ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

Per EMS, the patient was found at the bottom of a high voltage line with diffuse burns and amputation of his left forearm. FIGURE 1: Electrical burns of the patient’s bilateral feet. FIGURE 2: Traumatic amputation and electrical burn of the patient’s left arm. He was intubated by EMS due to the extent of his injuries.

Burns 52

Burns Fluid Resuscitation EKG/ECG EMS 52

EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Nachi: Each year, in the US, approximately 10,000 patients present with electrical burns or shocks. You’re probably familiar with this concept when you see high voltages arcing through the air without direct contact with the actual electrical source, leading to diffuse burns. That’s -- high.

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Emergency Department Burns EKG/ECG Shock 40

Northwestern EM Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Marc Sala, summarize the current literature on the peripheral infusion of vasopressors, which is becoming more and more commonplace as the evidence evolves to support earlier initiation of pressors and more judicious use of crystalloid for many forms of shock.

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Dislocations Emergency Department Burns Shock 52