STUDY OBJECTIVE We seek to provide current, comprehensive, and physician-level data for critical procedures performed in a high-volume pediatric emergency department (ED). METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of all critical procedures performed in the ED of a tertiary care pediatric institution. Data were collected from written records of resuscitative care provided. The primary outcom...

POCUS is the acquisition, interpretation, and rapid clinical integration of ultrasonographic imaging performed by treating physician at patient’s bedside. It used in field Emergency Medicine to assist diagnosing managing various conditions ranging from undifferentiated shock, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, which have shown a positive impact on decision-making, resulting decreased emergenc...

Data from recent experimental and clinical studies have indicated that lower concentrations of inhaled carbon monoxide might have beneficial antiinflammatory effects. Inhaled carbon monoxide has the potential to be a therapeutic agent for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). However, population-based epidemiologic studies of environmentally relevant carbon monoxide exposure have gener...

Acute Inhalation Toxicology and Proposed Emergency Exposure Limits of Nitrogen Trifluoride. VERNOT, E. H., HAUN, C. C., MACEWEN, J. D. AND EGAN, G. F. (1973). Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 26, 1-13. Acute exposures of rats, mice, dogs and monkeys to nitrogen trifluoride have been carried out and median lethal concentrations were determined for rats and mice. Confirmative evidence was obtained that ...

PURPOSE In a large-scale radiologic emergency, estimates of exposure doses and radiation injury would be required for individuals without physical dosimeters. Current methods are inadequate for the task, so we are developing gene expression profiles for radiation biodosimetry. This approach could provide both an estimate of physical radiation dose and an indication of the extent of individual i...

BACKGROUND Suboxone, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone in sublingual tablet form, was recently approved in the United States for management of opioid dependence. Little information exists regarding the potential for opioid toxicity after Suboxone exposure in the pediatric population. We report a case of opioid toxicity after exposure to Suboxone in a pediatric patient and a review of ...

As COVID-19 emerged, there are parallels between the responses needed for managing SARS-CoV-2 infections and radiation injuries. While some SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals present as asymptomatic, others exhibit a range of symptoms including severe rapid onset high-risk indicators mortality. Similarly, variety also observed after radiological exposure depending on dose, dose heterogeneity, biol...

Much is known about the negative impact of emergency services work, but no studies, to date, have investigated its long-term consequences. This cross-sectional study assesses the possible long-term effects on quality of life, of trauma exposure and emergency work in a sample of retirees from the Irish emergency services (n = 169) and a comparison group of non-emergency service retirees (n = 140...

BACKGROUND This paper reports the characteristics, outcomes and clinical features of children with poisoning treated at an emergency department (ED). METHODS This retrospective study at an emergency department consisted of 140 children with poison exposure who were aged under 18 years. Their characteristics were analyzed in order to understand the differences between accidental and non-accide...

BACKGROUND The oil-rich Niger Delta suffers from extensive petroleum contamination. A pilot study was conducted in the region of Ogoniland where one community, Ogale, has drinking water wells highly contaminated with a refined oil product. In a 2011 study, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) sampled Ogale drinking water wells and detected numerous petroleum hydrocarbons, including b...