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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

EMDocs

Management is directed based on underlying etiology, but consider fluid resuscitation, antipyretics, and antibiotics as indicated. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby; 2006:384-418. Disposition is based on overall clinical presentation, inciting etiology, and consultant evaluation. link] Ziessman HA, O’Malley JP, Thrall JH. Nuclear Medicine.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 102: Hypocalcemia in Trauma and the Diamond of Death

EMDocs

Calcium and resuscitation Severely injured trauma patients are commonly hypocalcemic. Giancarelli et al found that 97% of patients who underwent massive transfusion protocols during trauma resuscitation were hypocalcemic (iCa < 1.1 The diamond of death: Hypocalcemia in trauma and resuscitation. Am J Emerg Med. Anesth Analg.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. While some studies showed that CPRIC is associated with increased survival to hospital discharge, administering muscle relaxants during resuscitation increased mortality. Another attempt led to an oesophageal intubation.

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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

pdf Equipment required for resuscitative thoracotomy: Surface anatomy: Appearance of pericardial clot A foley catheter being used to fill a cardiac wound – note how easily this could be pulled out. An open chest with aortic compression Simulation of resuscitative thoracotomy by London HEMS team. Injury; 2006 (37): 1-19.

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Does this T wave pattern mean anything?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

2006 Jan 17;47(2):269-81. Epub 2006 Jan 4. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Oct;30(10):1267-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00849.x. 1540-8159.2007.00849.x. PMID: 17897130. Narayan SM. T-wave alternans and the susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. J Am Coll Cardiol. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.066. 2005.08.066. PMID: 16412847.

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Electrical injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Judicious fluid resuscitation is critical; patients may become volume-deplete due to fluid loss/oedema secondary to burns. Volume resuscitation in patients with high-voltage electrical injuries. Available from: [link] Part 8: Advanced Challenges in Resuscitation Section 3: Special Challenges in ECC. Resuscitation.

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Episode 28: LOST

PHEM Cast

It might be better to consider traumatic cardiac arrest as a completely different disease eg LOST: Low Output State due to Trauma The 2015 European Resuscitation Council and UK Resuscitation Council Algorithms for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: To read the whole ERC guideline on special circumstances cardiac arrest including trauma, click here.