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Grand Rounds Recap 11.15.23

Taming the SRU

EMS had reported she had coded en route. She presented with a core temp of 30C and her CT scan did not show a devastating head injury as was expected. She regained pulses with warming on arrival. Her labs and imaging that did not show signs of significant hypoxia/ischemia. It is possible she was just severely hypothermic.

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 039 | Management of raised ICP

Emergency Medicine Ireland

This is part of Oh’s Manual Chapter 77 on head injury and we covered ICP monitoring before in number 20. This is part of Oh’s Manual Chapter 77 on head injury and we covered ICP monitoring before in number 20. . * Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

Drowsy (11.97%), Hypothermia (13.04%) and Cyanosis (10%) were also high risk categories. Abstract 2086 Table 1 Presentations Total first presentation over 2021 Total deaths (within 30 days ) Admission Admission (%) Percentage of deaths [CI ] INJURY OF SHOULDER/ARM/ELBOW/WRIST/HAND 8416 4 424 5 0.05[0.018 HEAD INJURY 3493 22 382 10.9

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

mg/kg of IBW Seek to match a patient's minute ventilation with TV and RR after intubation Intentionally match patient's intrinsic RR noted prior to intubation Note that healthy lungs can handle 8 mL/kg, based on IBW, if that is useful for compensation Secure your ETT Thomas Tube Holder is a new ETT holder on Air Care for ETT down to size 6.5