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Case 21 – Taking the wind from your sail

Urgent Care Ultrasounds

A 60 year old man presented to the urgent care clinic complaining of several hours of shortness of breath, a gurgling sensation in his chest, and a cough productive of frothy, blood stained sputum. Earlier that day he had been kitesurfing, and after crashing had not been able to raise his kite. He had been wearing a wetsuit.

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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

RebelEM

2005 Sep;116(3):643-9. PMID: 32653333 What They Did Multi-center, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 clinical trial with a parallel-group, active-controlled, non-inferiority design. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio. The effectiveness of IV cetirizine was determined to be statistically non-inferior. Epub 2010 Feb 8. PMID: 20146728.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Indian J Burns 2012;20:7-10 Transfusion ten commandments U.K. NHS Airway The Ten Commandments of Airway Management Slovis, C. Simple lessons to guide oxygenation & ventilation.