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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

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Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. Hypotensive patients should be treated with blood products and/or isotonic fluids in the prehospital setting. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Patients who cannot tolerate oral intake of fluids should receive intravenous (IV) fluid resuscitation but are encouraged to start drinking ORS as soon as they are able. Zinc therapy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends starting zinc supplementation in children with cholera infection.