Questions tagged [emergency]
Questions regarding emergency medical care and treatment.
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Prophylactic intubation in cases of spinal cord trauma?
I stumbled across a question in emergency medicine which goes as follows:
"A 20-year-old hockey player is brought to the emergency department 30
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Should bystander CPR be modified or avoided for a patient who has had open heart surgery?
If a person who is known to have had open heart surgery is unconscious and pulseless outside a hospital, should an untrained bystander follow normal CPR procedures, perform CPR in a different way than ...
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Detecting a medical emergency based on the symptoms the patient presents
Are there standard rules or references for deciding whether a patient has a medical emergency, based on the symptoms the patient report? Are those standard rules international?
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Would an injection into the neck be useful for quick application of a drug?
This might be the wrong place to ask, but I'm working on a story where the main character has a chronic condition that is usually managed by medication. However, on the off chance they run out of ...
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Removing an impaled object without a doctor
We all know (or at least, we should) that you should never remove an impaling object. Keep the object as still and stable as possible, and wait for the EMT/doctor/surgeon/whatever to do it.
But what ...
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Can esophageal obstruction cause choking?
Does this ever happen (for any age) in emergency (CPR) situations?
If so, how can one determine that the obstruction is esophageal and not tracheal and how does one apply CPR in this case?
Thank you.
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Can iodine purification tablets be used to prevent absorption of radioactive iodine (tetraglycine hydroperiodide, potassium iodide)
Can one use iodine tablets made of tetraglycine hydroperiodide to protect yourself from radiation poisoning in an emergency? If so, how much should one take?
The CDC recommends adults take 130mg of ...
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Alternative sources of iodine for radiation emergency
One approach to reduce long-term health effects from a nuclear radiation emergency is to take potassium iodine. The typical dosage is 130 mg daily.
As the need for iodine pills is very rare and their ...
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Why is there a difference between venous bicarbonate and bicarbonate in ABG?
Lets say a serum blood test shows bicarbonate of 20mmol/l but an ABG of 15mmol/l, both tests taken 3 minutes apart in a person with acute metabolic acidosis with compensation. Can anyone explain why ...
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What is a semi-hollow organ?
This question was taken from an NREMT (EMT certification) test I took and will have to re-take, so the context is emergency medicine/first response. It asked me to list some semi-hollow organs. This ...
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Emergency defibrillation
A typical defibrillator is basically capacitor and a pair of electrodes and circuits. There are AEDs that can detect whether defibrillation is required or not. But what if cardiac arrest(due to ...
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Crystalloid infusion during anaphylactic shock
My text book states that intravenous crystalloid infusion is a method of treating anaphylactic shock.
I can't get why, as there is no fluid loss in case of anaphylactic shock, at least that is what ...
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Are there any recommended or prescribed time limits for ambulance to reach a juvenile patient in case of emergency?
When I look for ambulance and how fast it should come, I find information regarding allowed driving speed.
However, for planning hospitals and roads, one should no how much time is on average ...
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Tips on identifying CVA patients
In my work, not once i encounter old people with deterioration and i am having hard time deciding if does symptoms may be related to CVA or not and if a neurologist should be called.
I will explain ...
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How does fluid temp impact glucose uptake in hypoglycemia?
I recently asked How to mark beverage cans in a cooler for a blind person? on a sister site.
One of the answers made this unreferenced claim.
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