Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 3, 2014

Although told several times, the story of the development by Henning Ruben of the prototypical modern manual resuscitator, the self-refilling bag with unidirectional non-rebreathing valves which now dominate the world of resuscitation, is still not well-known. Czech Military resuscitation kit, 1969, mfr.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Early expeditious definitive hemorrhage control is a major focus in trauma resuscitation. Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrhage: The UK-REBOA Randomized Clinical Trial [published online ahead of print, 2023 Oct 12]. 2023;e2320850.

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PulmCCM

JUNE 5, 2023

Corticosteroids for community-acquired pneumonia have been studied with inconclusive results, and expert guidelines currently advise against their use except in patients with refractory septic shock. Patients with septic shock or influenza were excluded. standards of care. makes me long for an adequately powered randomized trial.

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AED Leader

MAY 30, 2024

AEDs are portable devices that deliver an electric shock to the heart, restoring its rhythm. Regular battery replacement guarantees that the device is always powered and ready to deliver a life-saving shock. This can significantly reduce the chances of successful resuscitation.

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AED Leader

JULY 5, 2024

It features a clear and intuitive interface that guides users through the resuscitation process with step-by-step voice prompts and visual instructions. The HeartStart OnSite AED boasts a quick start-up time and delivers a shock within eight seconds if it detects a shockable rhythm.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a PICU setting, sodium can come from various sources (resuscitation fluids, IV drugs and infusions, enteral feed), not just the maintenance fluids we prescribe. There is growing interest in giving no maintenance fluid and using the input from drug infusions and resuscitative boluses only. Most drugs are chosen to be dissolved in 0.9%

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 26, 2023

But, they may present postnatally with cyanosis/hypoxaemia due to insufficient pulmonary blood flow, cardiogenic shock due to insufficient systemic blood flow, or both. The team start CPR, and this is emergently converted to extra-corporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation via the open sternotomy wound. 2017;51(1):50-57.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Aggressive or Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis (WATERFALL). Aggressive or Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis (WATERFALL). Background: It’s interesting to see how fluid resuscitation has been debated over the years. Aggressive or Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis (WATERFALL).

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Stulpin, MD (NUEM ‘23) Edited by: Aaron Wibberly, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Joshua Zimmerman, MD (NUEM ‘17) Non-Response to Vasopressors Shock is defined as a state of cellular and tissue hypoxia resulting in end organ dysfunction. And for most forms, EM physicians are not typically shocked by shock.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 10, 2016

And from our buddies at HEFT EM CAST: [link] A bit more detail covering some of the research in an easy to understand way. These tables are used when assessing the usefulness of a test (or it’s sensitivity and specificity), and, when researching how useful tests are we need the majority of patients to fall into the green boxes.

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EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. Optimal management of septic patients has been a source of intense research, stemming from the landmark study by Rivers in 2001. Jeff : Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice.

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Northwestern EM Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The ATHOS-3 trial in 2017 explored the efficacy of angiotensin II as a vasopressor for severe vasodilatory shock. Severe shock is defined as persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain a mean arterial pressure of 65mmHg and serum lactate <2 despite adequate volume resuscitation.

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Critical Care Now

JULY 7, 2024

Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrhage: The UK-REBOA Randomized Clinical Trial. While REBOA may not be a universal solution, further research is needed to determine specifically which patients or injury patterns would benefit from its deployment.

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AED Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Effective resuscitation care, including rescue breaths and temperature management, is key to improving both neurological and longer-term outcomes. One notable partnership is with LIFENET Care, a crucial player in resuscitation care. Stryker works with LIFENET Care to share vital patient data and improve resuscitation care.

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AED Leader

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Why is defibrillation important Defibrillation is the process of delivering an electrical shock to a person experiencing life-threatening heart rhythms, like ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. The defibrillator administers a shock measured in joules to the heart at precisely the right moment.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This has been the central question of many research projects with variable outcomes. One such study of 263 patients without hypertensive emergencies treated in a resuscitation unit found that 40% of patients had a MAP difference ≥ 10 mmHg between IABP and NIBP measurements. But are they good enough? Gelmann, D., Raffman, A.,

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Thinking Critical Care

MAY 18, 2023

In 1983 I was an Englishman abroad, the London anaesthetist who was appointed to be the English anaesthetist on the Shock Team only because the outstanding candidate from Oxford had preferred to take up a job doing muscle relaxant research with Kitz and Katz in the USA. 4] The research agenda at the time was broad.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. The nurse triages both to beds in the acute/resuscitation area of the department.

