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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

Broselow-Luten System: Supportive Data Physician estimates of weight can underdose children by 49% or overdose by up to 116%. Rosenburg 2010] B-L system is designed for 12yo and younger, patients up to 80 lbs, height 46-143 cm [Meguerdichian 2012] Estimates the 50%ile weight for height (Length vs Ideal Body Weight). x exp[0.02

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SGEM#238: The Epi Don’t Work for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. This was a before and after study to see if advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) techniques, including IV epinephrine, would improve survival to discharge. JAMA 2009, Hagihara et al.

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IV versus IO: Does your Site of Access Matter in Cardiac Arrest?

NAEMSP

al answered this question with a prospective observational study which showed a significantly shorter time interval to obtain tibial IO access (4.6 al confirmed that injection of a radionuclide tracer injected intraosseously reaches central circulation within a time comparable to that of intravenous injection. [7] minutes versus 5.4

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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

Crewing Models: There are varying models of pre-hospital care ranging from paramedic provision of care through the mix of First Aid (Tanigawa and Tanaka 2006) Basic Life Support (BLS), immediate care, Advanced Life Support (ALS) and the many associated specialist paramedicine grades. 2000, Stiell et al.

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

EMDocs

10,11 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not recommended as a primary imaging modality for the diagnosis of SAH due to test duration (which can delay life-saving interventions), as well as the fact that the mixing of blood with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may delay the transition of hemoglobin to its deoxyhemoglobin state that is best imaged on MRI.

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ToxCard: Benzonatate

EMDocs

She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). 5) From 2012 to 2019, pediatric benzonatate prescribing soared by 62%. (9) Kim I, Goulding M, Tian F, Karami S, Pham T, Cheng C, et al. Cohan JA, Manning TJ, Lukash L, Long C, Ziminski KR, Conradi SE. Pediatrics.

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Resident Journal Review: Available Evidence Regarding Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)

AAEM RSA

Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, Cronberg T et al. By the time of the study by Nielsen et al. For both groups, mean time to basic life support was determined to be one-minute, advanced life support started at 10 minutes, and time to ROSC at 25 minutes. Kirkegaard H, Soreide E, de Haas, I et al.

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