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Emergency Evidence Updates – November 2024

The Bottom Line

Whats new in the Critical Care literature monthly updates

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New wave of fire tech: Biometrics and wearables

FirstNet Authority

New wave of fire tech: Biometrics and wearables Blog joseph.rey@fir Wed, 12/11/2024 - 09:52 By Gary McCarraher, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Learn more about how FirstNet is transforming public safety communications contact your local FirstNet Authority Public Safety Advisor and sign up for our discipline newsletters.

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Critical Care Evidence Updates – November 2024

The Bottom Line

Whats new in the Critical Care literature monthly updates

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Special Edition: ENDGAME

EMS 20/20

In a bid to clench the win, Chris navigates a chest pain call from the Master Your Medics 100 Patient Scenarios Book! Can he put up a strong enough performance and force Spencer to enjoy Dutch Bros? Or will he be dining on Salmon Bisque? VOTE ON INSTAGRAM! THEIR FATES ARE IN YOUR HANDS! In a bid to clench the win, Chris navigates a chest pain call from the Master Your Medics 100 Patient Scenarios Book!

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Recurrent belly pain +/- hyponatremia

EMDocs

Heres another case from Medical Malpractice Insights Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. To opt in to the free subscriber list, click here. Stories of med mal lawsuits can save lives.

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Pediatric TBI Protocol w/ Dr. Banerjee

FOAMfrat

In this episode, Dr. Banerjee and I explore a protocol being trialed for pediatric patients suffering from moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This initiative, a collaboration with Arnold Palmer Hospital, introduces the pre-hospital administration of Keppra and 3% saline to provide treatment that the hospital would provide in the prehospital setting in hopes of optimizing patient outcomes.

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Episode 82: When it goes wrong

Critical Care Scenarios

Our approach to common problems and troubleshooting: Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Our approach to common problems and troubleshooting: * Difficulty feeding guidewires * No flash on arterial lines * Pneumothorax during subclavian lines * Difficulty inserting ET tubes during hyperangulated laryngoscopy * No response to vasopressors * High gastric residuals during tube feeds Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy!

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Episode 101 – Automatic ABO

The Curious Clinicians

Why do we make antibodies to ABO blood groups even without exposure? There’s a reason many patients admitted to the hospital get a Type and Screen (T&S) to determine their ABO blood group. If that patient needed a transfusion and got an incompatible blood type, they could become severely ill or even die from an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction (AHTR), in which the immune system reacts violently to antigens (usually A or B) on the transfused red blood cells.

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