EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2025

2, 8-10, 14 The clinical symptoms range from vague abdominal pain to florid septic shock and peritonitis secondary to bowel perforation. Operative management is necessary for signs of peritonitis, evidence of perforation, extensive bowel involvement >40cm, or after failed medical management. ISSN 2002-4436.

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EMS Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation 72

ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. This should be suspected in patients with intraoperative cardiac arrest or shock.

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Emergency Department Operations Ultrasounds Hospitals 52

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 26, 2023

In contrast, shock (leading to syncope and rarely cardiac arrest) from ST can occur well before mechanisms of crush injury come into play, with low-flow states described as early as within 6 minutes (2). Although remember, as is observed intra-operatively from tourniquet application, muscle can tolerate hours of hypoxia. References 1.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 52

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Shock Research Operations 52

ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

Electrical injuries—excluding lightning injuries—account for roughly 10,000 nonfatal shock incidents a year and 500 deaths a year. In the operating room, there was minimal urinary output and the bladder pressures were 35 mmHg under sedation and analgesia. 30(11):p S424-S430, November 2002. Click to enlarge.) Electrical injuries.

Burns 52

Burns Fluid Resuscitation EKG/ECG EMS 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

For anyone approaching a structured ABC would be a priority to establish whether shock was present or not. Typical features include: HR >220bpm Narrow complex regular tachycardia P waves difficult to identify In this case there is no shock present so we can proceed to the right branch of the ALSG guideline.

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EKG/ECG Hospitals Shock Documentation/Coding 98

PHEM Cast

APRIL 18, 2016

Hauwald, 2002 A co-operative patient does not require immobilization unless their conscious level deteriorates. The periscope video of the SKEPTIC trial presentation is accessible here: [link] The Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) use infusion of ketamine to manage agitated mental health patient without need for intubation.

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Fractures Administration Operations Shock 40

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

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’. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2002; 12:411-413. 2002; 78:27-30. 2002; 17:169-172. References Congenital AboulHosn JA et al.

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Pediatrics EKG/ECG Wellness Seizures 52