EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2025

If sepsis or septic shock is present, aggressive fluid resuscitation and empiric antibiotics covering intra-abdominal flora should be administered. A 75-year-old woman who is bedridden after a stroke presents to the ED from a nursing facility with abdominal pain and constipation. ISSN 2002-4436. Cureus, 15(12), e50511.

EMS 98

EMS Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation 98

EMDocs

MAY 15, 2024

Fluid management Goal is euvolemia Dehydration – needs IV fluid resuscitation. Hypervolemia – leads to pulmonary edema: Consider diuresis If euvolemic – start maintenance fluids of D5 in 0.45%NS Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002.

Blood Transfusions 103

Blood Transfusions Fluid Resuscitation Dehydration Ultrasounds 103

EMDocs

MAY 28, 2024

Fluid management Goal is euvolemia Dehydration – needs IV fluid resuscitation. If euvolemic – start maintenance fluids of D5 in 0.45%NS Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C.

Blood Transfusions 97

Blood Transfusions Fluid Resuscitation Dehydration Ultrasounds 97

EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Both can result in heat exhaustion and heat stroke and have many overlapping symptoms. Patients with heat stroke have hot, dry skin and altered mental status (e.g., C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C. C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C. Temps greater than 41.5C Bendall, J.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 94

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS Stroke Seizures 94