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Is the blind Subclavian “trauma line” a thing of the past?

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Obtaining access in shocked trauma patients can be notoriously difficult due to circulatory collapse. Those who are shocked, shut down with limited or no other options for peripheral access require central access. The evidence for improved safety and quality with the use of ultrasound for CVC implementation is well established [i].

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Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

RebelEM

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a valuable clinical tool in the assessment of acute dyspnea. Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomized, controlled trial. PoCUS evaluations included lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS).

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

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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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Arterial Lines and Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring

Taming the SRU

This has been the central question of many research projects with variable outcomes. A recent observational study was performed to pragmatically assess clinically meaningful differences in BP in a diverse critically ill cohort with shock. Damping Damping is essentially the shock absorbers in the pressurized system.

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Review of the ATHOS 3 trial

Northwestern EM Blog

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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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Perhaps, not insignificantly, they were accustomed to receiving systematized government-supplied medical and trauma care, with "shock rooms" receiving an influx of victims, as contrasted to those later who opposed "socialized medicine." 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research. Increasing public usage of EDs for care.

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46 year old with chest pain develops a wide complex rhythm -- see many examples

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

However the patient continued to have chest pain and bedside ultrasound showed hypokinesis of the septum with significantly reduced LVEF. below) Other examples of AIVR: Young man with Gunshot wound to right chest with hemorrhagic shock, but bullet path not near heart. Circulation Research , 56 (2), 184–194. Leave it alone.

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