EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Some authors recommend not starting chest compressions in hypothermia unless there is no organized cardiac activity (e.g., 2 In reality you may start compressions before you confirm that hypothermia was the primary cause of cardiac arrest. Obtaining a core temperature early in any arrest suspected to be from hypothermia is key.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2020

2013 Jul-Aug; 48(4): 546–553. Hyperthermia. The Inter-Association Task Force for Preventing Sudden Death in Secondary School Athletics Programs: Best-Practices Recommendations. J Athl Train. DeFranco MJ et al. Environmental issues for team physicians. Am J Sports Med. 2008 Nov;36(11):2226-37. Ishimine P.

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Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Majority of DKA patients are in a fluid deficit and present acutely with shock. Signs of shock to be mindful for are tachycardia, hypotension, prolonged CRT, pallor, and a weak thready pulse. Fluid boluses are given according to local guidelines, but generally shocked patients should receive a 10ml/kg 0.9% Marcdante, R.

Dehydration 98

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Shock Resuscitation 98

EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

Critical Care Medicine 41(12):p A191, December 2013. 2013 Jan-Mar;16(1):91-5. Epub 2013 Aug 7. -smoke, high ozone levels, smog) Asthma/reactive airway disease (RAD) Diagnostic criteria 7,8 Respiratory symptoms +/- fever (at least 38.0 C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 4 mg per dose q20-30min) or hydromorphone (0.01-0.02 mg/kg, max 0.4

Pediatrics 76

Pediatrics Dehydration EMS Hospitals 76

PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Camargo, Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 56, Issue 12, 15 June 2013, Pages 1754–1762, [link] Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, et al. So what causes it?

Infectious Diseases 59

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Wellness Pediatrics 59

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 26, 2023

But, they may present postnatally with cyanosis/hypoxaemia due to insufficient pulmonary blood flow, cardiogenic shock due to insufficient systemic blood flow, or both. The JET is treated by deepening sedation (to minimise exogenous and endogenous catecholamines), optimizing electrolytes and active mild hypothermia. 2018;37(7):879-885.

Operations 128

Operations Research Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Hospitals 128

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MARCH 1, 2016

On arrival, he was in compensated shock, with tachycardia. The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Do everything you can to support perfusion and avoid the death spiral of hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis. 2013 Sep;184(1):352-7. 2013 Nov;206(5):655-60. J Surg Res.

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Resuscitation Pediatrics Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Operations 40