Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Broselow-Luten System: Supportive Data Physician estimates of weight can underdose children by 49% or overdose by up to 116%. PAWPER was more accurate than EPLS (European life support formula) as well. Int J Emerg Med. Use of the Broselow tape in a Mexican emergency department. J Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). What are the treatment options for a benzonatate overdose?

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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). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001518

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

Calcium is also frequently used in the treatment of hyperkalemia, calcium channel blocker overdose, hypermagnesemia, and hypocalcemia and may be more likely to be used when one of these diagnoses is the suspected cause of cardiac arrest. This continues to be supported by new literature. References: 1. Ramazan, K., S., & Basar, C.

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NCOAE

MARCH 8, 2021

On the other hand, you could be called in to attend to the victim of a car accident or a shooting or a heart attack, drowning, mountaineering accident, or drug overdose. For additional details about these courses and our current course schedule, visit our Emergency Medicine training page. You may even have to deliver a baby!

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The fragility index of these findings found to be 1 for VC and 9 for DED Obtaining a second defibrillator in the emergency department or intensive care unit can be very easy to do. It’s difficult to definitively say which of the two is statistically better, however there is a trend pointing toward DED.

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