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Equipment Checklist for Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA) Drainage: 
 • 18g spinal needle with sheath guard, with
Equipment Checklist ... Peritonsillar Abscess ... or 4 Macintosh blade ... • Nebulizer set-up ... Peritonsillar #Abscess
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
Rewarm: 1) Remove wet ... IV Fluids 6) Bladder ... rewarming #management #treatment ... #checklist
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
adjacent to the focus ... Meningitis, epidural abscess ... or intracranial abscesses ... Diagnosis: 1) Fresh wet ... serum/urine Treatment
Hypothermia - Protocol for ED
CORE TEMP < 34º
INITIAL THERAPY
 • Remove wet garments
 • Avoid rough
THERAPY • Remove wet ... warmer • Warmed bladder ... Protocol #management #treatment ... #algorithm