Heart failure readmission reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Behaviors, treatments, and self-management strategies used by patients and caregivers at home.

The lost endotracheal tube: an unreported complication of prehospital intubation.

This case describes a previously unreported rare, but potentially disastrous, complication of endotracheal tube intubation initiated by prehospital emergency medical services personnel. This report details an inadvertent prehospital esophageal intubation and a critical error in communication between the prehospital and hospital service that resulted in failure to identify or remove the tube until after admission. The discussion includes complications of endotracheal tube intubation and esophageal foreign bodies. Proper communication between medical personnel is essential to reduce medical errors. Refraining from the use of slang terms may help prevent miscommunication between personnel upon transfer of patient care. This case shows the need be critical, observant, and wary at all times for even the most implausible findings in medicine.

Technique for emergency medicine bedside ultrasound identification of a radiolucent foreign body.

This report describes the successful utilization of an endovaginal probe to identify a soft tissue foreign body with the aid of a spacer made from a water-filled latex glove. The report includes a discussion of foreign body localization, the utility of ultrasound, and technical aspects of sonographic foreign body localization. With increasing availability of bedside ultrasound in the Emergency Department, it is likely that sonographic equipment will be utilized in applications outside its primary intended purpose to evaluate the wide range of clinical scenarios encountered in Emergency Medicine.