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PROCEDURES AND SKILLS TABLE 19.3. Drug Characteristics Used in Procedural Sedation DRUG ONSETTIME DURATION ADVERSEEFFECTS NOTES ...

■ To be discharged, patients should be alert and oriented (or returned to age- appropriate baseline), vital signs should be stab ...

IOP Measurement INDICATIONS ■ To confirm the diagnosis of acute angle-closure glaucoma ■ To determine the ocular pressure after ...

■ Cardiac electromechanical dissociation ■ Hydronephrosis ■ Tendons, bursae, cartilage, synovium, synovial fluid, and bone ■ Fet ...

CONTRAINDICATIONS ■ Relative: ■ Zones 1 and 2 consist of the area over the DIP joint and the middle pha- lanx, respectively. The ...

■ To determine if a laceration communicates with the joint space. ■ To relieve pain from hemarthrosis by removing blood from joi ...

Splints and Casts INDICATIONS ■ To immobilize fractures/tendon injuries and maintain bony alignment in order to facilitate the h ...

PROCEDURES AND SKILLS TABLE 19.4. Splints for Various Extremity Injuries SPLINT INJURIES CONSTRUCTION NOTES Long arm splint Elbo ...

■ Needle placement is perpendicular to the skin: ■ Lower Leg (see Figure 19.11) ■ Anterior compartment: Needle entry point is 1 ...

■ Proper needle placement can be confirmed by seeing a rise in pressure during digital compression of the compartment just proxi ...

CONTRAINDICATIONS ■ Avoid placing in patients whose bladder is not full enough to visualize or is not definable due to previous ...

TECHNIQUE ■ Ultrasound may be used to guide incision or needle aspiration. ■ Regional blocks are preferred to local anesthesia a ...

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CHAPTER 20 EMS and Disaster Medicine Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD, FACEP Origins of Emergency Medical Service 896 EMS Designs 896 ...

EMS AND DISASTER MEDICINE^896 ORIGINS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE A need for an extension of emergency care in the community gr ...

EMS AND DISASTER MEDICINE ■ Public utility model: Allows a local government to contract all their calls to a privatecompany that ...

EMS AND DISASTER MEDICINE^898 Facilities There are three categories of hospital facilities: ■ Vertical ■ Describes a level of ca ...

EMS AND DISASTER MEDICINE Transportation GROUNDTRANSPORTATION ■ Ground transportation is used for the majority of acutely ill or ...

EMS AND DISASTER MEDICINE^900 An impaired patient cannot refuse prehospital care. Direct medical control = providing direction t ...

EMS AND DISASTER MEDICINE Classic terminology: ■ May be further divided into internal(within the hospital) and external (outside ...