EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Upon EMS arrival the male is noted to be anxious and tremulous with a GCS of 14. A 36-year-old male presents to the emergency department after being found down at home by his spouse. Per the mans wife, the patient is a heavy drinker often consuming two to three pints of vodka daily.

Seizures 105

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department EMS 105

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

1,6 Agitation, delirium, psychosis, and hallucinations can occur and may be incorrectly attributed to concurrent psychiatric illness. 2 Antimuscarinic effects: May observe sedation, dry mouth, urinary retention, tachycardia, blurred vision, hyperthermia, flushed and dry skin, and delirium. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2022;15:3915-3929.

Poisoning 111

Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EKG/ECG Seizures 111

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Nachi: Sometimes… Jeff: This month’s issue was authored by Mollie Williams, who is the EM residency program director at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Jeff: In terms of psychiatric effects, several low-to-moderate quality studies have shown statistically significant associations between psychosis and self-reported cannabis use.

Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

BROADSTOCK Suicidal Ideation & Behavior with Concomitant Substance-Use Difficult to distinguish suicidal ideation/behavior from primary decompensated psychiatric disease versus substance-induced in the ED Statement of Belief Aka pink slip, 72 hour hold, involuntary civil commitment, etc.

Documentation/Coding 64

Documentation/Coding Seizures Psychiatric Wellness 64