Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Was the patient thrown from the source (suggestive of DC shock and may result in further blunt force trauma)? Children, especially toddlers, may insert objects into outlets, leading to shocks or burns. Electrical devices used near water sources can cause severe shocks. Was the voltage high or low (as below)?

Burns 80

Burns Fluid Resuscitation Shock Resuscitation 80

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. Patients present to the ED with hypovolemia secondary to a plethora of causessome requiring IV fluid resuscitation and others requiring none.

Dehydration 52

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Administration Resuscitation 52

PulmCCM

MAY 22, 2023

Read in NEJM Fluid resuscitation and vasopressors are both usually needed in septic shock , but the ideal volume of fluid to infuse before starting vasopressors has been unclear. At least one expert questioned whether the study was adequately powered. In an NHLBI-sponsored trial enrolling 1563 patients at 60 U.S.

Fluid Resuscitation 86

Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation Hospitals Sepsis 86

EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

Inspection of the canister showed approximately ten liters of nearly odorless watery fluid containing flecks of mucus (“rice-water” stools) consistent with cholera infection. The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023;8(3):169.

Dehydration 90

Dehydration CDC Rapid Diagnostic Testing Fluid Resuscitation 90

EMDocs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Management 9-12 Patients such receive standard resuscitation care including: Antipyretics such as Tylenol (650-1000 mg PO), Ibuprofen (600 mg PO), or Toradol (15mg IV). IV fluid resuscitation as needed. Pressors where indicated for septic shock (typically Norepinephrine starting at 0.05 2000; 6:460–3.

EMS 74

EMS Infectious Diseases Sepsis Hospitals 74