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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:
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…
AIRWARY LITERATURE REVIEW – EPISODE 2
Author: Tucker Matthews, MD It’s time for edition 2! I never really gave much of a background for this, but my goal is stay up to date on the airway literature coming out, and to maybe help others do the…
Airwary Literature Review – Episode 1
Author: Tucker Matthews, MD Paper 1: Singh N, Sawyer T, Johnston LC, et al. Impact of multiple intubation attempts on adverse tracheal intubation associated events in neonates: a report from the NEAR4NEOS. Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the…