Don't Forget the Bubbles
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. In the bleeding trauma patient, fluid resuscitation aims to avoid the diamond of death (acidosis, coagulopathy, hypothermia and hypocalcaemia). Clinical Radiology: Major paediatric trauma radiology guidance. These should be given as boluses of 5-10ml/kg.
Pediatric Education
APRIL 30, 2023
Treatment may include anti-epileptics, antibiotics, therapeutic hypothermia, and other interventions. Other evaluations are completed to include or exclude alternative and concurrent diagnoses (e.g. perinatal stroke and bacterial meningitis) and to evaluate potential causes.
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Pediatric Emergency Playbook
MARCH 1, 2016
The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Adults tolerate hypotension relatively well, and is sufficient until we send them to the OR or interventional radiology suite. Do everything you can to support perfusion and avoid the death spiral of hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
OCTOBER 28, 2024
As this is being given and definitive treatment is planned (either surgery or interventional radiology), you consider what adjunctive treatments are needed. How do we prevent hypothermia? Hypothermia is another part of the ‘ diamond of death ’. Rhaenyra continues to receive blood products in a 1:1:1 ratio.
Taming the SRU
JUNE 6, 2023
mg/kg of IBW Seek to match a patient's minute ventilation with TV and RR after intubation Intentionally match patient's intrinsic RR noted prior to intubation Note that healthy lungs can handle 8 mL/kg, based on IBW, if that is useful for compensation Secure your ETT Thomas Tube Holder is a new ETT holder on Air Care for ETT down to size 6.5
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