EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). Upon ED arrival, she had a heart rate (HR) of 160 and blood pressure (BP) of 80s/40s.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS A female in her 30s arrives to the emergency department via emergency medical services. She arrives in the emergency department agitated and unable to answer questions appropriately. This does not deviate from general resuscitation principles for acute hemorrhage. May 2; 19(1): 19.

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EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Management is directed based on underlying etiology, but consider fluid resuscitation, antipyretics, and antibiotics as indicated. A 45-year-old outdoor enthusiast presents to the emergency department with fever, headache, myalgias, and malaise. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb 15;52(4):e56-93. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir073. PMID: 21258094.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 6, 2024

This multicentre retrospective cohort study looked at 202 children in California aged 1- 24 months who presented acutely between 2010 and 2021. The mean time to randomisation was 2 hours, which excludes the initial resuscitation window. However, this study did not include the acute resuscitation period or non-ventilated children.

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EMDocs

JULY 30, 2024

Treat the DKA as you would with any other patient; insulin, appropriate fluid resuscitation, and electrolyte repletion. Elsevier; 2010:2153-2217. The father reported the patient was in his usual state of health approximately two hours ago. Orthostatic hypotension can persist for months after ingestion. References: Pelfrène AF.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JANUARY 26, 2015

Preeclampsia/ Eclampsia - Emergency Department Resources. {3 abstracts} Luckett-Gatopoulos, S. Postpartum Emergencies. Emergency department evaluation and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Emergency department evaluation and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Boringem.org. Nickson, C.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

James Broselow, a family medicine-turned-emergency medicine physician from Hickory, North Carolina , recognized that his team spent a lot of time trying to calculate doses of medications rather than spending their mental energy on the actual medical decisions for the resuscitation. Reduces dosing errors during resus, up to 33.88%.

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Northwestern EM Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

These patients are expected to decompensate within the hour but did not need immediate resuscitation [2]. Expert Commentary This is a great review of MCI management in the Emergency Department by Drs. These patients are likely to need the vast majority of resources and staff. Grace and Rogers. link] Salem-Schatz, S., Mittman, B.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study. PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the fifth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. It was not a practical resuscitative aid until production could be commercially successful (~1895) and made portable in compressed form. Pulmotor is 1907.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Nachi: However, in 2010, the FDA approved the first DOAC, a real game-changer. Jeff: For all agents, regardless of the DOAC, the initial resuscitation follows the standard principles of hemorrhage control and trauma resuscitation. Nachi: So I think that rounds out testing. Let’s move into the treatment section.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2017

One of our largest responsibilities in the Emergency Department is sorting out benign from surgical or medical causes of abdominal pain. Abdominal Surgical Emergencies in Children: A Relative Timeline General Advice Neonate (birth to one month) Necrotizing Enterocolitis Pneumatosis Intestinalis. J Emerg Med.

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Pediatrics Ultrasounds Resuscitation Sepsis 52

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This post aims to broadly cover the types of PTX, the diagnostic modalities available, and the ideal management by PTX type in the Emergency Department. Unsuspected tension pneumothorax as a hidden cause of unsuccessful resuscitation. Ann Emerg Med. J Emerg Trauma Shock. J Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 4, 2024

Case Follow-up: The patient required a dose of lorazepam in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2010; 48(8):800-5 Robinson S. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Use of lipid emulsion in the resuscitation of a patient with prolonged cardiovascular collapse after overdose of bupropion and lamotrigine.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Due to its extremely high morbidity and mortality as well as high healthcare costs, the prompt recognition, diagnosis and resuscitation of shock is key. There is a subset of patients who, despite aggressive conventional resuscitation, have an inadequate hemodynamic response and develop refractory shock. 2010; 36: 2019-2029.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. Additionally, back in 2010, it was estimated that 6.6% I hope everybody enjoyed a fantastic conference. That’s almost half of the population.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Assessing and managing children’s pain can be challenging, because they may not exhibit typically recognized signs and symptoms ( Srouji 2010 ). The Baker-Wong FACES Pain Rating scale ( Figure 1 ) was developed with feedback from children and has been validated for use in those 3 years of age and older ( Keck 1996 , Tomlinson 2010 ).

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EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) is a bedside modality that can assist Emergency Physicians (EPs) in differentiating PE from other causes of cardiac arrest. 2010 Apr;38(4 Suppl):S495-501.

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Ultrasounds Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) EKG/ECG Resuscitation 93

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest. Improvement of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate after implementation of the 2010 resuscitation guidelines. Resuscitation. Resuscitation. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. Resuscitation. Circulation.

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 17, 2016

Annals of Emergency Medicine. Preoxygenation, reoxygenation, and delayed sequence intubation in the Emergency Department. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010; Grant S, Khan F, Keijzers G, Shirran M, Marneros L. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014; 65(4): 349-355.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Trauma surgeons have traditionally relied on ABGs to assess acid-base status for overall prognostication of trauma injury severity and to screen for occult injury or malperfusion, as this might alter management and aggressive resuscitation. Int J Emerg Med. Eur J Emerg Med. 2023 Mar 10;16(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12245-023-00486-0.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2017

34 “The mother, or other trusted adult, places her mouth over the child’s open mouth, forming a firm seal as if about to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Am J Emerg Med. Emergency department management of foreign bodies of the external ear canal in children. Pediatrics. 2013;132(2):275-281. doi:10.1542/peds.2013-0260.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Read More: Infectious Disease Society of America 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Life in the Fast Lane: Febrile Neutropaenia Uptodate: overview of neutropenic fever syndromes EMRAP: Risk stratification of neutropenic fever MDCalc: MASCC Score MDCalc: CISNE Score References: Ahn S, Rice TW, Yeung SJ, Cooksley T. Support Care Cancer.

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Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 86

Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Data was collected at 2 emergency departments in America and included assessment by both clinicians and patients for a total of 31 patients. The device was assessed by the clinicians (emergency medicine doctors) using it on ease of use, speed of use and the appearance of the closed wound. Why does it matter?

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

An 18-month-old boy presents to the emergency department with loss of consciousness. Evaporative cooling is the preferred method to actively reduce body temperature in the emergency department , as it can be performed with ongoing resuscitation efforts. Resuscitation. , 148 , 173–190. Epstein, J.,

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. In lower-resource settings, the evidence is stronger against a liberal approach to volume resuscitation. Andrews et al.

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