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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1947
PREMATURE infants as a group pass through their period of greatest danger in the first forty-eight hours of life—it is in this period that 90 per cent of the mortality among premature infants will be encountered. Unfortunately the premature infant, having weathered this initial forty-eight hour danger zone, cannot now be promised smooth sailing for ...
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PREMATURE infants as a group pass through their period of greatest danger in the first forty-eight hours of life—it is in this period that 90 per cent of the mortality among premature infants will be encountered. Unfortunately the premature infant, having weathered this initial forty-eight hour danger zone, cannot now be promised smooth sailing for ...
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Collaborative emergency management and national emergency management network
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 2010PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze scholarly discussions and findings regarding collaborative emergency management (CEM). Several aspects such as leadership, decision making, intergovernmental and interorganizational relations, technology applications in CEM have been investigated.Design/methodology/approachLiterature review was conducted ...
Kapucu, Naim +2 more
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The Disciplines of Emergency Management
2014This chapter describes how local, state, and federal government officials and their partners respond to disasters in the United States. The chapter includes sections discussing local response, state response, volunteer group response, the Incident Command System (ICS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the National Response Framework (
Jane A. Bullock +2 more
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The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1993
A simple dental procedure can quickly escalate into a medical emergency. Management of six common emergencies is described.
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A simple dental procedure can quickly escalate into a medical emergency. Management of six common emergencies is described.
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Emergency Management of Phaeochromocytoma
Acute Medicine Journal, 2005Phaeochromocytomas are catecholamine secreting tumours associated with unpredictable patterns of hypertension. A variety of forms of investigation are available for detecting hypersecretion of catecholamines or their metabolites. Recent developments in the biochemical diagnosis, localisation and management of phaeochromocytoma and its associated crisis
Andrew Solomon, Pierre Bouloux
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The Emergency Management of Trauma
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 1976For effective care, the severely injured patient may require the cooperative effort of many physicians and paramedical personnel. In the individual with isolated maxillofacial injury, adequate management may be provided by one or several specialists. In any event, there should be a plan for emergency, semiurgent, and delayed treatment.
Richard G. Strate, Lawrence R. Boies
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Management of the Psychiatric Emergency
The Nurse Practitioner, 1989This article provides concrete, practical information designed to increase the knowledge base of the health care provider who works with psychiatric emergencies. Psychiatric emergency intervention is differentiated from crisis intervention. Numerous treatment aspects are addressed, including assessment of psychiatric emergencies and intervention ...
Nancy L. Obus, Kathryn R. Puskar
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Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2003
Airway control is one of the most critical interventions required for saving a life. It is essential that practitioners be as well trained as possible in the numerous techniques available to establish airway control. This article reviews some of the available techniques, though other techniques that are not discussed (such as fiberoptic-assisted ...
Michele Blanda, Ugo E Gallo
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Airway control is one of the most critical interventions required for saving a life. It is essential that practitioners be as well trained as possible in the numerous techniques available to establish airway control. This article reviews some of the available techniques, though other techniques that are not discussed (such as fiberoptic-assisted ...
Michele Blanda, Ugo E Gallo
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Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 2020
Seizures are a common presentation in both emergency departments and general pediatric practices. Epilepsy affects more than 3.4 million people nationwide, of which approximately 500,000 are children, with greater than 200,000 first-time seizures each year.1 Of the affected individuals, as many as 100,000 are estimated to experience status epilepticus (
Josiane LaJoie, Cassandra Kazl
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Seizures are a common presentation in both emergency departments and general pediatric practices. Epilepsy affects more than 3.4 million people nationwide, of which approximately 500,000 are children, with greater than 200,000 first-time seizures each year.1 Of the affected individuals, as many as 100,000 are estimated to experience status epilepticus (
Josiane LaJoie, Cassandra Kazl
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Management of Hypertensive Emergencies
2010Severe, symptomatic hypertension occurs infrequently in childhood but when present often signifies a life-threatening emergency. The clinician needs to approach this situation with a sense of urgency to reduce blood pressure (BP) and limit end-organ damage while avoiding overly aggressive therapy, which may also lead to ischemia and further injury ...
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