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The Technologically Dependent Child in the ED

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The main thing for us is to suspect it, detect it, control it, and if the child arrests, to do vigorous CPR to mechanically disrupt the bubbles. Gastroenterol Clin N Am 36 (2007) 123-144l Feinberg A et al. January 17, 2007. Anesthesiology 2007; 106:164–77 Marks JH. Pediatr Clin N Am 55 (2008) 1343–1358 Garton HJ.

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Is there a role for Hypnosis in Emergency Care?

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

We had only first aid, oxygen, and CPR to offer. In the first part of my career, I did ambulance work, before there was ACLS, and certainly no pain medicine. Even as a Paramedic, in the early days, there was no analgesia, sedative (except for seizures), or anesthetic, to provide. Ehrlich, Steven D., Hypnotherapy. Last reviewed on 9/19/2013.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Validation of methods of controlling the unprotected natural airway; comparisons of methods of artificial respiration, validating mouth-to-mouth as the most effective means, training and popularizing mouth-to-mouth, and linking and coordinating external cardiac massage (the Johns Hopkins Group) to be Steps A, B, & C of CPR. " Peter J.

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Middle Aged Woman with Asystolic Cardiac Arrest, Resuscitated: Cath Lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Medics found her apneic and pulseless, began CPR, and she was found to be in asystole. Methods: Between June 2007 - July 2009 all NT-OHCA patients aged >18, transported to our hospital, an urban, level one trauma teaching hospital were included. A middle-age woman with h/o hypertension was found down by her husband.

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Low risk BRUE: Age >60 days Gestational age >32/40 Post conceptual age >45 weeks First episode No CPR given (by a trained medical provider) No concerning history or examination findings (eg FHx sudden cardiac death) Where the above features are present then investigation and hospital stay can be limited.

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