Description
Introduction
* Used as pesticides
* Used as weapons (nerve agents)
* Sarin Gas, VX Gas, Novichok
* Transdermal, Inhalation, Ingestion
Clinical Presentation
* Muscarinic Activation (Dumbels Mnemonic)
* Defication
* Urination
* Myosis
* Bradycardia, Bronchospasm, and Bronchorrhea
* “The Killer B’s”
* Emesis
* Lacrimation
* Salivation and Sweating
* Nicotinic Activation
* Muscle weakness and paralysis
* CNS Activation
* Respiratory Depression
* Altered Mental Status
* Seizures
Treatment
* Atropine
* Reverses Dumbels
* Keep giving and doubling the dose until brochorrhea and bradycardia resolve
* Pralidoxime
* Only works before ‘aging’ occurs
* Diazepam
* Stops the seizures
You are working at Clerkship General when one of the nurses comes and grabs you. “Hey doc, we need you in bed 10. I think this patient is having a stroke.”
Initial Vitals:
HR: 51
BP: 201/98
Temp: 98.0F
RR: 18
O2: 99% (Room Air)
Critical...
Published 05/01/24
* Common during the first year of life as well as during puberty
* Presents with nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, and/or testicular pain
* ALWAYS examine a child for signs of torsion who presents with abdominal pain (especially lower abdominal pain)
* Look for tenderness,...
Published 04/16/24