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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
the skin) Human Stages ... cells Sandfly Stages ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
) Human Liver Stages ... 5) Human Blood Stages ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
wound) Human Stages ... microfilariae) Fly Stages ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
wound) Human Stages ... Blackfly Stages: ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
The SALT Mass Casualty Triage Approach
 - SALT stands for “Sort, Assess, Lifesaving interventions, and Treatment
Approach - SALT stands ... #Management #Disaster ... MassCasualty #Incident #Algorithm ... #Protocol
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes) Mammalian Stages ... phase Tsetse Fly Stages ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #sleepingsickness
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
c.onjunctiva) Human Stages ... Triatomine Bug Stages ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #american
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Culture Collection Algorithm ... Algorithm Source ... whose clinical status ... #Management #BloodCultures ... EmergencyDepartment #Protocol
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... for Convulsive Status ... epilepticus: - Propofol ... Epilepticus #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Management #Neurology
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGEMENT ... • Induction: propofol ... EPILEPTICUS • Propofol ... #Convulsive #management