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EMS49393 Newbie

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I was taught how and to use them in paramedic school. They are within the guidelines for ALS providers in both Maryland and Pennsylvania, so I do make every effort to drop one when I intubate a patient. I'm pretty sure I'm the only medic I know that does place them.

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Gastric lavage and charcoal are not the harmless interventions many have thought them to be. The old "activated charcoal binds everything" is not true, and it conveys benefit in a very few overdoses.

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Probably the second most underutilized tool in airway management behind NPAs. If you don't empty gastric contents in a controlled manner it's entirely likely the patient can aspirate even with a ETT in place.

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