Reading Time: 4 minutes Outside of SCUBA diving injuries, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the only other indication where hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is considered primary therapy. In addition to expediting CO elimination, HBOT can, more importantly, reduce a patient’s chances of developing delayed neurologic sequelae (DNS) following CO poisoning.
Haney Mallemat
Haney Mallemat
Emergency Medicine, Intensivist, Editor-in-Chief. Breaking it all down, so you don't have to.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Do you want to make more engaging and informative slides for your presentations? If so, then you definitely want to…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Adequate analgesia is vital in the acute management of patients in the emergency department and intensive care units. Here’s another tool in your pain control toolbox.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Can HBOT help with clostridium myonecrosis?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Norepinephrine is the best. There…I said it.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Ultrasound can help you with more than just finding the vein during central-line placement.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute [▶️] You may have seen hi-flow being used, you may have used it yourself…but do you understand the physiology of how it works? This video explains it all