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Breaking the Sound Barrier (to Action)

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" Some epileptic seizures will be heralded by a loud inspiratory "cri du epilepsie" as the diaphragm contracts in spasm and by the strong negative pressure against a partially closed larynx (in the form of a Müller maneuver or "reverse Valsalva maneuver") similar to that made by a partially-obstructing laryngospasm.

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??I would have been thankful for, in days of yore …

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Meanwhile, the patient has just returned from a scan and had a seizure in front of you because his brain is speckled with contrast; post-ictus, he's apneic despite airway measures, and now one must give mouth-to-mouth because there's no bag at the bedside … see what I mean? Disposable BVMs (one at every bedside).

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Emergencies of the Third Trimester

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

HELLP Syndrome [pdf] Sara Paul MD Intrauterine Fetal Demise [ppt] Irene Hwang, MD Obesity in Pregnancy [pdf] Rafael Garabis, MD Seizures in Pregnancy [ppt] Sherifia Heron , MD Substance Abuse in Pregnancy [ppt] Sophia Y. Asthma in Pregnancy [ppt] James Huang, MD Chorioamnionitis [ppt] Sara Paul M.D Episiotomy [ppt] Alice Teich, MD.

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Is there a role for Hypnosis in Emergency Care?

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Even as a Paramedic, in the early days, there was no analgesia, sedative (except for seizures), or anesthetic, to provide. In the first part of my career, I did ambulance work, before there was ACLS, and certainly no pain medicine. We had only first aid, oxygen, and CPR to offer. Elsevier. [

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This includes subdural hematomas, comas, paraplegia, quadriplegia, fractures and seizure disorders, regardless of the time interval between the injury and death. . · All deaths in which an injury or an accident is the cause or a contributing cause regardless of how distant or remote in time or place the accident or injury may have occurred.