FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Ok, here we go… Lots of controversy over the recent article titled, “Comparing Intubation Success Between Flight Nurses and Flight Paramedics in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services”, published by the Air Medical Journal in their November/December 2023 issue. Air Medical Journal , vol. 6, 2023, pp.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Optimally, bystander CPR, including the administration of rescue breaths, should be initiated prior to arrival of emergency medical services. 3 Once the patient arrives in your emergency department, a rapid review of the patient’s status and results of resuscitative efforts should be performed. Am J Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

2016 Dec;54(10):899-923. Management of common adverse effects of antipsychotic medications. The post ToxCard: Second Generation Antipsychotic Overdose appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. His roommate found an empty pill bottle on the floor next to him. Clin Toxicol (Phila). Stroup TS, Gray N.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. She had return of spontaneous resuscitation (ROSC) and was subsequently intubated and transported to the emergency department (ED). American College of Medical Toxicology.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

A 44 year-old male with unknown past medical history came by emergency medical services (EMS) to the emergency department (ED) for an electrical injury and fall from a high voltage electrical pole. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. McGraw Hill; 2016.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. McGraw Hill; 2016. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. Published 2016 May 18. Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability-2016 updates. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min). Int J Emerg Med. Eur J Emerg Med.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Mortality among patients with frequent emergency department use for alcohol-related reasons in Ontario: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Hasan Sheikh is an emergency and addictions physician in Toronto and a lecturer at the University of Toronto. Date: December 18th, 2020 Reference: Hulme et al.

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NAEMSP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The goal of the study was to determine predictors of repeat access to prehospital or emergency department care within 72 hours of initial paramedic contact. 43 patients (5.4%) had repeat access to prehospital or emergency department care. ” Prehospital Emergency Care 22.6 2016): 524-530. were admitted.

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Irish College of Paramedics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. In 2015-2016, paramedics in Victoria responded to 589,847 emergency calls: that’s one every 55 seconds, and there were an additional 245,944 non-emergency calls.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

1 The rationale for the shift away from normal saline in 2021 derived from multiple trials, including the Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial (SMART) and Saline Against Lactated Ringer’s or Plasma-Lyte in the Emergency Department (SALT ED). Procalcitonin and sepsis in the Emergency Department: an update.

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