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." EM makes a strong push into bedside use of ultrasound sonography. EDNA->ENA.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Most central lines in the ICU are placed under ultrasound guidance in the internal jugular vein, representing a perceived middle ground of risk for pneumothorax and infection prevention. Peripherally-inserted central catheters (PICCs) are inserted through the skin into an arm vein, and advanced under ultrasound into large central veins.

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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!

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

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’. Cardiovasculr Ultrasound. 2006; 87:e168-e171. Harm Reduction Journal, 2006; 3(14):1-18. Circulation. 2004; 110:e511-e513. Tomkewicz-Pajak L et al.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Bedside ultrasound shows hypokinesis of the basal portion of the left ventricle with an apparent sigmoid-shaped septum and a dilated inferior vena cava. Symptoms of heart failure and cardiogenic shock may develop in more severe cases. The oral mucosa is moist. Serum troponin and B-type natriuretic peptide are elevated.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

For example, for a simple forearm fracture, you may opt to give an oral opioid, perform a hematoma block, and offer inhaled nitrous oxide for reduction, rather than a formal intravenous procedural sedation ( Luhmann 2006 ). Unexplained tachycardia may be the early signs of shock. 2006 Oct;118(4):e1078-86. 2006 Mar;16(3):258-65.

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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.

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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. The high blood flow velocities through these stenotic segments can be detected using transcranial doppler ultrasound (TCD).

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