Remove 2024 Remove Allergic Reaction Remove OR
article thumbnail

Protocol Change

Peter Canning

The 2024 document is 237 pages including 56 medications. We dont give solumedrol for allergic reactions anymore. There were fewer than 50 protocols in the book, along with pages for 24 medications and 8 procedures. The book was approved by the two largest hospitals in Hartford. Paramedics didnt do 12-lead ECGs then.

article thumbnail

emDOCs Podcast – Episode 94: GLP-1 Agonist Complications

EMDocs

Hypersensitivity reaction to a GLP-1 agonist, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and pregnancy. Hypersensitivity/dermatologic: GLP-1 agonists are synthetic peptides; may lead to antibody formation and allergic reaction/injection site reaction. Reactions are usually minor: transient warmth, pruritis at injection site that resolves.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

EMT Essentials: Mastering SAMPLE History and OPQRST Pain Assessment Techniques

EMT Training Station

This information is crucial in avoiding allergic reactions, especially when administering emergency treatments. The SAMPLE history is a mnemonic acronym used by EMTs to remember the key questions they need to ask patients to gather crucial information. Provocation/Palliation : What makes the pain better or worse?

EMT 96
article thumbnail

Pediatric Balanitis and Balanoposthitis

Pediatric EM Morsels

Balanitis and Balanoposthitis – Basics Terminology [Assim 2022, Dynamedex 2024, Perkins 2024] Balanitis – Inflammation of the glans penis Posthitis – Inflammation of the foreskin (prepuce) Balanoposthitis – Inflammation of both (ouch!) It’s even more distressing when the skin problem affects the penis.

article thumbnail

EM@3AM: Leukopenia

EMDocs

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 10^9/L) Severe (< 0.5 10^9/L) Generalized leukopenia (i.e. Medications: 25.6%

E-9-1-1 94
article thumbnail

Episode 162 Allergies Part 2: Shots, pills, & pens

This Podcast Will Kill You

“111 years of allergen-immunotherapy: a long and successful history of the only available disease-modifier in allergic diseases.” Feb 16, 2024. FDA approves first medication to help reduce allergic reactions to multiple foods after accidental exposure. Then this is the episode for you. 2015): 350-351.

article thumbnail

Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Not an allergic reaction. 2024 Aug 1;36(4):431-435. Epub 2024 Jun 5. Can occur in adolescents and even adults. Has been known to occur following immunizations. Good to anticipate to avoid any additional cause of vaccine hesitancy. Not tender. Rashes will always find their way to your emergency department! PMID: 38957128.