Northwestern EM Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Severe shock is defined as persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain a mean arterial pressure of 65mmHg and serum lactate <2 despite adequate volume resuscitation. Published online October 21, 2020. Two classes of vasopressors have been used in the past for hypotension. 2021;159(2):596-605. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2074

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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. As with soldiers in war, we know that as soon as we stop doing, we will start feeling.”

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 7, 2025

of IV form TXA [O’Neill 2020] Inexpensive ! of IV form TXA [O’Neill 2020] Inexpensive ! Military Application of Tranexamic Acid in TraumaEmergency Resuscitation (MATTERs) Study. Published 2020 Jan 29. mg/kg [Nishijima 2016] Poorly studied in renally impaired patients. 2011 Mar26;377(9771):1096-101, 1101.e1-2.

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