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Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Taming the SRU

These were adult trauma patients with compromised vitals, clinical suspicion for life-threatening injuries, and/or presence of a severe injury Negative study for this primary outcome, but potentially an under-powered study Also, study involved mortality of all trauma patients, lumping together patients with polytrauma and those with TBI’s Secondary (..)

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Introduction: My first professional ambulance call was for three victims of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Many authors feel NTI is absolutely or relatively contraindicated with potential basilar skull fractures; there is also opinion arguing that airway protection trumps the extreme rarity of this complication. Cover with antibiotic.

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

EMDocs

Unusual strychnine poisoning and its treatment: report of eight cases. 2022 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System ® (NPDS) from America’s Poison Centers ® : 40th Annual Report. Case report: Survival after deliberate strychnine self-poisoning, with toxicokinetic data. Strychnine poisoning.