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Electrical injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This is supplied via alternating current (AC), increasing the risk of titanic contraction of skeletal muscle, leading to kids holding on to the electrical power source. AC and DC shocks may result in different injury patterns. In: Walls RM, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice.

ACS 80
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The 70th Bubble Wrap – DFTB x MSc in PEM

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This single-centre academic urban institution in the United States (US) undertook a 10-year retrospective observational study of paediatric intubation and bougie use in their emergency department (ED). However, 273 were excluded, as 173 were intubated outside of ED, and 95 had missing datasets. Prehosp Emerg Care.

CPR 52
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Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio: Updates in Prognosticating Fournier Gangrene in the Emergency Department

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The sensitivity of these scores range, but they cannot exclude FG diagnosis and may have lower sensitivity when used for prediction in ED patient populations. Fournier's gangrene and its emergency management. Wysoki MG, Santora TA, Shah RM, Friedman AC. fold increased odds of mortality, respectively. Postgrad Med J.