Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Alkali burns result in liquefaction necrosis, allowing for deeper tissue injury as well as vascular injury that can lead to both local and systemic toxicity [1]. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid secondary contamination. However, if PEG is not immediately available, irrigation with water can be initiated.

Burns 52

Burns Fluid Resuscitation PPE Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 7, 2020

Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel. A Randomized Clinical Trial. Over the past seventeen […] The post SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

Emergency Nursing 40

Emergency Nursing PPE Emergency Department Administration 40

EMDocs

JUNE 14, 2023

This leads to an enhanced, as well as a prolonged predominant cholinergic effect. Make sure to dispose of clothing appropriately and wear PPE to prevent personal exposure. Limit exposure with PPE if returning to the exposing environment. link] Updated September 14, 2020. Accessed December 14, 2020. CorePendium.

PPE 89

PPE Poisoning Seizures Emergency Department 89

FEMinEM

MARCH 29, 2021

I found out I was pregnant in August 2020 which meant that I would spend most of my senior year growing a little human. As their physician, I should be the one expressing concern about my patients well being. There was not much that I expected to look forward to while being pregnant in residency during a worldwide pandemic.

Leadership 52

Leadership PPE Emergency Department Hospitals 52

Sensible Medicine

JULY 28, 2023

MJ is a 24-year-old man who presents to his primary care physician on March 16, 2020 with fever, myalgia, and sore throat. March 2020: COVID strips a veteran physician of his invincibility. Early 2020 was scary. ” He was masked, I wore full PPE (mask, goggles, gown, gloves, and bonnet). July 2020: A reprieve.

Hospitals 95

Hospitals PPE Urgent Care Academics 95

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 29, 2023

In the emergency department, we were working our way through tonnes of PPE, masks, aprons, and gloves. You treated me so well.” Amidst tonnes of PPE, hot zones, cold zones, cancelled clinics and social distancing, mental health presentations to the ED were exploding – lockdown was devastatingly affecting our young people.

PPE 98

PPE Research Emergency Department Urgent Care 98

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

She receives IV calcium gluconate and bicarbonate as well as oral potassium binders for hyperkalemia. 89 The high malnutrition rate is caused by factors such as a heavy disease burden, particularly malaria, as well as poor food consumption and inadequate infant and child feeding practices. Hypoglycemia is managed with IV dextrose.

Infectious Diseases 72

Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 72