Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Broselow-Luten Color-Coded Length-Based Weight-Estimation System: History of [Emergency Medical Services for Children] Designed by Dr. James Broselow. Dr. Broselow was family medicine but switched to emergency medicine. Emergency Medical Services for Children] “Red to Head.” One end of the tape is red with an arrow.

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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. 1) There are a limited number of antitussives on the US market which include benzonatate, codeine, dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine, and hydrocodone. 11) A bolus dose at 1.5

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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).

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This was based on studies that demonstrated qSOFA was more specific but less sensitive than its counterparts (Table 1). 1 Since 2021, attempts to identify a single screening tool with optimal sensitivity and specificity to predict which patients will develop sepsis or septic shock have been ongoing.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

You will find the list is broken down into four sections: 1.Reviews 2023 Jun 1. 2023 Jun 20:archdischild-2022-324884. 2023 Jun 5:archdischild-2022-325148. 2023 Jun 9. 2023 Jun 12:archdischild-2022-325029. Reviews and opinion articles Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric nephrology. Rivacoba MC, et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Pendell Meyers , Aaron E. Many emergency medical services (EMS) activate catheterization labs to reduce time to PPCI, but suffer a high burden of inappropriate activations. PEARL #1: In general, it is rare to see both marked LVH and acute OMI in the same tracing. Figure-1: I've labeled today's ECG.

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