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Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

RebelEM

Until that time, the best evidence indicates that in the sickest patients (i.e. to 0.97; p = 0.02 Length of ICU Stay 906 patients Prehospital Abx: 300 pts No Prehospital Abx: 606 pts Pooled Mean Difference 0.11; 95% CI -1.85 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26

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Preparation for Emergency Infectious Outbreak in your ED – Coronavirus

Emergency Medicine Cases

Although the mortality rate in patients with Coronavirus in this outbreak is less than 1% (which pales in comparison to Ebola or SARS), historically these types of outbreaks have occured every 5-6 years (SARS 2003, HINI 2009, Ebola 2014, Coronavirus 2020), so they are somewhat predictable and we should know how to prepare for them in our EDs.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

By attending networking events, conferences, and regional meetings, prospective members will have the opportunity to connect with other emergency physicians, share best practices, and collaborate on research or quality improvement projects. It is a multi-phase process, and we have to listen to the voices of our membership.

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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov;49:226-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05.071. 2021.05.071. Epub 2021 Jun 9. PMID: 34146921. 6 – Emma Kirk, Tom Bourne. Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with ultrasound. Pages 501-508, ISSN 1521-6934.

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Daily Reviews on the ICU

Mind The Bleep

Heart rate / rhythm Best practice to check in all 4 limbs. 2009) Oxford Handbook of Critical Care. Augmented/ artificially lowered:-vasopressors-antihypertensives-sedation Does the patient have a target MAP or BP they should be meeting and are they meeting this? Resources and References Singer, M. and Webb, A.R. Allman, K.G.

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The 90th Bubble wrap DFTB X The Bridge

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The toolkit developed through this study provides this guidance, represents best practice, and is suitable for use in all child deaths. in 2009 to 40.3% in 2009 to 18.1% Check out this post on communicating with families in life-or-death situations: A short story about death… – Don’t Forget the Bubbles.

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The Pause- a recognition of a life

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. Best Practices in Mental Health. Definitive emotional support is critical to our emotional and psychological well-being. To limit the psychological harm, perhaps we should implement THE PAUSE. Critical Care Medicine , 46 (1), pp. Newell, J. &