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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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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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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

The establishment of regulatory bodies (Health and Care Professions Council (UK) 2016, Health Professions Council of South Africa 2016, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (IRL) 2016) to provide governance and oversight for pre-hospital providers has been an important step in improving the level of pre-hospital care. Schneir, A.

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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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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.

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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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