2014 EMS Head Injuries 
Pediatric EM Morsels
MAY 12, 2023
We last pondered this in 2011 Morsel , just a couple years after PECARN head injury data was published. So, it would seem that now is an opportune time for a Rebaked Morsel on Closed Head Injury and the application of PECARN for children less than 3 months of age. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307119.
Pediatric EM Morsels
JULY 21, 2023
We had just received a young child from EMS who was post-ictal with decreased mentation. Simpson 1991] No one system universally accepted like adult standard GCS [Simpson 1991, Jain 2022] “There is an evident need for valid standards of paediatric head injury severity, to permit comparisons of different methods of treatment.”
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RebelEM
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
11 Curiously, VAP in patients with traumatic head injury does not appear to increase mortality, but does increase ventilator time, ICU, and hospital length of stay. Critical Care 2014 , 18 (2), 208. Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. DOI: 10.1186/cc13775.
EM Curious
APRIL 29, 2015
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ACEP Now
AUGUST 25, 2023
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute released an expert panel report in 2014 with evidence-based guidelines for management of SCD recommending timely administration of parenteral opioids for VOE.2 Evidence-based management of sickle cell disease: Expert panel report, 2014. link] Published 2014. Am J Hematol.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 14, 2019
Background: Head trauma is an exceedingly common presenting complaint in the emergency department, with approximately 2.5 million emergency department visits in the US in 2014 [1], with the most significant proportion of visits occurring in the elderly ≥75 (1,682/100,000) [1].
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JUNE 30, 2023
Whilst you were busy managing head injuries and drownings, Ranulf had been out with a group of boys from school this evening. A recent review was conducted on Trauma Quality Improvement Program data between 2014 and 2016. 2014 Sep;45(9):1287-95.
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