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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury.

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

I recently gave a talk on the initial management of trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock. Ann Emerg Med 2017 [6] This was a retrospective database review of 7521 traumatic brain injury patients SBP target ≥90mmHg resulted in a mortality of 7.8% vs SBP target <90mmHg which resulted in a mortality of 33.4%

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Preperitoneal Packing Vs Angioembolization: Part 1

The Trauma Pro

A multi-center trial published in 2015 showed an astounding 32% mortality rate for patients with shock from pelvic fracture. In the last post in the series, I’ll discuss a paper in press that compares the efficacy and hospital charges of the two techniques. As I continue to preach, going anywhere but the OR is dangerous for the patient.

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EM Quick Hits 10 – TXA CRASH-3, CJEM Cellulitis, Double Defib, Serratus Anterior Block, PARC score, Toxic Shock Syndrome

Emergency Medicine Cases

The post EM Quick Hits 10 – TXA CRASH-3, CJEM Cellulitis, Double Defib, Serratus Anterior Block, PARC score, Toxic Shock Syndrome appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Best of AAST #1: Aspirin Vs Low Molecular Weight Heparin For VTE Prophylaxis

The Trauma Pro

This work comes from the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and is a follow on to a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine earlier this year. Our orthopedic surgery colleagues have been trying to use aspirin for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis for decades.

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Ep 159 Geriatric Trauma Part 1: The Under-Triaging Problem, Resuscitation, Airway, Head and C-spine Imaging, Clearing the C-spine

Emergency Medicine Cases

What is the utility of the Shock Index in older patients? Which older patients do not require head or c-spine imaging after a ground level fall? When can anticoagulation medications be safely resumed after an older person has sustained a minor head injury? and many more.

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Ep 119 Trauma – The First and Last 15 Minutes Part 2

Emergency Medicine Cases

What should your resuscitation targets be in the first 15 minutes for trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock, neurogenic shock, severe head injury? When is a pelvic binder indicated? Is a bedsheet good enough? What are the most common pitfalls in binding the pelvis?