Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

In a small study involving 79 hospitalized children, PCT was found to be elevated in bacterial infections, with a decrease after appropriate antibiotic therapy, and decreased in viral infections [24]. This finding was not significantly different among operators with different levels of experience, or between adults and children.

Infectious Diseases 89

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The fire department, who operate at an EMT level in this municipality, arrived before us and administered 324 mg of baby aspirin to the patient due to concern for ACS. Then she began complaining of severe dizziness and quickly went into ventricular fibrillation and resuscitation was initiated by hospital staff.

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Emergency Department Ultrasounds Hospitals 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

APRIL 8, 2014

Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Baltimore City Hospitals, Asst. Artificial Respiration by Mouth-to-Mask Method — A Study of the Respiratory Gas Exchange of Paralyzed Patients Ventilated by Operator's Expired Air. Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer and his simple and efficient method of performing artificial respiration.

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation Ambulance Services Research Military 40

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

It is a 11:39 minute film, by Walter Reid Army Institute of Research Production of experimental research done by Peter Safar, MD, and associates, at Baltimore City Hospital's Department of Anesthesiology. " established that exhaled air was a satisfactory gas for resuscitation. Clinical cardiology , 30 (1), 52-54.

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation CPR Emergency Nursing Basic Life Support 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 27, 2025

However, the limitation with MRI scanning is the logistics of obtaining one in a busy hospital especially if it is an out-of-hours presentation of torsion. Aziz D, Davis V, Allen L, Langer JC (2004) Ovarian torsion in children: is oophorectomy necessary? How unstable is this patient? CT prediction of the degree of ovarian torsion.

Ultrasounds 76

Ultrasounds Emergency Department Pediatrics Dehydration 76

EMDocs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Operative complications requiring surgical intervention or hospitalization occur in about 3-6% of all hysterectomies (5). difficile infection, and post-operative hemorrhage. Abscess and Infected Hematoma : This condition is typically delayed, occurring most commonly 10-14 days post-operatively.

OB/GYN 93

OB/GYN Operations EMS Ultrasounds 93

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Clinical predictors of cardiac syncope at initial evaluation in patients referred urgently to general hospital: the EGSYS score. Background: Syncope is a common, potentially serious condition accounting for many hospital admissions. Other studies 1) EGSYS score (full text link). Del Rosso A, et al. Heart 2008;94(12):1620–6. to 26.0).

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

It wrongly frightened some medical personnel as it was operated by a 50 psi wall source or from a step-down regulator from a tank (some thought the patient received wall 50 psi or 1500 psig from the tank directly to the lung. It was extremely well-liked by field personnel, but virtually unknown in hospitals. Grainge, C. Bogetz, M.

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation CPR Documentation/Coding Military 40

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Neonatal observational scales have been validated in the intensive care and post-operative settings; ED-specific quantitative scales are lacking. CRIES ( Table 1 ) was validated for post-operative patients; to adapt its use for the ED, the most conservative approach is to substitute “preoperative baseline” with normal range for age.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40