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SGEM#327: MAGNUM PA – Nebulized Magnesium for Pediatric Asthma

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You don the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) wondering if this is COVID. For children with severe asthma, IV magnesium has been shown to significantly decrease hospitalization rates though practically these children are rarely sent home after this IV treatment ( Cheuk et al 2005 , Griffith et al 2016 ,

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SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA

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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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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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International Monetary Fund; 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2016. IPC for Marburg Virus Disease (MVD): PPE Part 1:PPE Basics What, When, and Why to Use PPE. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 19902016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.