At 7:50 AM today I placed toothpaste wrong on my toddler's toothbrush and I am thankful I got to drop him off at daycare to take care of the gremlin he turned into. 😵💫
How do you get a Trauma Attending who adamantly thinks every intubated trauma pt needs Rocuronium ‘for sedation’ to change their practice?!?
We have tried:
- Direct education
- Presenting literature at conference
- Removing Rocuronium from all trauma kits
Nothing. Works.
@PropofolDreamz @GDerevenskikh@ResuscAcademy I think people need to get up to date with the data. The study also did a post analysis in pts who had hyperkalemia and found it also to do nothing. This is excluding trauma, which is not ACLS. It is ATLS.
https://t.co/7tkw5ct31e
@garyDpeksa @alexnilges I agree. Tbh to understand the evolution of therapeutic practice one must go into the history and those studies may not have a doi...
@EM_RESUS Easier way to make a push dose epinephrine is use a 1 mg/ml vial and draw up 0.1 ml and place it in a 10 ml string with saline. Eliminate a whole step
You've probably heard that Bicarbonate has to turn into CO2 to raise the pH. “Don’t give bicarb if you can’t increase ventilation.”
But how much CO2 is there in an amp of sodium bicarbonate?
A bicarb 🧵
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@appyjumpindaze I'm super confused. Was this a bat or a cat? Also, on the weekends the department of health is open and will take said animal. You also have 7 days to start treatment. What state are you in?
Looking forward to JClub tonight @UVMEmergencyMed with @toxikonchicago alum @JoeKennedyEM to chat about “Med Return Encounters in ED Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Vs Benzos for Alcohol Withdrawal” by Lebin et al. @acmtmedtox https://t.co/wFV0SjiSQX
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