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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Vascular Access in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. Contraindications for USGIV are the same as for any PIV: overlying skin infection, AV fistula in the extremity, previous surgery impacting vasculature, proximal trauma, or burns.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Critical care nurse , 29 (1), 67-73. The Ten Commandments of Wound Management Ernst, A., Thieme. Ten commandments of burn management Gupta J L. Ten commandments of burn management. Ten commandments of burn management. Indian J Burns 2012;20:7-10 Transfusion ten commandments U.K.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Inhalation Injuries

Taming the SRU

million fires in 2020, with some studies quoting over 500,000 emergency room visits annually for burn and inhalation injuries (4). Upper Airway Injury to the upper airway, defined as airway structures proximal to the glottis (i.e. United States fire departments responded to 1.4

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