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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid secondary contamination. Establish IV access and begin fluid resuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% Sodium Chloride or Hartmanns if indicated, monitoring for signs of shock. Check temperature and blood glucose levels.

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Grand Rounds Recap 1.31.24

Taming the SRU

Tillotson and Hinckley Simulation Communication on arrival to a scene is key, both between you and your flight nurse before you enter the ambulance and with the EMS crew Reassessing the potential reasons for shock in a trauma is important to pick up causes that are not initially on your mind initially (blood products for hemorrhage, controlling a significant (..)

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2023 AHA Update on Management Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning

EMDocs

Use of 20% intravenous lipid emulsion can be efficacious in the resuscitation of life-threatening local anesthetic toxicity, especially from bupivacaine. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can be lifesaving for patients with cardiogenic shock or dysrhythmias that are refractory to other treatment measure s.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. She is sent to the medical ward after three days in the ED with the diagnoses of resolving septic shock, severe malaria, and AKI.