Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Due to its extremely high morbidity and mortality as well as high healthcare costs, the prompt recognition, diagnosis and resuscitation of shock is key. There is a subset of patients who, despite aggressive conventional resuscitation, have an inadequate hemodynamic response and develop refractory shock. 2010; 36: 2019-2029.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Discussion of Evidence for Management Initial management of DOAC overdose centers around establishing large-bore intravenous access and providing adequate resuscitation for hemodynamically unstable patients. This does not deviate from general resuscitation principles for acute hemorrhage. Thromb Res. Jun; 127(6): 497-504. N Engl J Med.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

We know that if administered too rapidly, it can lead to hypotension and other adverse effects including seizures, headaches, backache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, anaphylaxis, impaired color vision, and other visual disturbances.[1] Bossers SM, Loer SA, Bloemers FW, et al.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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Broome Docs

JANUARY 27, 2025

Adrenaline Auto-Injectors for Preventing Fatal Anaphylaxis. 2019 Jan;36(1):2-3. Epipens dont work? Not so fast) Sim M, Sharma V, Li K, Gowland MH, Garcez T, Shilladay C, Pumphrey R, Patel N, Turner PJ, Boyle RJ. Clin Exp Allergy. 2024 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/cea.14565. Epub ahead of print. Emerg Med J. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2018-208151.

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