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Annals of B Pod: Social EM Corner- Suicide Related Behaviors

Taming the SRU

In conjunction with the Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC), intravenous methylene blue was initiated for suspected methemoglobinemia with moderate improvement of her symptoms over the next hour, including return of baseline mental status and resolution of hypoxia. Despite supplemental oxygen, she remained hypoxic. of deaths worldwide.[1]

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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

EB Medicine

This month, we’re moving into uncharted territories for the podcast… we’re talking psychiatry Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be discussing Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the emergency department. Routine serum testing and urine toxicology testing are not recommended for psychiatric patients presenting to the emergency department.

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Toxicology Answer: Milkweed (Asclepias)

ACEP Now

Although cases of human milkweed exposure are rare, a 2013 case reported a 42-year-old man experiencing cardiac symptoms and nausea after consuming fried milkweed pods from a recipe he found online. In the ED, he was found to have a heart rate in the 40s, and a digoxin level of 1.0 ng/mL (cross reactivity of the assay) and a potassium of 4.2

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Approach to Shock

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Is this in an infarction, an infection, a poisoning? Pulmonary embolism in the pediatric emergency department. 2013 Oct;132(4):663-7. 2013; 41:580-637. 2013; 17:R246. Now , we look at contractility. How FAST you FILL the PUMP and SQUEEZE Is there a problem with the PUMP? That is, with contractility?

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ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

2,7 Organophosphate poisonings in agriculturally-centered communities are of public health concern in developing countries. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. She complains of dizziness, nausea, and abdominal cramps.

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ToxCard: Chronic Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

Organophosphate poisoning in agriculturally centered communities has developed into a public health concern in developing countries, poisons millions and kills hundreds of thousands each year worldwide and is a reason why understanding organophosphate toxicity has become a critical addition to our knowledge of toxicology. 2013;6:524.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Inhalation Injuries

Taming the SRU

Because of this, emergency department (ED) physicians need to maintain a high index of suspicion for inhalation injury in the case of any exposure to smoke or fire, especially in closed or small space exposures. It is also critical to be prepared for a surgical approach in the event of a cant intubate, cant ventilate scenario (9).

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