Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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

AUGUST 17, 2023

Additionally, 80% of patients in the control group required open label NE use indicating that NE was going to be needed in most of these patients regardless of initial resuscitation method. I will continue to reach for pressors early in resuscitation of the septic shock patient. vs 48.4% (OR 3.4, vs 48.4% (OR 3.4, vs 48.4% (OR 3.4,

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PHEM Cast

JANUARY 4, 2017

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 2013; 22: 468-477. Boet S, Bould MD, Layat Burn C, Reeves S. Scenario based outdoor simulation in pre-hospital trauma care using a simple mannequin model. Patterson MD, Geis GL, Falcone RA, LeMaster T, Wears RL. BMJ Quality & Safety.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 1, 2024

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. Contraindications for USGIV are the same as for any PIV: overlying skin infection, AV fistula in the extremity, previous surgery impacting vasculature, proximal trauma, or burns.

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Panelists called this “low certainty evidence from five before-after studies that this intervention may be associated with lower mortality and fewer unsuccessful resuscitation events.” Over six years of study (2007-2013): There were 83 MET calls activated by parents (~1.2 Let’s take a closer look.

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Rural Doctors Net

AUGUST 30, 2013

The visual confrontation of a man in pain with an obvious amputation and airway burns will induce a catecholamine surge in all but the psychopathic. Whilst we’ve ‘re-discovered’ balanced resuscitation (first described by Cannon back after WWI), there remains some limited controversy – listen to this 2013 take from Simon Carley at St.

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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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