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Hypothermia and drowning

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Elsa was found face down in the family pool 20 minutes after last visual contact and was picked up without resuscitation. She was intubated at the scene and transported to your ED, with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed en route. d) Hypothermia As you ponder these options, the matron hands you the repeat gas.

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SGEM #404: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay-esian Interpretation of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is part of the Don’t Forget the Bubbles team and faculty at Queen Mary […] The post SGEM #404: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay-esian Interpretation of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Pediatric Cardiac Arrest first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. They started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until EMS arrived.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 1/22/24 (Issue #26)

PulmCCM

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival. Read on for details.

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Targeted temperature management for post-cardiac arrest is officially over (for now)

PulmCCM

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival. Read on for details.

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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Northwestern EM Blog

The most acute cause of death from NMS is hyperthermia, which is induced both by D2 receptor antagonism leading to rigidity and impaired thermoregulation from the striatum and hypothalamus. Any life-threatening hyperthermia should be treated immediately with an ice bath.[2] Therefore, fluid resuscitation and maintenance are important.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

EMDocs

Evaporative cooling is the preferred method to actively reduce body temperature in the emergency department , as it can be performed with ongoing resuscitation efforts. As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. What is your diagnosis, and what are your next steps in evaluation and management?

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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

EMDocs

2015 May;169(4):492-505. Epub 2015 Mar 30. -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 2 mcg/kg, max 100 mcg) while obtaining IV access 20 IV/IM ketorolac (1 mg/kg, max 15 mg) Morphine (05-0.1 mg/kg, max 0.4 C or 100.4