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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The Kilifi algorithm includes five clinical situations that are common sickle cell presentations – clinical jaundice, severe anaemia, bone and joint infections, and stroke. Newborn screening: sickle cell screening is donethrough heel-prick blood at five days of life. Would you consider this patient for blood transfusion?

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.31.24

Taming the SRU

Know your audience, and tailor your presentation to them in terms of humor, pop culture references, and dress code Err on the side of making your presentation slightly shorter than the alloted time to allow room for questions. It is better to finish early than rushing through your presentation

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

Trauma patients between the ages of 18-90 years had to have either had one documented episode of hypotension (defined as a systolic BP <90 mmHg) or tachycardia (>100 beats/minute) to be included in the study. MI or stroke). TXA does not increase the incidence of thromboembolic events such as DVT/PE, stroke, or MI.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

mg/kg of IBW Seek to match a patient's minute ventilation with TV and RR after intubation Intentionally match patient's intrinsic RR noted prior to intubation Note that healthy lungs can handle 8 mL/kg, based on IBW, if that is useful for compensation Secure your ETT Thomas Tube Holder is a new ETT holder on Air Care for ETT down to size 6.5

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

EMDocs

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is 13; vital signs include pulse 86 beats/minute (bpm), blood pressure 164/94 mmHg, and saturation of 98% on room air. This neurological evaluation should include assessment and documentation of the GCS, the presence of any neurologic deficits, and an NIHSS. Blood Transfus.