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SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

sodium chloride), and balanced crystalloid solutions, meaning those with a chloride composition closer to plasma such as lactated ringer’s or Plasma Lyte 148. Then, the BaSICS trial (a multicentred RCT done in 75 Brazilian ICUs) came along and compared saline to Plasma-Lyte at what the authors deemed slow and fast infusion rates.

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What Can You Do as an EMT?

Chicago EMT Training

It's important to keep in mind that you are not functioning as an EMT when you're an ED Tech/Assistant. Standby EMS for events The company that comes to mind in Chicago is Event Medical Solutions. The biggest event they provide EMS for recently is Lollapalooza.

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Transfusion Reactions

Core EM

In: Marx J, ed. In: Wolfson A, ed. Author: Natalie Bertrand, MD Editor: Naillid Felipe, MD Background: Definition: adverse reaction to blood product administration Incidence: more common in children than adults, except for delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions Allergic (non-anaphylaxis) – Platelets 1-3%; RBCs 0.1-0.3%

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SGEM#347: It Don’t Matter to Me – Balanced Solution or Saline

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Some bench work, observational studies, and now two large, unblinded, cluster-randomized single-center trials ( SMART and SALT-ED ) suggested a benefit to using balanced crystalloids (i.e. In the two large trials, this benefit was seen as a reduction in a composite outcome of major adverse kidney events within 30 days (MAKE-30).

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

REBEL EM

JAMA 2015 [7] The PROPPR Trial 680 severely injured adult trauma patients Patients randomized to Plasma, Platelets, and PRBCs in a 1:1:1 ratio vs 1:1:2 ratio No difference in overall mortality at 24 hrs BUT 1:1:1 achieved hemostasis faster and fewer experienced death due to exsanguination at 24hrs Crombie N et al. Anesth Analg 2021.

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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

REBEL EM

Bradykinin Mediated Plasma globulins called kininogens release bradykinin and cause vascular permeability. Image: ( Morgan 2010 ) Features Absence of urticaria and pruritus Insidious onset (24-36 hours) ACE Inhibitors Inhibition of ACE hinders the degradation of bradykinin and can lead to idiosyncratic angioedema.

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ToxCard: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

EMDocs

These medications are a vital tool in the care of ED patients, from simple local analgesia for a laceration repair to regional analgesia for painful procedures. Metabolism of ester anesthetics is by plasma cholinesterase, whereas amides are metabolized by the cytochrome P450 system in the liver. [6] lidocaine) or an ester (e.g.,

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