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Grand Rounds Recap 10.9.2024

Taming the SRU

VTE is associated significantly with maternal mortality, and has been cited by the CDC to be up associated with 10.5% ALiEM provides a great overview of how to manage these injuries here: [link]. Amputations Distal to DIP may require revision amputation, which is in the purview of EM physicians. Antibiotics are not indicated.

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Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

Critical Care Now

Reading Time: 5 minutes Simon Taxel NRP, BA Simon is a paramedic, crew chief, and public safety diver with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS. According to CDC data , more than 64000 Americans died in 2020 from TBI, and many more experience long-term sequelae, making them one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity across all age groups.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Classic Advice to New Interns (Commentary upon 10 Commandments of EM) Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine Luke & Cusack Cork Emergency Medicine 2014 The Derriford twelve commandments of emergency medicine: a model for good practice in a changing world, or a survival guide for new medical staff Smith, J.

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

EMDocs

2016.07.025 Pinkbook: Tetanus | CDC. Neurotransmitter. 2015;2:10-14800/nt. doi:10.14800/nt.491 J Emerg Med. 1990;8(3):321-325. doi:10.1016/0736-4679(90)90013-l Woldeamanuel YW, Andemeskel AT, Kyei K, Woldeamanuel MW, Woldeamanuel W. Case fatality of adult tetanus in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol Sci. 2016;368:292-299.