ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In April 2023, the third edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation’s evidence-based guidelines for the prehospital management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was published in Prehospital Emergency Care. Hypotensive patients should be treated with blood products and/or isotonic fluids in the prehospital setting. References Lulla A, et al.

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Fluid Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Resuscitation EMS 92

Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Establish IV access and begin fluid resuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% Exposure Expose the patient in a systematic manner while keeping remaining body areas covered e.g. 1 limb at a time, to reduce the risk of hypothermia. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Assess pupillary reaction to light.

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Burns Fluid Resuscitation PPE Resuscitation 52

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fluid resuscitation will likely be warranted, and with crystalloid solution is most appropriate. 6,7 Hypothermia is classified as: Mild: Core body temperature less than 35 degrees Celsius (less than 95 degrees Fahrenheit) Moderate: Core body temperature 30 degrees Celsius–32 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit–89.6

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Pediatrics Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department Resuscitation 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Hypothermia: Newborns, particularly preterm infants, are prone to hypothermia. Before considering fluid resuscitation or inotropes, it is essential to correct the infant’s body temperature. “Epidemiology of Hypotension in Neonates,” Journal of Perinatology , 2023. and Roberts, N. Batton, B.,

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

Intravenous fluid therapy and hospital outcomes for vaso-occlusive episodes in children, adolescents, and young adults with sickle cell disease. Epub 2023 Nov 27. Fluid overload due to intravenous fluid therapy for vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease: incidence and risk factors. 2023 Apr;98(4):620-627.

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Pediatrics EMS Dehydration Hospitals 74

Intensive Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It refers to hypernatraemia, hyperventilation, haemodialysis, and induced hypothermia. It clears ammonia, allows fluid removal, and facilitates management of electrolyte. Hypothermia Aiming for a lower core temp (35 o C) reduces cerebral metabolic rate and cerebral blood flow. link] [Accessed 10 February 2023] Yartsev, A.

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Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation 52

EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. What is your diagnosis, and what are your next steps in evaluation and management? 1 Fever is usually < 40C.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS Stroke Seizures 67