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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Effects of Buffered Crystalloids vs. Saline on Acute Kidney Injury in Resuscitation of ICU Patients

10/6/2016 Jonathan Jaffe, MD , EMRA Critical Care Division
Critical Care Alert: Effects of Buffered Crystalloids vs. Saline on Acute Kidney Injury in Resuscitation of ICU Patients A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with fever, productive
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Critical Care

Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis

10/2/2016 John Ramos, MMS, PA-C
Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis At a rural acute stroke-ready hospital in the year 2030, you are using a tele-stroke tablet to evaluate a 62-year-old male en route by mobile computed tomog
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Critical Care

REBOA: A Precious (Life)line

9/27/2016 Megan Simon Thomas, MD , Danish Malik, MD
REBOA: A Precious (Life)line A 25-year-old male is brought in by EMS with a gunshot wound. Vital signs are as follows: HR 130 BPM, BP 60/palp, RR 24, SpO2 99% RA, and temperature 37.5 Celsius. He app
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Sepsis , Critical Care

Sepsis-3: Redefining Sepsis

8/1/2016 Sarah Perman, MD MSCE , Mariana Guerrero, MD
Sepsis-3: Redefining Sepsis What EM Residents Need to Know Sepsis definitions were last revised in 2001. Since then, discoveries have been made regarding the pathobiology, management, and epidemiolog
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Critical Care , Pain Management , Health Policy

Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program

8/1/2016 Katrina D’Amore DO, MPH , David Traficante, DO , Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, FACEP
Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program Steven Stack, MD, FACEP, an emergency medicine physician and immediate past-president of AMA, confronted the crisis in an open letter to America's
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Critical Care

Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED

8/1/2016 Ram Parekh, MD , Clark Owyang, MD , Chad Meyers, MD
Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED A 70-year-old male with a history of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure presents to the emergency department (ED) hypote
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Airway , Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert! Video Laryngoscopy vs. Direct Laryngoscopy During Urgent Endotracheal Intubation

7/6/2016 EMRA Critical Care Division
Critical Care Alert! Video Laryngoscopy vs. Direct Laryngoscopy During Urgent Endotracheal Intubation A 42-year-old man who is diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia is transferred from the medi
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Clinical , Critical Care

A Leg Up: Management of Chronic Wounds in the ED

5/26/2016 Nathan M. Finnerty, MD , Michael B. Weinstock, MD , Colin G. Kaide, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, UHM
A Leg Up: Management of Chronic Wounds in the ED A 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension and morbid obesity presents to the emergency department (ED) with bilateral foot, ankle, and calf pa
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Critical Care , Clinical

Under Pressure: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

5/25/2016 Priyanka Lauber, DO , Matthew A. Stephens, MD, FAAEM, FACEP , Krystle Shafer, MD , Gregory Christiansen, DO, MEd, FACOEP-D
Under Pressure: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome A 24-year-old male arrives to the emergency department (ED) after a motor vehicle collision. Initial workup reveals pelvic fractures with a small amount
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Clinical , Critical Care , Orthopedics

Fractures and Fat Globules: Fat Embolism Syndrome

4/4/2016 Nicholas Johnson, MD , Molly Tolins, MD
Fractures and Fat Globules: Fat Embolism Syndrome EMS brings in a 20-year-old male who jumped from an overpass in a suicide attempt. He arrives with normal hemodynamics and is found to have bilatera

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