EMDocs

MAY 15, 2024

ECG: Evaluate for ischemia, right heart strain. National Acute Chest Syndrome Study Group [published correction appears in N Engl J Med 2000 Sep 14;343(11):824]. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C. Overestimates arterial oxygen saturation. Up to 3x less accurate in black patients. N Engl J Med.

Blood Transfusions 103

Blood Transfusions Fluid Resuscitation Dehydration Ultrasounds 103

EMDocs

MAY 28, 2024

ECG: Evaluate for ischemia, right heart strain. National Acute Chest Syndrome Study Group [published correction appears in N Engl J Med 2000 Sep 14;343(11):824]. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C. Based on light absorption from blood flow at the sensor site (using HbA, not HbS). N Engl J Med.

Blood Transfusions 97

Blood Transfusions Fluid Resuscitation Dehydration Ultrasounds 97

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Contraindicated seizures or porphyria. Chest 2000; 117(1): 260 – 7. 2000 Jan-Mar;4(1):14-8. Notable Physical Exam: General: Tripoding, severe respiratory distress. Minimal histamine release. Cons: Short duration of action. Pain upon injection. Adrenal suppression, limiting its use in long procedures or critically ill patients.

Emergency Department 91

Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Operations Airway Management 91

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

Electrocardiography (ECG) should be performed on any patient with significant blunt chest injury. A negative ECG is highly consistent with no significant blunt myocardial injury. Any patient with a new abnormality on ECG (dysrhythmia, heart block, or signs of ischemia) should be admitted for continuous ECG monitoring.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics EKG/ECG Wellness Seizures 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Abnormal ECG – looks for cardiac syncope. If no previous ECG was available, ECG was classified as abnormal if any abnormality was present. orthostatic vitals b.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pain can be associated with a friction rub on cardiac auscultation, a pericardial effusion on a bedside echocardiogram, or diffuse ST elevations on an EKG. Prevalence and treatment of pain in EDs in the United States, 2000 to 2010. Up to two-thirds of rib fractures are missed on initial chest radiographs. Am J Emerg Med.

Emergency Department 106

Emergency Department Fractures Burns EMS 106

Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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Psychiatric 89

Psychiatric Seizures Emergency Department Pediatrics 89