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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

1 The practice guidelines were written by a multi-disciplinary group of experts and went through an extensive peer review process. This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. Hypotensive patients should be treated with blood products and/or isotonic fluids in the prehospital setting.

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

EMDocs

Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. For patients without frank signs of shock, it is reasonable to trial oral hydration prior to moving on to IV fluids.