EMDocs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. Medications: 25.6%

EMS 80

EMS Infectious Diseases Allergic Reactions Fluid Resuscitation 80

EMDocs

JUNE 8, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Post septal (retrobulbar) is higher risk to vision and requires CT imaging to diagnose as well as thorough exam to check for proptosis, afferent pupillary defect, increased intraocular pressure [7]. Orbital hemorrhage: preseptal is less dangerous and more obvious on exam.

EMS 92

EMS Allergic Reactions Poisoning Emergency Department 92

RebelEM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. Primary PCI: 95.7% Stents Placed: Pharmaco-Invasive Treatment: 97.4% Primary PCI: 95.7% ECG Results: Repeat ECG 90min after tenecteplase indicated 70.3% to 1.0mm Median amount of ST deviations declined from 15.0 Primary PCI: 78.4% Primary PCI: 13.3% RR 0.96; 95% CI 0.62 Primary PCI: 8.9

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EKG/ECG Allergic Reactions Shock Stroke 135

RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Background: Diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine, is the most common pharmacologic agent used to treat acute allergic reactions. Noninferiority trials, covered here on REBEL EM , are helpful when the experimental treatment offers a distinct advantage over the standard treatment. Allergy Asthma Proc. PMID: 17883909.

Allergic Reactions 52

Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Urgent Care Emergency Department 52

Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

Allergic Reactions 40

Allergic Reactions Seizures Anaphylaxis Leadership 40

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

You may have heard of the recommendations for incision / excision, use of venom extraction devices, tourniquets, chill methods and even electroshock therapy – well these methods are all OUT. If EMS has placed bandages, leave them in place until antivenom and resuscitative equipment is ready.

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Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40

EMDocs

AUGUST 31, 2023

On follow-up 1 week later, the patient was doing well, ambulating and playing without significant discomfort. Table 1: Comparison of F(ab) and F(ab’) 2 antivenoms. 9 This effect may be especially prominent in the setting of rattlesnake envenomation, where coagulopathic effects are more prominent.

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Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Poisoning EMS 85