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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Chemical burns are a unique subset of burns that require specialised management due to the nature of the substances involved. The majority of acid burns cause coagulative necrosis and cytotoxicity leading to skin and mucosal changes that limit deeper injury. Keep the patient warm using force air warmers such as Bairhugger.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 103: Thermal Burn Injury

EMDocs

Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long, MD ( @long_brit) , we cover the evaluation and management of the patient with a burn injury. Episode 103: Thermal Burn Injury Initial evaluation of thermal burns Range of burn severities and types: minor sunburns to full thickness burns and severe inhalation injury.

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Health Care Worker Unionization Uncommon, But Sometimes Necessary

ACEP Now

Physician burnout will burn all of us. Trends in labor unionization among US health care workers, 2009-2021. A young GWU doctors last words serve as a warning for healthcare providers. The Washington Post. link] Published October 5, 2024. Accessed December 7, 2024. Oakman T, Smith-Ramakrishnan V. The Century Foundation. Adelman LC.

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The 90th Bubble wrap DFTB X The Bridge

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Some special patients (burns and trauma) were not described in the study. in 2009 to 40.3% in 2009 to 18.1% Broad-spectrum antibiotics, including third-generation cephalosporins (such as ceftriaxone), are used increasingly frequently, with their use doubling between 2009 and 2018 in this cohort. Why does it matter?

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Vascular Access in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

However, in at least 10% of patients, blind insertion of a peripheral IV may be unsuccessful for a variety of reasons including obesity, edema, IV drug use, surgical scars, dialysis, burns, and others (1,2). It is a relatively new procedure first described in 2009 (13). 2009 Sep 11;2(3):155–60. 2009 Nov;37(4):419.

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Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient

RebelEM

Int J Emerg Med 2009 PMID: 20157465 4. World J Emerg Surg 2023 PMID: 36918947 3. Ngo AS, Oh JJ, Chen Y, Yong D, Ong MEH. Intraosseous vascular access in adults using the EZ-IO in an emergency department. Ong MEH, Chan YH, Oh JJ, et al. An observational prospective study comparing tibial and humeral intraosseous access using the EZ-IO.

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PECARN STELAR Podcast – Episode 2: Food Insecurity

EMDocs

Gottlieb LM, Hessler D, Long D, Laves E, Burns AR, Amaya A, Sweeney P, Schudel C, Adler NE. 2009 Mar;123(3):858-64. Pediatric Social Risk Screening: Leveraging Research to Ensure Equity. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Mar;22(2):190-192. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.09.013. 2021.09.013. Epub 2021 Sep 24. PMID: 34571253; PMCID: PMC8479442. JAMA Pediatr.