CT Negative = Clear | OR > ED Intubation

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of July 14-18, 2025.

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Monday Spoon Feed:

A single high-quality CT scan is highly accurate at detecting serious cervical spine injuries in children after trauma and may be enough to clear the spine without further imaging safely in majority of patients.

Thursday Spoon Feed:

For patients with ROSC after OHCA who required vasopressors transported by Finnish helicopter EMS (HEMS), normotension (100-140 mm Hg) was associated with improved 30-day mortality compared to hypo and hypertension.

Friday Spoon Feed:

This study of a trauma database found patients intubated in the emergency department (ED) who required hemorrhage control surgery had worse outcomes than those who were intubated in the operating room (OR). However, a study published just two months ago, from the same database of patients, found no difference in patients based on intubation location. What gives?