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AED Leader

JULY 7, 2024

The Role of AEDs in Saving Lives An Automated External Defibrillator ( AED ) is a portable device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm. AEDs analyze the heart’s rhythm and deliver a shock only if necessary, ensuring the safety of both the user and the victim.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The latter 1950s and 1960s, quested for nerve gas defense studying expired air resuscitation and modern resuscitology; developing intensive care units. To me, it harkens a new scientific renaissance of resuscitation science, emergency care, and creating systems for care. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 3, 2024

Targeted temperature management (TTM) for patients following cardiac arrest resuscitation has gone through several dosing iterations in the past two decades. Targeted temperature management (TTM) for patients following cardiac arrest resuscitation has gone through several dosing iterations in the past two decades. degrees Celsius.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

There are two main reasons for an elevated lactate: the stress state and the shock state. The shock state is due to tissue hypoxia, seen in septic shock. We should use lactate to detect occult shock. Children compensate so well for shock, that subtle tissue hypoxia may not be detected until later. 2013; 29:715-719.

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AED Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

It provides directions, leading every step – verify breathing, shout for aid, hit the shock button if required. And let’s not forget about those automatic shock adjustments and pediatric modes. Research brands with good reputations in medical equipment. Your pulse quickens; your thoughts scatter. You snatch it.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

The primary outcome was 30-day mortality with secondary outcomes looking at 24 hour in-hospital mortality, blood resuscitation at 6 and 24 hours, incidence of multiorgan failure, ARDS, nosocomial infection, early seizures, PE/DVT, crystalloid resuscitation after 24 hours, and the incidence of coagulopathy. MI or stroke).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

In this case, profound shock for 1 hour would result in the same degree of infarction. The Type 2 MI would then have been a result of the prolonged severe shock while in arrest. If the arrest had another etiology (such as old scar), and the ST elevation is due to severe shock, then it is a type II STEMI. Troponin I rose to 44.1

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

It was inspired by a hot-off-the-presses publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) focused on clinical decision rules for cervical spine imaging in children. Leonard JR, Jaffe DM, Kuppermann N, Olsen CS, Leonard JC; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Cervical Spine Study Group.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2023

There are many different types of pneumothorax (PTX), and the management paradigm has shifted in recent years as the research has exploded on this topic. Unsuspected tension pneumothorax as a hidden cause of unsuccessful resuscitation. J Emerg Trauma Shock. Resuscitation. Rojas R, Wasserberger J, Balasubramaniam S.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JANUARY 26, 2015

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 3(1), 39. Reid, C (2011) Prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy op.cit. Geoff Jara-Almonte, MD and Hilary Fairbrother, MD // Editor: Alex Koyfman, MD Resuscitation of the Pregnant Trauma Patient – Pearls and Pitfalls www.emdocs.net 2/6/2015 Desjardins, G. Capriola, M. Weingart, S.,

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 4, 2022

As well, the volume of administration might be much lower than 500 mL, with previous research indicating that 4 mL/kg of crystalloid was an optimal volume needed to increase mean systemic filling pressure. Thoughts Barthelemy and colleagues report an inventive and necessary study for those interested in resuscitation physiology.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Septic shock is high on the differential diagnosis for this patient’s presentation. Introduction Sepsis and septic shock are life-threatening conditions characterized by severe systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. What are the most up-to-date guidelines for managing this patient?

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

First, there can be a poor correlation between venous and arterial gases in states of shock, hemodynamic instability, or extremes of acid-base disturbances, due to poor cardiac output/circulatory failure impairing venous and arterial flow, with associated poor gas exchange as well as hypercapnia and acidemia at the tissue level (8).

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Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

There could be any number of reasons for this but some examples are: they have severe D&V and aren’t keeping fluids down, or because they are pre or post-op, or have presented very unwell and need fluid resuscitation. saline), however more research is needed in this area. [4] Which type of fluid to use?

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Evaporative cooling is the preferred method to actively reduce body temperature in the emergency department , as it can be performed with ongoing resuscitation efforts. Ice water immersion and iced peritoneal lavage are additional methods used to lower temperature but are more invasive or can prevent additional resuscitative efforts.

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RebelEM

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This procedure involves applying another set of pads attached to a second defibrillator to a patient and shocking them in hopes of terminating the rhythm. I am hopeful this trial encourages future research on the subject matter so we can answer additional questions it has left us (ie.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

BMC Health Services Research. Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2015, Pages 583-590 Perron T, Emara M, Ahmed S. Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. 2014;14:162. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-162. Radiologypics, P. 2014, November 10).

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Researchers are currently working to offer an evidence base to this anecdotal practice. Unexplained tachycardia may be the early signs of shock. The goal of LET is to pretreat the wound to allow for a painless administration of injectable anesthetic. Pediatric burns should be assessed carefully and treated aggressively.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2024

It was first described in Japan in 1991, where researchers noted a balloon shape to the left atrium resembling a trap used to catch octopuses in Japan. Which of the following is the best next step in the management of this patient’s condition?

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