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Traveling Ticks: Tickborne Illnesses and International Travel

Pediatric EM Morsels

Jensenius 2004) Let’s take a moment to review Tickborne Illnesses and International Travel : Tickborne Illnesses and Major Rickettsial Diseases: Basics Most of these illnesses are acquired from exposure to a rural area during travels including camping, hiking, safaris, and livestock.

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Understanding Traumatic Dissociation in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Emergency Live

However, Marco Squicciarini, BLSD Training Coordinating Physician at the Ministry of Health and BLSD Instructor Trainer since 2004, highlights an aspect often overlooked in training […] The post Understanding Traumatic Dissociation in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation appeared first on Emergency Live.

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For undifferentiated strokes, should blood pressure be aggressively managed pre-hospital?

PulmCCM

In hemorrhagic strokes (intracerebral hemorrhage or ICH), severely elevated blood pressure has been closely linked to hematoma expansion (Ohwaki et al Stroke 2004) , and early intensive treatment to reduce blood pressure to a target systolic BP of 140 mm Hg can reduce hematoma growth (Anderson et al Stroke 2010, INTERACT trial).

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ReBaked Morsel on Asthma Control – The 2020 NIH Asthma Management Guidelines

Pediatric EM Morsels

2004 Aug;2(3):155-63. Front Pediatr. 2018 Jun 19;6:170. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00170. 2018.00170. PMID: 29971223; PMCID: PMC6018103. Categorizing asthma severity: an overview of national guidelines. Clin Med Res. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2.3.155. PMID: 15931352; PMCID: PMC1069088.

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Frank Pantridge

Life in the Fast Lane

Lorcan Oliver and Mike Cadogan Frank Pantridge Frank Pantridge (1916-2004) was a Northern Irish cardiologist who created pre-hospital coronary care through the invention of the portable defibrillator

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REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

RebelEM

2004 Sep 15;27(6):1077-87. Diet Lowden A, Holmbäck U, Åkerstedt T, Forslund J, Lennernäs M, Forslund A [2004]. PMID: 6663508; PMCID: PMC1193807. Crowley SJ, Lee C, Tseng CY, Fogg LF, Eastman CI. Complete or partial circadian re-entrainment improves performance, alertness, and mood during night-shift work. doi: 10.1093/sleep/27.6.1077.

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PediatricEducation.org Published its 900th case!

Pediatric Education

Since 2004, we have offered a breadth of cases that continues to be unstructured pediatric curriculum and educational resource. It has been an amazing journey that started with just one weekly case and now we have come to this newest milestone.