Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Do not order laboratory testing or a CT scan of the head for a patient with an unprovoked, generalized seizure or a simple febrile seizure who has returned to baseline mental status. The parents of 18-month-old Susie brought her to the Emergency Department after she had a seizure at home.

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Seizures Pediatrics Emergency Department Radiology 131

Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fluid management in the Emergency Department (ED) is crucial in the adequate resuscitation of the acutely ill and decompensating patient. sodium chloride therapy does not reduce length of stay of alcoholintoxicated patients in the emergency department: A randomised controlled trial. Emerg Med Australas 2013;25(6):52734.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Administration Resuscitation 82

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Team members and families eagerly await your intervention to halt the seizure and understand its underlying cause. The lack of utility of laboratory testing in children with an unprovoked generalized seizure, or a simple febrile seizure is supported by several observational studies.

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Seizures Pediatrics Point-of-Care Testing Wellness 52

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Contraindicated seizures or porphyria. actors Associated with the Occurrence of Cardiac Arrest after Emergency Tracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department. Chest 2000; 117(1): 260 – 7. Okubo M, Gibo K, Hagiwara Y, Nakayama Y, Hasegawa K; Japanese Emergency Medicine Network Investigators. Int J Emerg Med.

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Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Operations Airway Management 66

ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

An 18-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. 1 In severe cases altered mental status, seizures, coma, or even death have been observed. Ackee fruit poisoning: an outbreak investigation in Haiti 2000–2001, and review of the literature.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

We can use intranasal drugs for analgesia, for anxiolysis, for seizures – but not all drugs used for those purposes will perform well – or at all – via the IN route. 2000 Feb;77(2):69-82. Intranasal sufentanil provides adequate analgesia for emergency department patients with extremity injuries. Biol Neonate.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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