PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Pleural decompression and drainage during trauma reception and resuscitation. Journal of Special Operations Medicine : a Peer Reviewed Journal for SOF Medical Professionals , 13 (4), 53–58. Initial Management and Resuscitation of Severe Chest Trauma. Wyrzykowski, A. Kirkpatrick, A. Nicholas, J. Salomone, J. link] Fitzgerald, M.,

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RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

What They Did: Retrospective, observational cohort study in a single high-volume academic hospital The ED had a 5 bed area used for ongoing management and resuscitation of patients who clinically deteriorate while boarding or while actively undergo a workup in other sections of the ED. 2011 Feb 15; Epub 2010 Aug 27. J Crit Care.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The latter 1950s and 1960s, quested for nerve gas defense studying expired air resuscitation and modern resuscitology; developing intensive care units. To me, it harkens a new scientific renaissance of resuscitation science, emergency care, and creating systems for care. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research.

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PHEM Cast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Qvigstad et al showed in again in Resuscitation in 2013, confirming inter-individual variation in effectiveness of CPR using ETCO2 as a surrogate for CO Trauma Deakin et al. (J. N Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: capnogram showing positive waveforms during each compression suggesting effective cardiac compression generating pulmonary blood.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

One such study of 263 patients without hypertensive emergencies treated in a resuscitation unit found that 40% of patients had a MAP difference ≥ 10 mmHg between IABP and NIBP measurements. Arterial or cuff pressure: clinical predictors among patients in shock in a critical care resuscitation unit. Gelmann, D., Raffman, A., Gelmann, D.,

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Northwestern EM Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This post will discuss a brief overview of hospital planning and operational setup with key elements of a disaster response from events that cause high numbers of blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burns or crush injuries that may be seen following explosive events, mass shootings, or large scale motor vehicle collisions, to name a few.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

Hemodynamically labile children should be resuscitated and a stat transesophageal echocardiogram obtained. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2010; 12(3): 3–8. 2010 Oct 1;33(10):821-42. The high-velocity object: coronary artery dissection or thrombus Direct trauma (e.g. References Congenital AboulHosn JA et al.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2017

Steady the operating hand by placing your hypothenar eminence on the child’s zygoma or temporal scalp, to avoid jutting the instrument into the ear canal with sudden movement. 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.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Additionally, back in 2010, it was estimated that 6.6% Nachi: Unfortunately this procedure is associated with a relatively high re-operation rate – one study found 20% of patients required removal or revision. Jeff: Even more shockingly, some series showed a 52% repeat operation rate. That’s almost half of the population.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

Epub 2010 Oct 29. Resuscitate with volume and blood. In my experience, doing a neurologic exam is really difficult in the resuscitation area, especially when a patient is supine and has an immobilized c spine. That’s a spine or neurosurgery operation. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Aug;58(2):145-55. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.08.038.

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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.

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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 ). Neonatal observational scales have been validated in the intensive care and post-operative settings; ED-specific quantitative scales are lacking. Knowing the context of the episode may help.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Jeff: Perhaps most importantly, no history or physical alone can rule in or out an ectopic pregnancy, for that you’ll need testing and imaging or operative findings. A 2010 Meta-Analysis found a NPV of 99.96% when an er doc identified an IUP on bedside ultrasound. Jeff: Up first is the urine pregnancy test.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 7, 2025

Military Application of Tranexamic Acid in TraumaEmergency Resuscitation (MATTERs) Study. of IV form TXA [O’Neill 2020] Inexpensive ! 2011 Mar26;377(9771):1096-101, 1101.e1-2. PubMed: 21439633] Morrison JJ, Dubose JJ, Rasmussen TE, Midwinter MJ. 2012 Feb;147(2):113-9. PubMed: 22006852] Nishijima DK, VanBuren JM, Linakis SW, et al.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Her rejoinder was “I didn’t think to blow through the nose, but, boy, did I blow between the teeth! ” The nose in Early Modern Expired Air Resuscitation: Early teaching in expired-air resuscitation was three-fold. Few people now remember that a strong early proposal in the move for expired air resuscitation was Mouth to Nose.

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