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Carbon Dioxide As A Resuscitative Gas

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Even after no longer having a role in resuscitation, CO2 was advocated for accelerating clearance of carbon monoxide poisoning into the 1950s and 1960s. This is a cased kit of a Sparklet Resuscitator (J size), with pressure chamber, regulator, tubing, reservoir bag, flow stopcock, and funnel mask, with associated documents.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Clinical Course The paramedic activated a “Code STEMI” alert and transported the patient nearly 50 miles to the closest tertiary medical center. 2 The astute paramedic recognized this possibility and announced a CODE STEMI. 2) Hypoxia, including poisons of oxidative phosphorylation such as HS, CO, CN. What do you see?

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

In fact, cannabis use has been documented for medical use dating as far back as 600 BC in West and Central Asia. Jeff: And according to the national poison data system, states with marijuana use laws have seen a 30% increase in calls related to marijuana use by children.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Taming the SRU

for detecting major injuries Abnormal CXR Rapid deceleration mechanism Presence of a distracting injury Chest wall tenderness Sternal/thoracic spine/scapular tenderness There are limited decision-making rules for thoracic spine imaging Yet a study (Inaba et al., 2015) reported a sensitivity of 98.9%

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Introduction: My first professional ambulance call was for three victims of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Confirming endotracheal placement: In addition to the usual required methods and documentation, remember that, most likely, your patient will still be breathing. June 6, 2011. Some have succeeded with slow full rotation (360°).