X-ray reveals an angulated, mid-shaft radial fracture that will need reduction. The next patient is an 8 year-old male with a fall and forearm deformity. The chest X-ray shows optimal position of the ETT, you have the post-procedural analgesia and sedative agents on board, and you’re feeling good as you exit the resuscitation bay. The intubation went well, and you are now securing your ETT and connecting end-tidal waveform capnography to evaluate the tracing. You just intubated a patient in respiratory distress with COPD who failed a trial of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. It’s been a busy day in the ED, full of sick patients requiring resuscitation. Author: Brit Long, MD ( EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD ( EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Manpreet Singh, MD ( Clinical Instructor & Ultrasound/Med-Ed Fellow / Harbor-UCLA Medical Center)
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