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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. 2003 Jul;40(7):620-5. When is it useful and what does it tell us?

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ToxCard: Iron

EMDocs

In the late 1990s, iron was the leading cause of poisoning deaths reported to poison control centers for children less than 6 years of age. 2 This requirement was ultimately removed in 2003, however iron related exposures and deaths have stayed low. Iron is used for treatment and prevention of iron-deficiency anemia.

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Carbon Dioxide As A Resuscitative Gas

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Even after no longer having a role in resuscitation, CO2 was advocated for accelerating clearance of carbon monoxide poisoning into the 1950s and 1960s. Henderson , it would seem, was an enthusiast, well-convinced of his opinions, with missionary zeal, who would firmly argue his positions and tirelessly campaign them. In 1927, H.W.

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Annals of B Pod - Opioid-Associated Hearing Loss

Taming the SRU

5] There are reports of OAHL occurring after oral, intranasal, intravenous, and transdermal administration, as well as one case of intra-arterial administration. Opioid-Associated Hearing Loss: A 20-Year Review from the New Jersey Poison Center. 2003 May 27;168(11):1421-3. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2013;9(2):179-183.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

2) Hypoxia, including poisons of oxidative phosphorylation such as HS, CO, CN. 3) Anemia, or poisons of hemoglobin such as methemoglobin or CO 4) Fixed coronary stenosis that limits flow. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:1756-1763, 5/1/2013. Hypotension may of course be a result of a brady- or tachydysrhythmia. Khot, MD; et al.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Introduction: My first professional ambulance call was for three victims of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Lubricate well. A couple came home from an evening out and inadvertently left the car’s engine running in the garage below. Before the romantic portion could begin, the cat became ill. Gerkin] Priceless. D., & Bair, A.