Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 26, 2023

But, they may present postnatally with cyanosis/hypoxaemia due to insufficient pulmonary blood flow, cardiogenic shock due to insufficient systemic blood flow, or both. Whilst waiting for an operation, they need to be managed medically. Soon after the operation, the baby is noted to have junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET).

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Operations Research Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Hospitals 128

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

Ranulf went white with the shock. Traditionally thought to result from the dilutional effects of massive transfusion, acidaemia or hypothermia, trauma-induced coagulopathy is now known to be triggered at the time of injury, long before these factors have developed or any medical intervention has taken place. Really, in a 14-year-old?

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Resuscitation Operations Sepsis Pediatrics 139

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 26, 2023

In contrast, shock (leading to syncope and rarely cardiac arrest) from ST can occur well before mechanisms of crush injury come into play, with low-flow states described as early as within 6 minutes (2). . Although remember, as is observed intra-operatively from tourniquet application, muscle can tolerate hours of hypoxia.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Shock Research Operations 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MARCH 1, 2016

On arrival, he was in compensated shock, with tachycardia. The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Often children even with high-grade splenic and liver lacerations can be managed non-operatively. He decompensates and needs blood. Puffer fish or blob: a hyperfibrinolytic tracing.

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Resuscitation Pediatrics Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Operations 40

Rural Doctors Net

AUGUST 30, 2013

Smart retrieval services have a presence in the Emergency Operations Centre and will be ‘on standby’ as the initial ambulance call comes through – a much more proactive approach than the usual sequence of calls from first responder-ambulance-local hospital-doctor-retrieval service. Emlyns on the PROMMT data.

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Burns Hospitals Ambulance Services Wellness 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 28, 2024

These definitions include blood loss of 40 mL/kg over 24 hours, transfusion of ≥50% of total blood volume in 3 hours, transfusion of 100% of total blood volume in 24 hours, and bleeding with clinical signs of hypovolaemic shock that is unlikely to be controlled. How do we prevent hypothermia? What is the ‘diamond of death’?

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Blood Transfusions Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Shock Pediatrics 72

RebelEM

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This procedure involves applying another set of pads attached to a second defibrillator to a patient and shocking them in hopes of terminating the rhythm. While many healthcare systems across the world operate in a similar fashion, the United States does not.

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