Advanced Life Support ED Emergency Department 
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
OCTOBER 14, 2023
Case: A 5-year-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) with his parents for fever and fatigue. Vital sign ranges from common guidelines such as Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) [1] or Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) [2] can differ. A prospective study.
EMDocs
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Yoo, MD (Assistant Professor/Core Faculty, San Antonio, TX) // Reviewed by Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case An 18-year-old man with a history of asthma and medication noncompliance presents to the emergency department (ED) with acute onset shortness of breath. He states that he recently moved to Texas from Colorado.
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Don't Forget the Bubbles
AUGUST 7, 2023
Clinicians may under or over-estimate paediatric patients presenting to the ED as being at high-risk for sepsis if there do not have evidence-based heart and respiratory rate ranges, Brennan et al set out to add to our understanding of what is ‘normal ’ in paediatric vital signs. Acad Emerg Med. Emerg Med J. What is the problem?
NCOAE
AUGUST 12, 2022
Here, we present them in alphabetical order: ABC – Airway, Breathing and Circulation – “This is the Golden Rule of emergency medical professionals” AED – Automated External Defibrillator – The device that delivers electric shock to the heart of patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest A-EMT – Advanced EMT ALS – Advanced Life Support Anaphylaxis— (..)
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Introduction Pediatric intubations in the emergency department (ED) occur at only a tenth the frequency of adult intubations. 1 Pediatric rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the ED is associated with a higher frequency of failed first attempts and adverse effects than in adult patients. Acad Emerg Med.
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