2740 results
Figure 2
Modified Physiological Triage Tool (MPTT)-24 algorithm with increased respiratory rate upper threshold (≥24), conscious level
assessment for external catastrophic ... JamieVassallo #Management ... #MassCasualty #Catastrophe
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
with control of catastrophic ... to guide early management
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... precedes a later catastrophic ... Management: SURGERY ... Fistula #Diagnosis #Management
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
probably wouldn’t be catastrophic ... is proposed: #Management
Differential of Abdominal Pain - by Character and Timing of Pain:

Inflammatory, Colicky and Catastrophic

#Diagnosis #AbdominalPain #Colicky
Inflammatory, Colicky and Catastrophic
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
: C-ABCDE C - Catastrophic ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
HELLP syndrome • Catastrophic
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
shock, Obstetric catastrophes
Visual Abstract - Rocuronium vs. Succinylcholine for Pre-hospital Rapid Sequence Intubation

JAMA. 2019;322(23):2303-2312. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1825 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2757578

Useful commentary on
/pulmcrit/rare-catastrophic-complications
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TMAs
1. Not all MAHAs are due to TMAs but (almost) all TMAs cause
TMA- autoimmune (catastrophic