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Post-Intubation Sedation in the Emergency Department
Hans and Aaron Rosenberg discuss best practices for post-intubation sedation. 40 to 75% of patients in the emergency department don't actually receive adequate sedation or analgesia, according to studies. Keep your eye out for sodium nitrite intentional overdoses. Get a methemoglobin level off of VBG ASAP. Interrupt the methylene blue and get on the phone with your local poison center.
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