PHEM Cast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Qvigstad et al showed in again in Resuscitation in 2013, confirming inter-individual variation in effectiveness of CPR using ETCO2 as a surrogate for CO Trauma Deakin et al. (J. N Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: capnogram showing positive waveforms during each compression suggesting effective cardiac compression generating pulmonary blood.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

OCTOBER 1, 2015

He is in compensated shock. The Huber needle is not a resuscitative line. Vascular Devices: assume the line is not functional, and use another to resuscitate, especially in port-a-caths. Pediatr Nurs Nov 2005 Vol 31, No 6 Trachsel D, Hammer J. Obtain proper access to give fluids -- do not rely on the port-a-cath.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

Hemodynamically labile children should be resuscitated and a stat transesophageal echocardiogram obtained. 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’. 2005; 237(1):75-82. 2015; AID 953826.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

She was in shock with thready pulses. The rate is not fast enough to be causing shock, so if it is VT, the priority is still to treat hyperK and secondarily to cardiovert. They thought it was VT, but did not shock. On arrival, the patient was in shock, was intubated, and had an immediate cardiac ultrasound.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2017

J Pediatr 2005; 146:787. J Pediatr Surg 2005; 40:197. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2008; 46:13. De Lorijn F, Reitsma JB, Voskuijl WP, et al. Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease: a prospective, comparative accuracy study of common tests. Hirschsprung's disease and mimicking conditions. Dig Dis 1994; 12:106.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The latter 1950s and 1960s, quested for nerve gas defense studying expired air resuscitation and modern resuscitology; developing intensive care units. To me, it harkens a new scientific renaissance of resuscitation science, emergency care, and creating systems for care. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research.

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Intensive Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

2005, 2005/01/01/). Vasopressors such as noradrenaline are often required (systemic vasodilation is common in hepatic failure). Disability- treat hypoglycaemia if present. Supportive care and monitoring Prioritise short-acting agents, avoid medications that accumulate in hepatic failure Usually ICU measures (e.g. link] Berger, K.

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Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation 52

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

First, there can be a poor correlation between venous and arterial gases in states of shock, hemodynamic instability, or extremes of acid-base disturbances, due to poor cardiac output/circulatory failure impairing venous and arterial flow, with associated poor gas exchange as well as hypercapnia and acidemia at the tissue level (8).

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Eur J Haematol 2005; 75:1. September 30, 2005. Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. 2014 Aug 21;124(8):1251-8; quiz 1378. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-02-482612. Epub 2014 May 28. Gorschlüter M, Mey U, Strehl J, et al. Neutropenic enterocolitis in adults: systematic analysis of evidence quality. Coding for Mucositis.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Nachi: All unstable patients or those with suspected or proven ectopic or heterotopic pregnancies should be immediately resuscitated and taken for surgical intervention. Jeff: And this recommendation comes from the 2005 IDSA guidelines. The next treatment to discuss is that for pregnancy of an unknown location and ectopic pregnancies.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Evaporative cooling is the preferred method to actively reduce body temperature in the emergency department , as it can be performed with ongoing resuscitation efforts. Ice water immersion and iced peritoneal lavage are additional methods used to lower temperature but are more invasive or can prevent additional resuscitative efforts.

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EMDocs

MARCH 6, 2024

shock index > 1, evidence of poor systemic perfusion). In other patients who are stable and the bleeding has resolved, CTA is of low yield If they are critically ill and have severe bleeding, resuscitate first and consult IR, radiology, and surgery. 2005 Jun 1;21(11):1281-98. CTA is not necessarily in all patients with LGIB.

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Blood Transfusions Outcomes Resuscitation Radiology 84

EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. Rehydration therapy for patients with cholera should include volume resuscitation and electrolyte repletion. Laboratory testing was not immediately available. How is this condition diagnosed and treated in the ED?

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Dehydration CDC Rapid Diagnostic Testing Fluid Resuscitation 88

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

When: The patient needs airway control for resuscitation of mother or child, emergent surgery for maternal or fetal indications; block cannot be effected or would be unsafe. The concept of post-mortem caesarian delivery is being supplanted by ante -mortem resuscitative uterine extraction to save both mother and child. Munnur, U.,

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Airway Management Resuscitation Critical Access Emergency Nursing 40

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. Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. Andrews et al.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. She is sent to the medical ward after three days in the ED with the diagnoses of resolving septic shock, severe malaria, and AKI.

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