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Organophosphates poisoning: symptoms

DUMBBELS:
Diarrhea
Urination
Miosis
Bradycardia
Bronchospasm
Emesis
Lacrimation
Salivation
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---Martin Herman Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center

Neurological focal deficits

10 S's:
Sugar (hypo, hyper)
Stroke
Seizure (Todd's paralysis)
Subdural hematoma
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Space occupying lesion (tumor, avm, aneurysm, abscess)
Spinal cord syndromes
Somatoform (conversion reaction)
Sclerosis (MS)
Some migraines
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---Sam LaCapra, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. Emergency Physician

Fits: causes

HOWARD:
Hypertension
Obesity
Warfarin
Alcohol
Retardation
Drugs
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---Dr. Noel Howard University College Galway

Miosis: causes of pin-point pupils

CPR ON SLIME:
Clonidine
Phenothiazines
Resting (deep sleep)
Opiates
Narcotics
Stroke (pontine hemorrhage)
Lomotil (diphenoxylate)
Insecticides
Mushrooms/ Muscarinic (inocybe, clitocybe)
Eye drops
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---Sam LaCapra, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. Emergency Physician

ARDS: full differential

CARDS? HOPE ITS NOT ARDS:
CNS disorders
Aspiration (gastric)
Radiation
Drugs (heroin, morphine, barbiturates, etc)
Smoke, toxic gas inhalation
Hypotension, shock
Oxygen toxicity
Pancreatitis
Emboli
Infection, sepsis
Transfusion reaction
Surgery (esp. cardiac)
Near drowning
Obstetrical emergencies (eg eclampsia, HELLP)
Thermal injuries/ burns
Altitude sickness
Renal failure
DIC
SLE
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---Fahed Al-Daour

Myocardial infarction: some emergency treatment drugs

ABCD:
Aspirin
Beta blockers
Clot busters (thromboytics)
Dynamite (nitrates)
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---Ray Gadd Student, Australia

Pneumothorax: causes

SIT, 3 A's, 3 C's:
Spontaneous (often tall thin men)
Iatrogenic
Trauma
Asthma
Alveolitis
AIDS
COPD
Carcinoma
Cystic fibrosis
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes

BATS:
Berry aneurysm
Arteriovenous malformation/ Adult polycystic kidney disease
Trauma (eg being struck with baseball bat)
Stroke
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---Cusano and Mamta SGUSOM

Pain history checklist

OLDER SAAB:
Onset
Location
Description (what does it feel like)
Exacerbating factors
Radiation
Severity
Associated symptoms
Alleviating factors
Before (ever experience this before)
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---Lissa Bird, NREMT-P

ICU confusion causes

ICU CONFUSION:
ICU psychosis
Cardiac output low [hypotension, post cardiac arrest]
Uncontrolled temperature [hypo/hyperthermia]
Convulsion [post ictal]
Oxygen [hypoxia, hypercarbia]
Nociception [pain]
Full bladder
Uremia
Sugar [hypo/hyperglycemia]
Infection
Opiates
Natremia [hypo/hyper]
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---Dr. Sonali Vadi