Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. There is significant evidence in adults and developing in the paediatric population that TXA results in better outcomes if given early in patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and does not cause harm.

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JUNE 13, 2024

Knowledge of life-saving skills can significantly impact patient outcomes, potentially saving lives and avoiding future health complications. Rapid medical response is essential in this case to prevent long-term complications and death and improve outcomes. This should be done in case of minor burns for instant relief.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Stulpin, MD (NUEM ‘23) Edited by: Aaron Wibberly, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Joshua Zimmerman, MD (NUEM ‘17) Non-Response to Vasopressors Shock is defined as a state of cellular and tissue hypoxia resulting in end organ dysfunction. And for most forms, EM physicians are not typically shocked by shock.

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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. The expert review of Dr. Matthew Levine, Dr.

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ALiEM

JULY 17, 2023

Match Data The unprecedented numbers of unfilled PGY-1 EM residency training positions in the NRMP Match results shocked the specialty these last two years. Our deep dive into the factors contributing to these outcomes shed light on several program characteristics associated with unfilled positions. Ann Emerg Med. PMID: 37436344.

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Rural Doctors Net

AUGUST 30, 2013

The visual confrontation of a man in pain with an obvious amputation and airway burns will induce a catecholamine surge in all but the psychopathic. Flooding him with crystalloid is going to dilute his clotting factors, make him hypothermic and potentially worsen outcomes. Airway compromised by burns. Keep him warm and covered.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Don’t forget the essentials: Eat Hydrate +/- caffeinate Exercise Unwind Sleep It’s not rocket science, but it’s shocking how many of us forget! Are there distinctive sub-specialty referral pathways for your area e.g. liver, burns, surgery, neurosurgery etc. What puts a pep in your step? What are the local referral systems in place?

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, PCT can be elevated in severe trauma, such as burns or surgery [5,25]. Significantly elevated CRP (>122mg/L) and PCT (>0.5ng/mL) levels are predictors of bad outcomes, and are useful for tracking therapy progress, but are not specific enough to rule-in infectious endocarditis [38-39]. Intensive Care Med.

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Nachi: AEDs are also required and have been since 2001 and amazingly when a shock was delivered in flight, 40% survived to hospital discharge with a good outcome. Fun fact: planes also take off heavy - with tons of fuel that will be burned prior to landing. Say you were to take off from London, bound for the US.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. 13 While there is good data that early antibiotics for patients in septic shock reduce mortality 18-19 the role of early and aggressive volume resuscitation and its impacts on patient-centered outcomes remain unclear.

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9,

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