Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 24, 2024

Four-year-old Fern is a previously healthy girl who presents with a febrile illness and seizures. Seizure activity did not respond to either first or second-line treatments, so she needed rapid sequence induction and transfer to PICU for ongoing anaesthesia and management. What causes Super Refractory Status Epilepticus?

Seizures 111

Seizures Pediatrics Outcomes Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 111

EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

2015; 17(6): 1-19. fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold Br J Addict. 1989; 84(11): 1353-1357. Yanta J, Swartzentruber G, Pizon A. Emerg Med Pract.

Seizures 88

Seizures Emergency Department Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS 88

Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Exposure Expose the patient in a systematic manner while keeping remaining body areas covered e.g. 1 limb at a time, to reduce the risk of hypothermia. These systemic effects can include central nervous system (agitation, seizures , and coma), as well as cardiac ( hypotension and dysrhythmias) [10, 11]. 2015 Jun;11(2):227-31.

Burns 52

Burns Fluid Resuscitation PPE Resuscitation 52

EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. A 12-lead EKG shows sinus tachycardia but is otherwise normal. 1 Fever is usually < 40C. 1 Fever is usually < 40C.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 68

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS Stroke Seizures 68

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

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Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40