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Dosing of Ketamine for Severe Agitation 

#ketamine #psychiatry #algorithm #agitation #dosing #Combative #Excited #Delirium #Sedation
agitation #dosing #Combative ... #Excited #Delirium
Sample prehospital protocol for Excited Delirium 

#Excited #Delirium #prehospital #protocol #Algorithm #Management #Diagnosis #Differential #Paramedic
prehospital protocol for Excited ... Delirium #Excited
Pharmacologic Options for Management of Excited Delirium 
Benzodiazepines
 - Diazepam 
 - Lorazepam 
 - Midazolam
Management of Excited ... Diphenhydramine #Excited
Cardiac conducting system 
 - Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates the action potential, i.e. the electrical
- The SA node excites ... Bachmann’s bundle to excite
Algorithm for Acute ED Management of Excited Delirium 

Pearls for Appropriate Restraint:
- 1 person for each
Management of Excited ... #Excited #Delirium
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
Antidromic AVRT, Pre-excited
Trousseau's Sign of Hypocalcemia on Physical Exam

Trousseau's sign in hypocalcemia is elicited in when the hand
hypocalcemia is elicited
Cyanide Toxicity 
Treatment:
1) Hydroxocobalamin + Cyanide = Cyanocobalamin (nontoxic) 
   or 
2) Amyl nitrite
thiocyanate (renally excreted
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Resistance or pain elicited by passive extension of the knees, thought to be
Resistance or pain elicited
Transverse Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block

CT confirmed appendicitis gets a TAP block by the ED for multimodal
supportive and excited