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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

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. 2022 Mar 2;83(3):1-12. Epub 2022 Mar 4. Kirkpatrick JJ, Enion DS, Burd DA.

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Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations for Dental HCP

American Medical Compliance

What is personal protective equipment (PPE)? COVID-19 Prevention Requirements The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board decided to approve COVID-19 preventative standards that are not emergency measures on December 15, 2022. What should employers do if they have confirmed COVID-19 cases? Details Course length: 30 minutes.

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Friday Reflection #26: General Internal Medicine in the Time of COVID

Sensible Medicine

” He was masked, I wore full PPE (mask, goggles, gown, gloves, and bonnet). Applying evidence-based medicine (incorporating medical knowledge, clinical experience, and data from systematic research) to people I knew well, made me recognize that what I do, and what makes my job satisfying, had a role.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

Updated 2022 Oct 7]. As a clinician, Just ask yourself, did you wear appropriate PPE, mask and goggles? If you’re vaccinated and you wore PPE, you don’t need anything. If you’re vaccinated and you did not wear PPE, then prophylaxis is recommended. Well, tough Schenectes. In: StatPearls [Internet].

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Breaking down barriers

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

She receives IV calcium gluconate and bicarbonate as well as oral potassium binders for hyperkalemia. Background: Refugees on the Rise As of 2022, it was estimated that there were 35.3 Global Trends Report 2022. Published online November 14, 2022. Published online November 14, 2022. 1 By the end of 2023, 117.3