Remove splinting-workshop
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ToxCard: Crotalid Envenomation Part 1: Management of the Crotalid Envenomation

EMDocs

Unified Treatment Algorithm for the management of crotalid snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop. Give analgesics for pain control but avoid NSAIDs due to their inhibitory effect on platelets Obtain initial labs including CBC, BMP, PT/INR, and fibrinogen. Neurol Clin Pract. 2015;5(5):383-388.

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Neonatal Resus for the Pre-Hospital Non-Neonatologist

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Resuscitation toolkit We used the Australian Resus Council NLS algorithm as the basis of our workshop, given this is most likely to be familiar to everyone working in critical care regardless of their base discipline. Always consider siting an NGT in the intubated child, as decompressing the stomach will reduce splinting of the diaphragm.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Apparently in other countries, like Australia, prehospital providers frequently employ pressure immobilization – that is, wrapping bandages proximally up a splinted limb to impede lymphatic toxin spread. BMC Emerg Med. 2011;11:2-227X-11-2. Consensus panel) 6. Bush SP, Ruha AM, Seifert SA, et al.