Take Home Message
- Do not ignore abnormal vital signs – they can be the harbinger of badness
- Watch out for developing withdrawal, treat early and aggressively
- These patients are a major fall risk – keep rails up, place on safety observation
- Obtain a CT Head for anyone with external signs of trauma
- EtOH level not predictive of sobriety – don’t routinely obtain EtOH levels, assess for clinical sobriety
- Give thiamine to prevent Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
REBEL Core Cast – Basics of EM – Intoxication
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Co-Host
John Said Kashani
Faculty Attending, Director of Medical Toxicology Services
St. Jospeh’s University Medical Center
Paterson, New Jersey
Email: JKashani@hotmail.com
Post Peer Reviewed By: Anand Swaminathan, MD (Twitter: @EMSwami)
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