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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
in the Emergency ... ED arrival MSK ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency ... #Algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Algorithm Monotherapy ... Hypertensive Urgency/Emergency ... • Acute Kidney Injury ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... - Acute kidney injury ... - Pulmonary edema ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... #criticalcare # ... algorithm #treatment ... #management
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
matthewarentz et al ... 11 • National emergency ... 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... #Management #Summary ... #CriticalCare
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
use of a face mask ... ‘CICO rescue’ (emergency ... means that airway management ... efforts at all ... #visualaid #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... algorithm to determine ... if stress test ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
consistent for all ... Surgical management ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
Starvation Ketosis (SK ... In both SK and AK ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare