Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Then she began complaining of severe dizziness and quickly went into ventricular fibrillation and resuscitation was initiated by hospital staff. She was defibrillated and resuscitated. N Engl J Med [Internet] 2013;368(21):2004–13. Smith: this ECG and clinical presentation is diagnostic of LAD Occlusion. Available from: [link] 4.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Trauma surgeons have traditionally relied on ABGs to assess acid-base status for overall prognostication of trauma injury severity and to screen for occult injury or malperfusion, as this might alter management and aggressive resuscitation. As previously noted, ABGs are not easily obtained (let alone in the critically ill trauma patient).

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the fifth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. It was not a practical resuscitative aid until production could be commercially successful (~1895) and made portable in compressed form. Pulmotor is 1907. Beecher, M.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

BMC Health Services Research. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2015, Pages 583-590 Perron T, Emara M, Ahmed S. Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. 2014;14:162. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-162.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

mg/kg IV, up to 10 mg ) ( Brousseau 2004 ), often given with diphenhydramine (1 mg/kg PO or IV, up to 50 mg) and IV fluids. Researchers are currently working to offer an evidence base to this anecdotal practice. 2004 Feb;43(2):256-62. Ketoralac (0.5 mg/kg IV, up to 10 mg) may be substituted for ibuprofen ( Paniyot 2016 ).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

An alumnus of Tacoma Community College's paramedic program Missy served as a paramedic for the Bremerton Fire Department for nearly 12 years and has been involved in paramedic education since 2004. After starting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you note pulseless electrical activity (PEA) on the monitor.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. In lower-resource settings, the evidence is stronger against a liberal approach to volume resuscitation. Andrews et al.

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