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Approach to Shock

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Do we recognize shock early enough? World wide, shock is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children, mostly for failure to recognize or to treat adequately. So, what is shock? Simply put, shock is the inadequate delivery of oxygen to your tissues. How do we prioritize our interventions? Pericardial Effusion?

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

RebelEM

The current standard of practice has moved away from landmark-based central line placement given the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-based techniques. 2012 PMID: 21893125. Studies have compared IO to peripheral intravenous (PIV) and central venous (CVC) access for resuscitation. minutes compared to a mean placement time of 10.7

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Episode 28: LOST

PHEM Cast

Ultrasound during TCA: Cureton et al. The heart of the matter: utility of ultrasound of cardiac activity during traumatic arrest. 2012; 73: 102-10. The outcomes from different resuscitative interventions in a haemorrhagic shock model in porcine model: From: Watts et al. Use of CPR in hemorrhagic shock, a dog model.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Arterial Lines and Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring

Taming the SRU

A recent observational study was performed to pragmatically assess clinically meaningful differences in BP in a diverse critically ill cohort with shock. In general, radial artery readings in patients with shock likely underestimate central pressure which can lead to increasing vasopressor dosing. Cite As: Snyder, B. Broadstock, A.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Perhaps, not insignificantly, they were accustomed to receiving systematized government-supplied medical and trauma care, with "shock rooms" receiving an influx of victims, as contrasted to those later who opposed "socialized medicine." EM makes a strong push into bedside use of ultrasound sonography. EDNA->ENA.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

When looking at the subgroups with severe shock, there was an 18.5% When stratifying TXA administration time after injury and qualifying shock incidence, there appeared to be a lower 30 d mortality if TXA was given within 1 hour of the incident. Arch Surg 2012; 147:113-119.[ MI or stroke). 67% received TXA.

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What is strange about this paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in an otherwise healthy patient? And what happened after giving ibutilide?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Her bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal We decided to cardiovert her since the time of onset was very recent. We designed a step-up protocol in which shocks at 50, 100, 200, 300, and 360 J were used for transthoracic cardioversion. But when you see this, you should suspect that the AV node is not well.

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