PEMBlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

This episode of PEM Currents discusses ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), an advanced procedure used in cases of cardiac arrest when traditional CPR fails. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. 2005 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care.

CPR 52

CPR Resuscitation Pediatrics Hospitals 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2017

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Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Ultrasounds Resuscitation Sepsis 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Case 1: Sepsis Laura is a 2-month-old baby girl born at 32 weeks gestational age who today has been “breathing fast” per mother. She is in respiratory failure from bronchiolitis and likely viral sepsis. We have a few minutes to optimize, to resuscitate before we intubate. She needs her airway taken over.

Shock 40

Shock Sepsis Airway Management Pediatrics 40

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Antibiotics are effectively the only thing standing between these patients and overwhelming sepsis. Improving the immediate management of neutropenic sepsis in the UK: Lessons from a national audit. Eur J Haematol 2005; 75:1. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics.

Infectious Diseases 101

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 101

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.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 75