Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Lumbar puncture with xanthochromia or > 2000 RBCs in tube 4 should increase suspicion for SAH. Complex trauma resuscitations Blunt cardiac injury represents a range of conditions from clinically silent to fatal injuries. Workup with a negative troponin and EKG reliably rules out BCI.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The latter 1950s and 1960s, quested for nerve gas defense studying expired air resuscitation and modern resuscitology; developing intensive care units. To me, it harkens a new scientific renaissance of resuscitation science, emergency care, and creating systems for care. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research.

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RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

What They Did: Retrospective, observational cohort study in a single high-volume academic hospital The ED had a 5 bed area used for ongoing management and resuscitation of patients who clinically deteriorate while boarding or while actively undergo a workup in other sections of the ED. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

4 Patients with pelvic fractures are considered unstable when systolic blood pressure < 90mmHg and heart rate >120bpm, or in those with dyspnea, altered mental status, or skin findings of shock. 13 Massive transfusion protocols (MTP) are hallmarks of trauma resuscitation, and they are critical to the unstable pelvic fracture patient.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

Hemodynamically labile children should be resuscitated and a stat transesophageal echocardiogram obtained. The infant in shock after a ‘cold’: myocarditis Beware of the poor feeding, tachycardic, ill appearing infant who “has a cold” because everyone else around him has a ‘cold’. 2000; 35(6):618-622. Ann Emerg Med.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Facial grimacing is a weak indicator of pain in neonates ( Liebelt 2000 ). Unexplained tachycardia may be the early signs of shock. 2000 Aug;106(2 Pt 1):351-7. 2000; 1(4):260-269. Do not expect typical pain behaviors in neonates. Tailor your regimen to your young patient’s physiologic pitfalls and needs. Pediatrics.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Jeff: That is simply shocking! Jeff: For all agents, regardless of the DOAC, the initial resuscitation follows the standard principles of hemorrhage control and trauma resuscitation. It may be given as a part of of a balanced massive transfusion resuscitation, but otherwise, at this time, there doesn’t seem to be a clear role.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., mg/kg (of 0.1 mg/kg (of 0.1 mg/kg (of 0.1 2x maintenance rate

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EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. Rehydration therapy for patients with cholera should include volume resuscitation and electrolyte repletion. Laboratory testing was not immediately available. How is this condition diagnosed and treated in the ED?

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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.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Nachi: All unstable patients or those with suspected or proven ectopic or heterotopic pregnancies should be immediately resuscitated and taken for surgical intervention. The next treatment to discuss is that for pregnancy of an unknown location and ectopic pregnancies. Another 2017 multicenter randomized trial found similar results.

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