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This month’s favorite videos include a dramatic video of a needle thoracostomy and a quick tip to relieve nausea symptoms

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Tips for better airway management and a STEMI mimics refresher for medics are among this month’s favorite videos. Which one was your favorite?

	1. Interior view of a tension pneumothorax and needle thoracostomy This dramatic video of a tension pneumothorax being relieved by a needle thoracostomy was taken by Dr. Oleksandr Linchevskyy, medical director, Patriot Defense, Ukraine. After watching read this set of teaching points on EMS needle decompression of a tension pneuomothorax.
	2. Quick tip to relieve nausea symptoms The Skinny Medic provides a quick tip to relieve nausea symptoms. Read more about the research he mentions here.
	3. 5 bougie tips for better airway management Kevin High talks about 5 airway tips for performing an intubation with a bougie. How to position yourself, prepare your equipment, pass the bougie and the tube, and follow-through.
	4. STEMI mimics: Quick refresher for medics Learn to identify common EKG look-alike conditions in this training video from Jax EMS.
	5. Hum Star Wars’ song to keep your CPR rhythm Darth Vader’s theme song, the “Imperial March” is 104 beats/minute, making it an ideal song to think about while performing CPR.

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