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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

Hypothermic Arrest In general, hypothermic patients in cardiac arrest should be aggressively resuscitated. Patients can have excellent outcomes despite prolonged resuscitation. 2,3 If the patient meets criteria for resuscitation, they generally are not declared dead until their core temperature is above 32℃ (“warm and dead”).

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.10.24

Taming the SRU

Management Antibiotics with staph coverage Most spontaneously drain and do not require I&D Hypothermia in neonates Varying definitions with consensus < 36-36.5 Correct pronunciation and understanding of personal narratives is important. There is history behind a person’s name which often has deep and personal meaning. Fr < 2.5

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Rethinking the Role of TXA: Are We Asking Too Much?

RebelEM

This balance is upset in trauma by loss of blood and factors, acidosis, hypothermia and the inflammatory cascade. Patients were actively screened for DVT (all received lower extremity ultrasound on or around day 7). This should continue to make TXA part of standard trauma resuscitation while additional studies are performed.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 101: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 2

EMDocs

Ultrasound Sensitivity 88-100%, specificity 68-94% LR+ of 14.6 (95% Fluid management Goal is euvolemia Dehydration – needs IV fluid resuscitation. Hypothermia, hypotension, and vasoconstriction may affect pulse oximetry reading, which is based on light absorption from fingertip blood flow. times maintenance.

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SGEM#231: You’re So Vein – IO vs. IV Access for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

His primary interests are resuscitation, prehospital critical […] The post SGEM#231: You’re So Vein – IO vs. IV Access for OHCA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. His primary interests are resuscitation, prehospital critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound.

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Multisystem Trauma in Children, Part Two: Massive Transfusion, Trauma Imaging, and Resuscitative Pearls

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Resuscitative Pearls Our goal here is damage control. Otherwise, resuscitate, identify the bleeding source, and slow or stop the bleeding with blood products or surgery. Puffer fish or blob: a hyperfibrinolytic tracing.

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CASE #6 UPDATE – FIND THE BLEEDING, STOP THE BLEEDING

Rural Doctors Net

Intubation for humanitarian reasons is also reasonable – he’ll be in pain and this is not the time to be faffing around with the ultrasound or nerve stimulator doing blocks! Of course any fluids given should be warmed to help avoid the lethal triad – acidosis, coagulopathy and hypothermia. How to intubate?

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