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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

MI or stroke). When looking at the subgroups with severe shock, there was an 18.5% When stratifying TXA administration time after injury and qualifying shock incidence, there appeared to be a lower 30 d mortality if TXA was given within 1 hour of the incident. DOES TXA IMPROVE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH TBI?

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Is it Time to Take Another Look at the State of Emergency Care in the U.S.? 

ACEP Now

Prior to WVU, Dr. Prescott served as a military emergency physician at Brooke Army Medical Center, TX and Fort Bragg/Fort Liberty, NC. million in federal grants. “I I was asked to participate and was thrilled to do it,” he adds. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society. National Academics.

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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

EB Medicine

Jeff: And while it seems crass to even mention the financial impact, the number is shocking - suicide has an estimated economic burden of $5.4 Nachi: Let’s talk first about special populations - the only one we will discuss this month is military veterans. billion per year in the US. deaths per year per 100,000 individuals.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

EMDocs

football players, military). Both can result in heat exhaustion and heat stroke and have many overlapping symptoms. Patients with heat stroke have hot, dry skin and altered mental status (e.g., C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C. Temps greater than 41.5C convulsions, delirium). Bendall, J.