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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 082 | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Emergency Medicine Ireland

We’re going to cover a bit of an environmental/tox topic today and look at carbon monoxide poisoning from Oh’s manual chapter 83 on burns. I have previously covered this on the old tasty morsels of EM series back when i was doing my EM fellowship exams. The New England journal of medicine 347 , 1057–1067 (2002).

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The Technologically Dependent Child in the ED

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

EMS is bringing you a child with a VP shunt, port-a-cath, trached on a vent, seizing, hypotensive, and now desaturating – ETA – 3 minutes. Increased demand may be temporary, such as in burns, s/p cardiac surgery, or ay prolonged recovery. Pediatr Surg Int (2002) 18: 50-53 DiBaise JK, Scolapio JS. Are you ready?

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Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock?

RebelEM

Anaesth Intensive Care 2002. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. What They Did: Single-center, parallel, double blind, randomized controlled trial performed in a medical-surgical ICU (Mexico) Both groups received: Adjunctive vasopressin initiated at a dose of 0.03 95% CI 15.4 vs 0.5% (Range 0.4 Crit Care Med 2001.

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Case Report: a High-Voltage Victim

ACEP Now

A 44 year-old male with unknown past medical history came by emergency medical services (EMS) to the emergency department (ED) for an electrical injury and fall from a high voltage electrical pole. Per EMS, the patient was found at the bottom of a high voltage line with diffuse burns and amputation of his left forearm.

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REBEL Core Cast 125.0 – Hyperkalemia

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Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 1639-42. Rezaie, MD (Twitter/X: @srrezaie ) The post REBEL Core Cast 125.0 – Hyperkalemia appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. Definition: A serum potassium level > 5.5 rhabdomyolysis -> hydration) Remove inciting factors (i.e. Definition: A serum potassium level > 5.5

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

EMDocs

2002 Apr;109(4):566-72. ”, REBEL EM blog, January 9, 2024. Current status of emergency treatment of chemical eye burns in workplaces. Arch Dis Child. 2018 Apr;103(4):383-388. Nager AL, Wang VJ. Comparison of nasogastric and intravenous methods of rehydration in pediatric patients with acute dehydration. Pediatrics.

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Topical Therapies for Pediatric Burns

Pediatric EM Morsels

The management of pediatric thermal burns always seems to be a hot topic , whether we are caring for a little future chef who splashed a scalding microwaved noodle cup on himself, or a toddling youngster who pulled a pot of boiling water on herself. Topical Therapies for Pediatric Burns: The options?

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