Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

All hospitals will have different makeups of trauma teams and possibly different levels of activation) Do I need any additional expertise outside of who would typically be in the trauma team? E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. Team brief and assign roles, e.g. primary survey, airway, scribe, IV access, drugs.

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Domestic Violence Fluid Resuscitation Head Injuries Sexual Assault 59

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 10, 2024

On physical exam, you notice what appears to be a blister from a burn on her right palm (see photo on cover). When you are done, you tell the mother what you found and ask her if there is any way the child could have been burned. Case Resolution Given the location of the burn, pediatric burn surgery was consulted.

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Forensics Domestic Violence Burns Pediatrics 40

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. Physical injuries and burns among refugees in Lebanon: implications for programs and policies. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. Accessed October 23, 2024.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 72