AED Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The device will perform charge and shock tests and prompt the user to press the shock button (on semi-automatic units) when required. Please note that running a manual self-test on this unit depletes the battery capacity by one shock. As the pads dry out, they may not attach as well to the skin, resulting in poor conductivity.

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PulmCCM

MARCH 4, 2024

While not IQ tests per se , the tests (branded as Cognitron ) purport to correlate well with, and to be indexed to, formal IQ tests. Thanks to the large data set, however, other demographics were well-represented and analyzable. Selection bias is baked into any self-selected survey sample such as this.

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Sepsis CDC Pediatrics Documentation/Coding 52

PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Professional Medical Societies Call for Elimination of SEP-1 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), along with societies for emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists, are again speaking up about the ongoing policy experiment known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1).

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We wanted to reach emergency physicians, nurses and others working in trauma as well as those at Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. as well as working closely on behalf of the association on projects with the White House and the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Health and Human Services.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

Sasser SM, Hunt RC, Faul M, Sugerman D, Pearson WS, Dulski T, Wald MM, Jurkovich GJ, Newgard CD, Lerner EB; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Infants can get a cervical spine injury during breech delivery or, unfortunately, during non accidental trauma as well. than it is spinal shock. MMWR Recomm Rep.

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Fractures Pediatrics Radiology Radiology 52

EMDocs

AUGUST 15, 2023

Background: According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 7,000-8,000 people in the United States (US) suffer envenomation by a snake each year. Venomous Snakes | NIOSH | CDC. What antivenoms are available to treat crotalid envenomation? What is the dosing schedule for antivenom? Treatment of snakebite poisoning.

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Poisoning CDC Administration EMS 95

EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. Jeff: And while it seems crass to even mention the financial impact, the number is shocking - suicide has an estimated economic burden of $5.4

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EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. 18 Patients with signs and symptoms of severe dehydration or shock, including stupor, coma, uncontrollable vomiting, extreme fatigue that prevents drinking, and unstable vital signs should receive IV fluid resuscitation.

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Dehydration CDC Rapid Diagnostic Testing Fluid Resuscitation 105

RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

compared cefepime to piperacillin-tazobactam in a cohort of 250 patients with septic shock and found a signal toward higher mortality in those receiving cefepime. Learning to recognize a strong instrumental variable, as well as the inherent limitations, will likely become increasingly high yield. In 2021, Buckley et. JAMA Intern Med.

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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. She receives IV calcium gluconate and bicarbonate as well as oral potassium binders for hyperkalemia. Hypoglycemia is managed with IV dextrose.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 70

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

But, please, keep the comments well argued and free of vitriol. In contrast, a policy that faces the facts, works to prevent the worst changes, and prepares us for the inevitable ones, is good for the health and economy of our nation as well as that of our children (not to mention and grandchildren). Please participate. That is normal.

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