Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Broselow-Luten Color-Coded Length-Based Weight-Estimation System: History of [Emergency Medical Services for Children] Designed by Dr. James Broselow. Dr. Broselow was family medicine but switched to emergency medicine. Emergency Medical Services for Children] “Red to Head.” One end of the tape is red with an arrow.

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E-9-1-1 Emergency Medical Services Life Support ALS 271

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 9, 2021

JAMA 2020 Guest Skeptic: Mike Carter is a former paramedic and current PA practicing in pulmonary and critical care as well as an adjunct professor of emergency medical services […] The post SGEM#314: OHCA – Should you Take ‘em on the Run Baby if you Don’t get ROSC? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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EMS Emergency Medical Services CPR Critical Care 130

EMDocs

MAY 26, 2023

Avoid Trying to Reason With Them When agitated, a child’s prefrontal cortex is suppressed by the cortisol and epinephrine induced fight-or-flight reaction. Emerg Med Clin North Am. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department. Emerg Med Australas. Deaths due to physical restraint.

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Emergency Medical Services Emergency Department OR ED 96

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). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. 1996;40(3):483-485.

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Defibrillator CPR Epinephrine Life Support 106

EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

1 The rationale for the shift away from normal saline in 2021 derived from multiple trials, including the Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial (SMART) and Saline Against Lactated Ringer’s or Plasma-Lyte in the Emergency Department (SALT ED). Procalcitonin and sepsis in the Emergency Department: an update.

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