Roc vs Sux, The Crashing Asthmatic, and Updates from #SMACC

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We are at SMACC in Sydney, Australia, thanks to the Rosh Review, delivering updates from the conference to your earbuds. Today we cover resuscitation pearls.

Bougie vs Standard Stylet in emergency department (ED) rapid sequence intubation (RSI) – Brian Driver vs Rich Levitan

Driver BE, Prekker ME, Cole JB. Use of a Bougie for Intubation in an Emergency Department-Reply. JAMA. 2018;320(15):1603-1604.

Rocuronium vs Succinylcholine Debate – Billy Mallon and Reuben Strayer

  1. April MD, Arana A, Pallin DJ, et al. Emergency Department Intubation Success With Succinylcholine Versus Rocuronium: A National Emergency Airway Registry Study. Ann Emerg Med. 2018;72(6):645-653.
  2. Hiestand B, Cudnik MT, Thomson D, Werman HA. Rocuronium versus succinylcholine in air medical rapid-sequence intubation. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2011;15(4):457-63.
  3. Patanwala AE, Erstad BL, Roe DJ, Sakles JC. Succinylcholine Is Associated with Increased Mortality When Used for Rapid Sequence Intubation of Severely Brain Injured Patients in the Emergency Department. Pharmacotherapy. 2016;36(1):57-63.
  4. Levitan R. Safety of succinylcholine in myasthenia gravis. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;45(2):225-6.

The Crashing Asthmatic – Haney Mallemat

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