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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

PAWPER was more accurate than EPLS (European life support formula) as well. Bowen 2016] Moral of the Morsel: Weight Matters! The Broselow-Luten system was designed BY physicians, FOR physicians to make your life and pediatric resuscitations EASIER ! Validation study done in Italy. in malnourished children and by 16.6%

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

2016 Aug;23(8):878-84. Epub 2016 Aug 1. Holmes, James F et al. Conzelmann M, Hoidis A, Bruckner T , et al. Borgialli DA, Mahajan P, Hoyle JD Jr, Powell EC, Nadel FM, Tunik MG, Foerster A, Dong L, Miskin M, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Acad Emerg Med.

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Reference ranges of paediatric heart rate and respiratory rate

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) are THE major vital signs used in Advanced Paediatric Life Support ( APLS) guidance , sepsis guidelines , and Paediatric Early Warning Scores (e.g., The controversy around what is ‘normal’ in infants’ and children’s vitals was demonstrated in a 2011 systematic review by Fleming et al.

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

EMDocs

Treatment is supportive with respiratory therapy, critical care, inotropic therapy, and cardiac life support. If AFE occurs during labor, immediate delivery is recommended. ” Obstet Gynecol 123(2 Pt 1): 337-348. link] Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Electronic address, p. ” Am J Obstet Gynecol 215(2): B16-24.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 84: Capnography

EMDocs

PMID: 26447854 Godwin SA, Burton JH, Gerardo CJ, et al. PMID: 28395927 Panchal AR, Berg KM, Hirsch KG, et al. PMID: 28395927 Panchal AR, Berg KM, Hirsch KG, et al. Published 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26821648 Hemnes AR, Newman AL, Rosenbaum B, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2017;70(5):758. Circulation. BMC Emerg Med.

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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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I smell a pool, we don't have a pool.

FOAMfrat

If they are not already there, get ALS-level care to the patient as soon as possible. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control, 2023) some respiratory exposures can result in the long-term development of “reactive airway dysfunction syndrome (RADS)” This is a type of chemical induced asthma and is a life-long condition.