ACEP Now

APRIL 5, 2024

2 TTP often presents abruptly, and most patients that develop it first visit the emergency department (ED) as their symptoms worsen. 1 Pregnant patients are particularly vulnerable to misdiagnosis of TTP in the ED. Accessed March 26, 2024. Most of these deaths can be attributed to a delay in diagnosis. In:StatPearls [Internet].

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Frozen Plasma Plasma Emergency Department FFP 40

EMDocs

MARCH 18, 2025

Airway: Key decision: base decision for intubation on clinical course, efficacy of airway clearance (coughing, mental status), ED/institutional resources, respiratory status (respiratory failure). Warfarin: vitamin K 10 mg IV and PCC or FFP. Fibrinogen level < 150 mg/dL: cryoprecipitate or fibrinogen concentrate (not FFP).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Ali, a 12-year-old male, is pre-alerted by ambulance to ED. How would you prepare for the patient’s arrival to ED? Do I have emergency blood available in the ED? Lee, a 14-year-old male, is brought into the ED by his friends, stating he has been in a fight. Which investigations would you consider?

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

ED Evaluation Transport to the ED from the refugee reception center takes 1 hour. Labs Laboratory workup in the ED is notable for a leukocytosis of 41,000/L, hemoglobin of 6.5 She is sent to the medical ward after three days in the ED with the diagnoses of resolving septic shock, severe malaria, and AKI.

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ED E-9-1-1 ALS Emergency Department 75