EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Upon EMS arrival the male is noted to be anxious and tremulous with a GCS of 14. A 36-year-old male presents to the emergency department after being found down at home by his spouse. Per the mans wife, the patient is a heavy drinker often consuming two to three pints of vodka daily.

Seizures 104

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department EMS 104

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

These patients can be at risk of vomiting and aspiration and often prompts clinicians to pursue definitive airway management to avoid pneumonia and other complications. There has been no high level evidence to help guide practice until now…the Non-Invasive Airway Management of Comatose Poisoned Emergency Patients (NICO) trial.

Poisoning 139

Poisoning Airway Management Seizures Shock 139

Emergency Medicine Cases

JUNE 19, 2018

In this EM Cases CritCases blog - a collaboration between STARS Air Ambulance Service, Mike Betzner and EM Cases, a middle aged woman presents to a rural ED with headache and vomiting, normal vital signs with subsequent status epilepticus and serum sodium of 110 mmol/L.

Seizures 52

Seizures Ambulance Services Airway Management EMS 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Authors: Katey DG Osborne, MD (EM Attending Physician; Tacoma, WA), Rachel Bridwell, MD (EM Attending Physician; Tacoma, WA) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Attending Physician, San Antonio, TX) Welcome to emDOCs revamp!

Operations 86

Operations Radiology Radiology Fluid Resuscitation 86

RebelEM

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post REBEL Core Cast 90.0 – Methemoglobinemia appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. MetHb < 25% with symptoms Abnormal vital signs Metabolic acidosis End organ dysfunction (i.e. Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies, 9e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2011.

Seizures 52

Seizures Administration Airway Management COPD 52

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Contraindicated seizures or porphyria. It is particularly useful in cases of physically difficult airway management, such as in patients with obesity, limited neck mobility, or cervical spine immobilization. Incidence and factors associated with cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management.

Emergency Department 84

Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Airway Management Operations 84

EMDocs

JUNE 7, 2023

Airway management should not be delayed. 7 Airway management: consider early airway management. Used for treatment of acutely symptomatic anxiety, muscle fasciculations, and seizures. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. 7 May lead to respiratory failure.

Poisoning 97

Poisoning Airway Management Seizures PPE 97