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MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Altered Mental Status ... hypoglycemia) - Seizures ... - Trauma - ... Infectious - Drugs, Alcohol
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... , Trauma, TBI, Tumor ... : Medications, Alcohol ... Altered #Mental #Status
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Altered Mental Status ... A - Alcohol, Acidosis ... - Temperature, Trauma ... Poisoning S - Stroke, Seizure
Free Air at the Peritoneal Line on POCUS

Chief Complaint: "my girl stabbed me"

Labeled Diagram: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/752864010337415169

- Dr.
twitter.com/EUSmkh/status ... EUSmkh #FreeAir #Abdominal ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Intraabdominal #Trauma
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
amphetamines, alcohol ... - Medications: statins ... strep) - Seizures ... : Trauma, burns, ... immobility • Critical
Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline

Stage 1 (8 hours) : Anxiety, insomnia, nausea, & abdominal pain
Stage 2 (1-3 days):
Alcohol Withdrawal ... insomnia, nausea, & abdominal ... Hallucinations, fever, seizures ... agitation #Alcohol ... Timeline #diagnosis #stages
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... History of excessive alcohol ... Post-operative state ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Immunocompromised state ... neurological findings or seizure ... - Postpartum state ... - History of alcohol ... with or without trauma
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
No other intra-abdominal ... twitter.com/RJonesSonoEM/status ... FAST #Positive #trauma ... #clinical #ultrasound
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis: • Trauma ... exertion/training - Seizures ... Toxins - Drugs - Statins ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal