK, Ten Eyck P, Mower WR, Foley TM, Wallace K, McDonald LC, Kutty PK, Santibanez S, Talan…
AIRWARY LITERATURE REVIEW – EPISODE 3
Author: Tucker Matthews, MD Edition 3: We’re back to look at more new airway papers! Paper 1: Cm A, Rao SS, K R, R V, Kn V, T S D. The Ratio of Height to Thyromental Distance (RHTMD) and Height…