Taming the SRU

AUGUST 4, 2024

to teach you and your learner something new on shift skin adhesives WITH dr. hill Dermabond is a polymer (octyl cyanoacrylate) that can be used to repair lacerations in the Emergency Department faster than sutures, allowing the ED physician to be more efficient.

Dislocations 85

Dislocations Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Burns 85

ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Emergency physicians have become leaders in achieving cost efficiency in health care, predominantly through implementation of new processes and research findings, enabling us to achieve significant financial savings. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network head injury clinical prediction rules are reliable in practice.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Research Pediatrics 52

Taming the SRU

MAY 1, 2023

Patients must have EKG findings and meet one of a few other criteria (ie family history of sudden death, VF or VT episode, syncope, nocturnal agonal respirations) Most common in patients of Southeast Asian descent and the mean age of death from arrhythmia if untreated is in the 4th decade of life.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Seizures Emergency Department 52

EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

A 12-lead EKG shows sinus tachycardia but is otherwise normal. Both can result in heat exhaustion and heat stroke and have many overlapping symptoms. Patients with heat stroke have hot, dry skin and altered mental status (e.g., C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C. Temps greater than 41.5C

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 87

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS Stroke Seizures 87

EMDocs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

On the monitors and subsequent ECG, you note he is in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response. Further review reveals the patient was unable to afford his refill of Eliquis and abruptly stopped taking it, leading to his acute stroke. Exam shows an uncomfortable-appearing febrile gentleman with a mild cough. Kirzinger, A.,

Research 90

Research Stroke EMS EKG/ECG 90

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: This DEA designation limits the ability to do research and obtain federal funding for such research. Synthetics were initially developed in the 1980s largely for research purposes. First up is the link between cannabis use and stroke or TIA. times higher risk of stroke or TIA.

Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Abnormal ECG – looks for cardiac syncope. Abnormal Electrocardiogram (ECG): Defined (San Fran syncope rule) as any new changes when compared to the last ECG or presence of non-sinus rhythm. If no previous ECG was available, ECG was classified as abnormal if any abnormality was present. orthostatic vitals b.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pain can be associated with a friction rub on cardiac auscultation, a pericardial effusion on a bedside echocardiogram, or diffuse ST elevations on an EKG. Neuropathic pain: redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes. Up to two-thirds of rib fractures are missed on initial chest radiographs. Annu Rev Neurosci.

Emergency Department 105

Emergency Department Fractures Burns EMS 105

Mind The Bleep

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Picture from Research Gate ( The Measuring of the Head Circumference of Children [17]. Request an ECG for the baby if ANY murmur is identified. If you are easily able to straighten the neonates feet to normal position by stroking the outside of the foot or manipulating the foot then the talipes are ‘positional’.

Dislocations 52

Dislocations Documentation/Coding Ultrasounds Wellness 52