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US Probe: Serratus Anterior Block

When, how, and why should you perform the serratus anterior block?

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    Lactate Level in Kids

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    We see that, like in adults, an elevated lactate can help identify those patients who are potentially sicker than others, although not perfectly. It is only helpful if it alerts you to severe illness presenting subtly or helps direct your resuscitation efforts… which, again, require the astute clinician to determine.
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    Resuscitation of the Pregnant Patient: Pearls and Pitfalls

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    A review of how to resuscitate a pregnant patient in the midst of medical catastrophe and how to rapidly estimate gestational age
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    Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis

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    When a young female patient threatens to 'knock you out' for exposing her to CT radiation, you are left with only one option for visualizing and extracting a pleural effusion.
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    Resuscitation of the Pregnant Trauma Patient – Pearls and Pitfalls

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    While on shift at a busy urban emergency department, you are notified by EMS dispatch of an ambulance en-route with a patient involved in a high-speed MVC. They report she is a female, in her 20s or 30s, who is obviously gravid, but of unknown gestational age. According to EMS
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    Utility of Obtaining a Lactate Measurement in the ED

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    Primer on the lactate measurement ubiquitous in today's ED
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    Ask Me Anything – ANDY SLOAS – PEM ED Podcast Host

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    Join us 2/5/15 at 9 PM EST as we have our next AMA with Andy Sloas, DO, RDMS, FAAEM (@PEMEDpodcast) from PED ED Podcast (http://www.pemed.org/)
    Live Blog AMA 2/5 with Andy Sloas
     
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    Sepsis Sources: LUCCAASSB

    Lung* (pneumonia, effusion, abscess)
    Urine* (UTI, pyelonephritis)
    Cardiac (endocarditis)
    CNS (meningitis, encephalitis, abscess)
    Abdomen (intra-abdominal)
    Arthritis (septic)
    Skin (cellulitis, abscess, NSTI)
    Spine (osteomyelitis, SEA, discitis)
    Bacteremia

     

    *most common sources

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