23:36:35 – Syncope
Foundations Epidemiology Syncope is a common clinical entity with a lifetime prevalence between 20% and 40%, and is slightly more common in women than in men. Key Concepts • Syncope…
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23:35:2 – Weakness
Key Concepts • Weakness is a common complaint among emergency department (ED) patients, with a preponderance in elders and those with chronic disease, and therefore may require a broad approach…
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23:34:51 – Fever in the Adult Patient
Key Concepts • Younger adults with fever usually have benign self-limited disease with low mortality. The challenge in this group is to identify rare causes of fever such as meningitis…
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23:34:18 – Pain Management
Key Concepts • Acute pain is an urgent condition for the patient. Pain should be rapidly assessed, treated, and frequently reassessed in tandem with diagnostic evaluations. • Therapy for acute…
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23:33:19 – Adult Resuscitation
Key Concepts • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality is critical to successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest. Important benchmarks of quality CPR include compression rate 100–120 compressions/min, compression depth 5–6 cm, compression…
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23:32:40 – Brain Resuscitation
Key Concepts • Neuronal injury is a dynamic process that continues for hours or days after an ischemic insult to the brain. • Avoid hypotension and hypoperfusion by maintaining a…
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