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Let’s Get Salty: Hypertonic 3% Saline Through Peripheral IVs in Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Background: Elevated intracranial pressure in patients with acute brain injury is a neurologic emergency requiring early recognition and early aggressive treatment to prevent progression to cerebral ischemia, brain herniation, and ultimately death.  There are two primary options for treatment in …

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NeurologyTrauma

Pearls from ResusX Rewired 2020

From Oct 6th – 8th, 2020, Haney Mallemat (@CriticalCareNow) and his team put on an absolutely amazing online critical care conference called ResusX Rewired.  ResusX is a conference designed by resuscitationists to provide clinicians with the most up to date …

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CardiovascularEndocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and ElectrolytesInfectious DiseaseProcedures and SkillsResuscitationThoracic and RespiratoryToxicologyTrauma

Out-Of-Hospital TXA for TBI

Background: The CRASH-2 trial, published in 2010, showed a survival benefit for patients with traumatic hemorrhage who received TXA compared to placebo.  TXA has become standard practice in many settings as a result of this data. However, patients with significant …

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Trauma

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