Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid secondary contamination. 2015 Jun;11(2):227-31. Introduction Initial Assessment and Stabilization Ensure that the scene is safe for both the patient and the healthcare providers. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1993;31(2):307-13. doi: 10.3109/15563659309000397. PMID: 8492343.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JUNE 16, 2015

This is a different issue, but you may wish to explore your expected duties and what PPE equipment will be provided you from the disaster supplies.

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EMDocs

MARCH 18, 2025

Preparation: dual large bore suction devices, full PPE, push dose pressors, prep for soilage of airway device, multiple devices, prep for cricothyrotomy. 2015 Mar;45(3):756-64. Anatomically and physiologically difficult airway; use the most experienced clinician with a technique with the highest chance of success. Respiration.

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Broome Docs

MARCH 28, 2024

Is our PPE evidence-based? Casey wrote a protocol for peripheral noradrenaline 9 years ago… in 2015! Emerg Med J. 2024 Jan 22;41(2):96-102. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2023-213285. Diekema DJ, Nori P, Stevens MP, Smith MW, Coffey KC, Morgan DJ.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 25, 2019

After donning your PPE (personal protective equipment) and greeting the trauma surgeon in your resuscitation bay, nursing delivers report that you are about to receive a 24-year-old male that was involved in an explosion that knocked the patient from their vehicle. JAMA Surgery March 2019.

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FEMinEM

JANUARY 26, 2021

We couldn’t exactly follow the advice of staying home or avoiding sick people, and a vaccine felt like an added layer of protection needed to bolster our PPE. Many of my coworkers were eagerly signing up, and I followed their lead. I filled out the online query, twice, but it wasn’t until August that I received the call.

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: In fact, a meta-analysis on vaccine effectiveness from 2004-2015 found that the pooled effectiveness against influenza B was 54%, against the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 was 61%, and against the H3N2 virus was 33%. Nachi: It’s also worth noting, that most communities have strategic plans in the event of a major influenza outbreak.

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