RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Early administration of antibiotics is the only factor known to reduce this mortality. Early administration of antibiotics is the only factor known to reduce this mortality. 2006 May 15;106(10):2258-66. Cohort Study of the Impact of Time to Antibiotic Administration on Mortality in Patients with Febrile Neutropenia.

Infectious Diseases 101

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 101

EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. And sepsis-3 redefined septic shock as “hypotension not responsive to fluid resuscitation” with the added requirement of vasopressors to maintain a MAP greater than or equal to 65 and with a lactate > 2. That’s where we’re at.

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EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

The Accu-Chek was 214, and there was no response to empiric Narcan administration. However, as shock resolved and hemodynamic stability improved, RV strain and underfilling of the LV remained apparent 30 minutes after ROSC (Vid 4). 4, 2006, pp. A thin wall (diameter <5mm) is suggestive of an acute etiology”. Chest , vol.

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Ultrasounds Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) EKG/ECG Resuscitation 98

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Both are at the University of Florida Jacksonville, and they reviewed a total of 120 articles from 2006-2017, in addition to reviews from both Cochrane and Dare. As some background, from 2006-2015 there were almost 66,000 reported snake exposures and 31 deaths from snake envenomation in the US. Jeff: What a team!

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Perhaps, not insignificantly, they were accustomed to receiving systematized government-supplied medical and trauma care, with "shock rooms" receiving an influx of victims, as contrasted to those later who opposed "socialized medicine." Committee on Shock. Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct). Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog.

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Emergency Nursing EMS Resuscitation Military 40

EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. Jeff: And while it seems crass to even mention the financial impact, the number is shocking - suicide has an estimated economic burden of $5.4

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Emergency Department Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Outcomes 40

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen administration (distress and breath-holding); Increased vital signs; Expression; and Sleeplessness ( Krechel 1995 ). Once the pain is controlled, less frequent administration of medications, with frequent reassessments, are indicated.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. 13 While there is good data that early antibiotics for patients in septic shock reduce mortality 18-19 the role of early and aggressive volume resuscitation and its impacts on patient-centered outcomes remain unclear. Inwald et al.

Dehydration 75

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 75

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. Symptoms may be non-specific in the beginning with patients quickly developing septic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation. How is sickle cell disease diagnosed? Newborn screening: sickle cell screening is donethrough heel-prick blood at five days of life.

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Blood Transfusions Stroke Dehydration Sepsis 126