Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. 2000 Aug;30(1):17-24. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Aug;75(8):557-66. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.75.8.557. PMID: 18756836. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Nov;47(11):1181-1247.

Infectious Diseases 89

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In fact, one of my surgeon grandfather's ortho buddies (perhaps with the help of some lunchtime martinis) took a look at the x-rays of my Boxer's Fracture and snapped it back into place without any analgesia or procedural sedation, casted me, and sent me home. Committee on Shock. Still no pain medicine. Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct).

Emergency Nursing 40

Emergency Nursing EMS Resuscitation Military 40

EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

How should pelvic fractures be identified in unstable trauma patients? Pelvic fractures can involve disruptions in any of the bony or ligamentous structures of the pelvic ring. Due to the round shape of the pelvic ring, multiple fractures typically occur concurrently. 2 Vertical shear fractures are also unstable.

Fractures 64

Fractures Resuscitation Operations EMS 64

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Facial grimacing is a weak indicator of pain in neonates ( Liebelt 2000 ). Some are simple comfort measures such as splinting (fracture or sprain), applying cold (acute soft tissue injury) or heat (non-traumatic, non-specific pain), or other targeted non-pharmacology. Unexplained tachycardia may be the early signs of shock.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40