Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Up to 5% of burns occur secondary to electrical injuries, and this rises to 27% in developing countries. Significant injuries can occur even in the absence of extensive burns or other signs of external injury. Children, especially toddlers, may insert objects into outlets, leading to shocks or burns.

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Burns Fluid Resuscitation Shock Resuscitation 80

EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Thankfully, that gentleman was successfully resuscitated despite no bystander CPR, and if you listen carefully, we hope to arm you with the tools to do so similarly. Nachi: Each year, in the US, approximately 10,000 patients present with electrical burns or shocks. Most electrical injuries present with burns to the skin.

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Emergency Department Burns EKG/ECG Shock 40

Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JUNE 13, 2024

If the patient is unconscious and not breathing, try to administer CPR or use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), if available. Immediately begin CPR if the patient stops breathing. Burns For burns, place the injured area under running cool water for at least 10 minutes. Call emergency medical services immediately.

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Burns Stroke Ambulance Services Seizures 52

ACEP Now

AUGUST 15, 2023

Staff interrupt you while you’re in Room 3 with a patient you’ve placed on BiPAP, “We have an incoming patient with CPR in progress in five minutes,” the nurse says before adding, “Room 4’s family really wants to talk with you again.” The impact of burn-out on emergency physicians and emergency medicine residents: a systematic review.

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Emergency Department Military Resuscitation Wellness 90

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2017

Be ready to perform CPR. Children 1 year and up, unconscious – CPR: start CPR with chest compressions (do not perform a pulse check). Abdominal thrusts: place the heel of one hand below the xiphoid, interlace fingers, and use sharp, forceful thrusts to dislodge. After 30 chest compressions, open the airway.

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Pediatrics CPR Operations Resuscitation 52

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

Disposition Indications for admission GCS<15, focal neurological deficits, seizures Intractable vomiting Significant Abnormal CT results Discharge criteria Normal GCS, exam Caregiver at home Certain abnormal CT Isolated & non-depressed calvarial skull fractures <1cm diameter of solitary cerebral contusions <1cm width of epidural or (..)

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Documentation/Coding Seizures Psychiatric Wellness 64