Taming the SRU

JANUARY 29, 2024

Variations in sensitivity are thought to be related to operator technique, patient habitus, and difficulty evaluating the subclavian vein beneath the clavicle. [12] 2006 Apr;17(3):225-6. 13] Ultimately, catheter-based venography is the gold-standard for diagnosis of thrombosis of the upper extremity deep veins. Epub 2004 Sep 7.

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Cook County EM Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

2006 Jul;20(7):503-11. Epub 2008 Feb 2. PMID: 18427921; PMCID: PMC2291478. Hogan CJ, Ruland RT. High-pressure injection injuries to the upper extremity: a review of the literature. J Orthop Trauma. doi: 10.1097/00005131-200608000-00010. PMID: 16891944. Vitale E, Ledda C, Adani R, Lando M, Bracci M, Cannizzaro E, Tarallo L, Rapisarda V.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

ET Hostile Fire Environments Murphy’s Law of Combat Operations [includes coarse military humor] Firearms in the Entertainment Industry International Movie Firearms Database Horman, GS. Tejwani, N. C., & Egol, K. Gunshot wounds to the extremities. BULLETIN-HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES NEW YORK, 64(3/4), 139. de Barros Filho, T.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

4 Pain is the most common reason for presentation in the early post operative period. 5 Highest risk of dislocation early in the post operative course due to laxity of the soft tissue after surgery. 6 Hip flexion or adduction in the early post-operative period can cause atraumatic dislocations (typically avoided for 6 weeks post-op).

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

2006 Jan;29(1):64-71. Loss of CSF into the circulatory system is unregulated and cannot be reabsorbed, leading to intracranial hypotension. PMID: 27666293. Yilmazlar S, Arslan E, Kocaeli H, Dogan S, Aksoy K, Korfali E, Doygun M. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage complicating skull base fractures: analysis of 81 cases. Neurosurg Rev. PMID: 15937689.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

3 Increasing Strikes and Unions Labor actions in healthcare can disrupt normal hospital operations, potentially impacting costs and threatening patient quality of care. 2006 Apr;36(2):331-54. Despite a plateau in overall union membership of around 10% in 2023 1 , major labor actions shook the U.S. BMC Medical Ethics. 2013 Dec;14:1-0.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A retrospective cohort analysis of the ED portion of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2006 to 2009 in the US revealed that less than one-half of patients undergoing ETI in the ED received sedative drugs while in the ED. When there is an immediate threat to life (e.g., What are the potential physiological sequelae?

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

DECEMBER 18, 2014

10 Commandments of Risk Management (Camp Operations) THE "20 Commandments" of EMTALA Ten Commandments For Malpractice Depositions The Top Ten Ways to Ensure Frustration, Miscommunication, and Poor Patient Care the Next Time You Provide (or Request) a Consult [N.B. Herzog, M., & Seidl, R. Memon, A., & Kaliff, J.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2006; 87:e168-e171. Harm Reduction Journal, 2006; 3(14):1-18. Summary Acute MI is a challenging presentation in children: Easily missed: uncommon and atypical Varied etiology Respect vague symptoms with a non-reassuring H&P Try to detect it: CATH IT! Congenit Heart Dis. Signa Vitae.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 11, 2024

Craniosynostosis needs urgent referral and is usually corrected operatively before a child’s first birthday. Craniosynostosis can lead to raised intracranial pressure and failure to thrive. and can worsen and become harder to correct over time. This can lead to intracranial hypertension and neurodevelopmental delay. Vollman, A. Hatfield, J.,

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He added that it was prescient for the Institute of Medicine to say, Let’s look at this system and see what’s going on. Is it working? What needs to change in the future?

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 27, 2015

Updated: January 1, 2006). 2008) Mumbai Combined Arms Operation November 26-28, 2008. Miri Halperin. (27/10/2013). 27/10/2013). Terrorist Attacks against Hospitals Case Studies. International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. CFR.org editorial staff. Responding to a Terrorist Attack: Hospital Emergency Rooms. Dworkin, Ronald W.,

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Farrington] Rebuilding of outdated hospitals put emergency rooms on ground level with nearby X-ray service, and, ideally, sometimes closer to the Blood Bank and the Operating Rooms. We applied to "The Golden Hour" the attitudes and abilities that led to a man on the moon. Emergency medicine in the United States: a systemic review.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

APRIL 8, 2014

Artificial Respiration by Mouth-to-Mask Method — A Study of the Respiratory Gas Exchange of Paralyzed Patients Ventilated by Operator's Expired Air. Photo from which, by kind permission of Allen Press, shown above of early mouth-to-airway devices. Probably only Internet-accessible extant photo of the Gordon Airway. O’Donnell, C. Gibson, A.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Neonatal observational scales have been validated in the intensive care and post-operative settings; ED-specific quantitative scales are lacking. CRIES ( Table 1 ) was validated for post-operative patients; to adapt its use for the ED, the most conservative approach is to substitute “preoperative baseline” with normal range for age.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

2006 Jun;26(6):684-90. Pharmacologic therapy should only be utilized for chronic low back pain for patients who have not responded adequately to the aforementioned options. Apr 1995;25(4):464-9. doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70259-8 Goldstein JN, Camargo CA Jr, Pelletier AJ, Edlow JA. Cephalalgia. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01093.x.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Risk-score performance was measured by comparing the proportions of patients with arrhythmias at various levels of the score and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for physician prediction probability was 0.58 (95% confidence interval 0.38 95% CI = 1.9 Quinn et al.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

They also proved that only expired air resuscitation guaranteed sufficient inflation volumes; that exhaled air was a suitable resuscitating gas; and that the operator would have continuous feedback from each breath. Their focus was on developing a refined technique suitable for mass usage by the military who funded them and by the lay public.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

suprapubic catheters, gastrostomy tubes, haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis lines – may have been left in situ in the initial post-operative period), and central vascular catheters. Look for scars indicating previous central lines, peritoneal dialysis catheters or operations. If in doubt, ask. CAKUT, catheterization requirement).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. Afro-Caribbean patients should be screened for sickle cell before anaesthesia for possible pre-operative transfusion. 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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