Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Inter-Rater Reliability Between Critical Care Nurses Performing a Pediatric Modification to the Glasgow Coma Scale. Pediatr Crit Care Med. Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. 2019 Jul;20(7):660-666.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado. Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado.

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Critical Care Scenarios

MARCH 29, 2020

Cardiothoracic critical care PA Brendan Riordan (@concernecus) shows us his initial approach to the patient in cardiogenic shock, including initiating mechanical support, managing ECMO (plus Impella), and eventual weaning and discontinuation of support. Monitoring Hemostasis During Extracorporeal Life Support.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 26, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: August 25th, 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Parry is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care at Western University. display_podcast] Date: August 25th, 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Parry is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care at Western University.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY, and currently an assistant clinical professor and Director of Emergency Critical Care […] The post SGEM#350: How Did I Get Epi Alone? He had been admitted the night before for a new diagnosis of rapid atrial fibrillation.

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EMT Training Station

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Once activated, EMS ensures that the appropriate level of care is dispatched to the patient. This could range from basic life support, typically managed by EMTs, to more advanced life support provided by paramedics and other medical specialists. EMTs, on the other hand, primarily focus on basic life support.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

CRITICAL CARE CASE REPORTS: METABOLIC, RENAL, AND ENDOCRINE , pp. Extracorporeal life support rewarming rate is associated with survival with good neurological outcome in accidental hypothermia. CRITICAL CARE CASE REPORTS: METABOLIC, RENAL, AND ENDOCRINE , pp. Kattih, Z., Altschul, and B. ” In C44.

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#badEM

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Join us in watching David Stanton in discussing the future of Emergency Care in South Africa. David is an Advanced Life Support paramedic, the Netcare911 Head of Clinical Leadership and the Faculty Manager of Netcare Education’s Faculty of Emergency and Critical Care.

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EMDocs

JUNE 22, 2024

Treatment is supportive with respiratory therapy, critical care, inotropic therapy, and cardiac life support. If AFE occurs during labor, immediate delivery is recommended.

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Critical Care Scenarios

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Yes, temporize with supportive care while you go through the process, but do the work—find a legitimate representative or documentation of the patient’s wishes to determine what they’d want before you commit them to lengthy, aggressive life support. Emergency staff have limited bandwidth.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

More recent literature and guidelines support the use of lidocaine as an alternative agent, and currently both are included in standard advanced cardiovascular life support. Medications: think about using esmolol Amiodarone has been traditionally used in the management of VT or VF as an adjunct to defibrillation.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). Extracorporeal Life Support in Accidental Hypothermia with Cardiac Arrest—A Narrative Review. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001518 Resuscitation 2018.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

2020), but IV Calcium is still used routinely in some cases in the critical care setting, such as congenital heart disease. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 23 (11), 860-871. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 23 (11), 939-940. Kay, J., & Blalock, A. Surg Gynecol Obstet, 93 , 97-102. Panchal, A.,

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

2018 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Use of Antiarrhythmic Drugs during and Immediately after Cardiac Arrest: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.” Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep 7. 2, 2018, pp.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

Thus, unstable patients should be stabilized based on a physician’s trauma expertise; whether through Advanced Trauma Life Support, Trauma Combat Casualty Care, or one’s own trauma assessment. Critical Care Medicine. Accessed October 21, 2023. Electrical Safety Foundation International. Koumbourlis, Anastassios C.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 3, 2024

Temperature management after cardiac arrest an advisory statement by the advanced life support task force of the international liaison committee on resuscitation and the American Heart Association emergency cardiovascular care committee and the council on cardiopulmonary, critical care, perioperative and resuscitation.

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EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) had been initiated and on arrival at the ED, the patient was found to have Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA). Critical Care Emergency Medicine, McGraw-Hill, pgs 129-132, 2nd ed., EMS verbalized concern to EPs that an “intracranial bleed” may have precipitated the event.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. Emergency department children are not as sick as adults: implications for critical care skills retention in an exclusively pediatric emergency medicine practice. Acad Emerg Med. 2015;22(4):431-440. J Emerg Med.

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AAEM RSA

AUGUST 27, 2020

For both groups, mean time to basic life support was determined to be one-minute, advanced life support started at 10 minutes, and time to ROSC at 25 minutes. Of the 939 patients enrolled, the majority, approximately 80%, in each group had a shockable rhythm on initial assessment and 75% had bystander CPR performed.

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NHCPS Save a Life

AUGUST 19, 2024

As a professional directly responsible for patient care, you’re the first line of defense for patients have their worst day possible. You can save a life. Yet, with all of your advanced medical training, there is one highly complex situation that may give you pause. That hesitation could cause a delay when seconds matter.

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NHCPS Save a Life

AUGUST 19, 2024

As a professional directly responsible for patient care, you’re the first line of defense for patients have their worst day possible. You can save a life. Yet, with all of your advanced medical training, there is one highly complex situation that may give you pause. That hesitation could cause a delay when seconds matter.

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Paramedic Training Spot

JANUARY 20, 2022

Your career will begin with obtaining a certification in basic life support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is, which is typically offered through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross. The CPR course typically takes 4 to 8 hours to complete.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This heightened risk underscores the need for vigilant supportive care and proactive management in these cases. The most recent data from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation (ELSO) registry highlights a high mortality rate for infants with pertussis who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

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