Can you die from bloody vomit?
Yes, if enough blood is bleeding into your stomach or digestive system, and often it does not cause you to vomit until there is a large amount of blood loss. Any time you vomit blood, you should seek immediate medical care.
Do you always capitalize the word emergency medicine?
Ummm.... No it depends on how you use it in a sentence.
Should a one-year-old go to ER if he has a fever and vomits?
Yes - but it might be better if someone else drove him there.
Answer
Call your regular doctor--they usually have someone on call. This avoids a long wait in the emergency room and gives you some information to act on. Of course, if the vomiting is continuous and the fever is extremely high, an emergency room might be a good call.
Why does the epi pen go in the thigh?
The Epi Pen can also go into your deltoid muscle (the largest muscle part of your arm) because an Epi Pen is an IM (Intra-muscular) injection. On the lateral portion of your thigh, you have a large muscle that can be easily accessed and can absorb the medication appropriately and quickly.
How much does an emergency medicine scribe get paid?
Pay for a medical scribe will vary based on the company you work for and the hospital in which you work. Pay varies from minimum wage to up to 14 or 15 dollars an hour. Ask scribes who work in your area for your local rates, if interested in becoming a medical scribe.
Why do football players wear tourniquets?
they don't, what you are seeing are braces to compress the muscle
No, but if there are lots of calls you may be left on hold. And, 911 emergency calls are recorded, even those on hold in most cases.
When should you vigorously suction a newborn?
Not sure where the "Vigorously" comes from, but all newborns are suctioned at birth, The mouth first followed by the nostrils. This is done to clear the airway immediately.
Your basic ABC's (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) That rule never goes away.
What is a solution of epinephrine 11000?
Epinephrine 1:1000 is a solution containing 1mg of epinephrine (or adrenaline in some countries) per 1mL of fluid.
In emergency medicine what does STAT mean?
It means immediately, right now, ASAP. It usually has an extremely urgent connotation.
Many highways become so busy that bumper to bumper traffic makes it nearly impossible to move to the shoulder of the road. When an ambulance approaches from the rear and motorists are in bumper to bumper traffic, the motorists should STAY PUT. The ambulance will use the shoulder (on left or on the median side) to maneuver around stopped traffic.
NOTE: This is another reason that motorists should never use the shoulder to pass stopped traffic on any US highway. Emergency vehicles need the shoulder to be clear of all obstacles so the emergency vehicles have an open way to pass.
Depending on the cause and location of the puncture wound, SMX/TMP may help prevent infection of the wound. Puncture wounds are notoriously difficult to clean and are at higher risk of infection, especially if on the foot, hand, or lower extremity.
Regarding whether to take the medication if you have anemia, it depends on the cause of your anemia. If you have a vitamin-deficiency anemia or anemia caused by bleeding, it should not matter. If you have glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, you should not take this medication because it may cause a breakdown in your red blood cells, resulting in worsened anemia. Discuss with your physician whether taking this medication is appropriate for your particular circumstances.
Which chocolate makes you have a bowel movement?
Dulcolax is the brand name of achocolate-flavored laxative.
Can you give me an example of medicine doses and an equation to solve it?
You are ordered by the Doctor to administer 50milligrams of bubble gum to a patient. The bubble gum comes in 25mg per unit. You would dispense 2 units of gum to get the correct dose.
Blood squirt (blood spurt, blood spray, blood gush, or blood jet) is the effect when an artery, a blood vessel in the human body (or other organism's body), is cut. Blood pressure causes the blood to bleed out at a rapid, intermittent rate, in a spray, squirt, gush or jet, coinciding with the beating of the heart, rather than the slower, but steady flow of venous bleeding. Also known as arterial bleeding, arterial spurting, or arterial gushing, the amount of blood loss can be copious, occur very rapidly,[1] and can lead to death.
How much brake fluid would be harmful to drink?
Also One Drink Can Be Harmful Because It Specially Made For Cars.
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When should you not use the tourniquet?
Tourniquets should only be used when profuse bleeding is present which can not be controlled or stopped by other means.
Why sulfonylurea is not used in Type 1 DM?
Sulfonylureas stimulate the beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans to secrete insulin. In type I Diabetes Mellitus, the beta cells have been destroyed, so sulfonylureas are ineffective for treatment of hyperglycemia in these patients.