EMDocs

APRIL 10, 2024

3] If performing a nerve block with ultrasound guidance, always know where the tip of your needle is. [5] Poisoning & Drug Overdose. Epidemiology Most common cause: inadvertent intravascular injection. 2,5,7] Rarer causes: continuous infusion, such as using lidocaine as an antiarrhythmic, and topical application. doi:10.1097/AAP.0000000000000320

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 109

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Seizures EMS Poisoning 109

Taming the SRU

MAY 1, 2023

Subsequent exposure results in a T-cell mediated response (Type IV hypersensitivity reaction) Plants: Toxicodendron species (poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac) Also present in foods, including pistachio, cashew, and mango.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Seizures Emergency Department 52

EM Curious

JULY 15, 2015

TOXICOLOGY TIPS APPROACH TO THE POISONED PATIENT [BLOG]: Some great tidbits on the basics of initial identification, management and stabilization of patients with suspected toxic exposures including several common toxidromes. Check it out here at Critical Care Horizons, a relatively new free online peer reviewed journal.

Airway Management 52

Airway Management EMS Poisoning Emergency Department 52

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Nachi: And don’t forget our peer reviewers this month, Dr. Daniel Sessions, a medical toxicologist working at the South Texas Poison Center, and our very own editor-in-chief, Dr. Andy Jagoda, who is also Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Jeff: What a team! But, let’s get back to the snakes.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Smith comment: This patient did not have a bedside ultrasound. Had one been done, it would have shown a feature that is apparent on this ultrasound (however, this patient's LV function would not be as good as in this clip): This is recorded with the LV on the right. In fact, bedside ultrasound might even find severe aortic stenosis.

EKG/ECG 40

EKG/ECG Shock Fluid Resuscitation Documentation/Coding 40

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2016

Cardiogenic Shock: Act Use point-of-care cardiac ultrasound : Good Squeeze? It’s seen easily enough on point of care ultrasound. Tamponade: if any sign of shock, pericardiocentesis, preferentially ultrasound-guided. Is this in an infarction, an infection, a poisoning? You will see cool, mottled extremities.

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Shock Sepsis Pediatrics Ultrasounds 40

Intensive Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Other investigations to consider include imaging of the liver with ultrasound and computerised tomography (CT) to assess for any changes to the liver parenchyma or vasculature, such as portal vein thrombosis or Budd Chiari Syndrome (hepatic venous outflow obstruction). Show answer In this case, the history pointed towards mushroom poisoning.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation 52

EB Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Jeff: Do consider adding on a venous or arterial carboxyhemoglobin in the right clinical scenario, as CO poisoning represents an important cause of headache you wouldn’t want to miss. Anyway, the last test to discuss is our good friend the ultrasound, specifically the ocular ultrasound. No complaints here, I’ll take it.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Stroke Ultrasounds Outcomes 40

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

It was peer-reviewed by Joseph Habboushe, assistant professor at NYU and Nadia Maria Shaukat, director of the emergency and critical care ultrasound at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. From 2010 to 2011, the number of ED visits by children aged 12 to 17 years old due to synthetic cannabinoid use also has doubled.

Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

Broome Docs

APRIL 30, 2024

Don’t forget Justin has a stream on his Youtube channel that does include this podcast and his deeper dives into the data – HERE You can also check out some random ultrasound education and other goodies on the Broomedocs Youtube channel Avoiding calls to neurosurgery?! PMID: 38497992 Preventing poison ivy? Int J Dermatol.

Poisoning 69

Poisoning Dislocations Operations Ultrasounds 69

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But what if we could measure a patient’s spleen via ultrasound in the emergency department (ED) to guide specific patient care? Practitioners have looked at splenic size on ultrasound and its association with splenic dysfunction. A later prospective study included 694 children with sickle cell disease at 19 U.S. Is there a correlation?

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Ultrasounds Emergency Department Poisoning 40