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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

Caring for critically ill patients with limited information requires snap assessments and judgements for timely resuscitation and efficient emergency department throughput. In this study, clinical gestalt is not only fast, but accurate for the benefit of timely resuscitation and intervention. Sound familiar? Classifying Facial Actions.

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The Pediatric Surgical Abdomen

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

2007; 16:27-33. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: tips and tricks for ultrasound diagnosis. J Pediatr Surg 2014; 49:1619. Pyloric Stenosis Aspelund G, Langer JC. Current management of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Semin Pedaitr Surg. Dias SC et al. Insights Imaging. 2012; 3:247-250. Kawahara H et al.

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Episode 25: Tension pneumothorax 2

PHEM Cast

Pleural decompression and drainage during trauma reception and resuscitation. Ultrasound determination of chest wall thickness: implications for needle thoracostomy. Initial Management and Resuscitation of Severe Chest Trauma. Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine. Emergency Medicine Journal , 22 (11), 788–789. Mackenzie, C.

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Emergencies of the Third Trimester

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Keep your ultrasound handy. Reid, C (2011) Prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy op.cit. 2014) Medscape.com Sullivan, MG (2007) Time Is Critical for Success in Perimortem C-Section ACEP News. Here, then, are some links for Third Trimester Emergencies. de Boisblanc, B., & Suresh, M. Weingart, S., EMCrit.org.

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Approach to Shock

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Cardiogenic Shock: Act Use point-of-care cardiac ultrasound : Good Squeeze? It’s seen easily enough on point of care ultrasound. Tamponade: if any sign of shock, pericardiocentesis, preferentially ultrasound-guided. 2007; 35:64-8. You will see cool, mottled extremities. Pericardial Effusion? Get ready to aspirate.

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Episode 29 - Assessing Abdominal Pain in Adults: A Rational, Cost-Effective, and Evidence-Based Strategy

EB Medicine

CT is good but you really should learn ultrasound, and lastly, sick patients need prompt consultation and resuscitation, not rapid trips to radiology. Nachi: Diagnosis of appendicitis, in a pregnant patient, ultrasound vs. mri. Jeff: Next we have everybody’s favorite, the ultrasound. Jeff: Indeed. Sounds familiar.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Hemodynamically labile children should be resuscitated and a stat transesophageal echocardiogram obtained. 2007; 2:2-11. Cardiovasculr Ultrasound. 2007; 5(3):172-176. The high-velocity object: coronary artery dissection or thrombus Direct trauma (e.g. References Congenital AboulHosn JA et al. Congenit Heart Dis.