2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Trouble in the Environment

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Dr. Valerie Griffith, an emergency medicine and critical care physician, discusses environmental emergencies and toxicology. She covers heat stroke, emphasizing rapid cooling below 39°C using ice packs and wet sheets, highlighting differences between classic and exertional heat stroke. Frostbite treatment involves warm water rewarming and delayed debridement. For hypothermia, rewarming to 32°C is critical; extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is preferred in cardiac arrest cases. Griffith reviews burn management using the rule of nines, Parkland formula for fluid resuscitation, and the importance of evaluating for carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning in fire victims. Electrical injuries may cause hidden damage, requiring careful monitoring for arrhythmias and neuropathy. In drowning, she notes no difference in treatment between fresh and saltwater cases but advocates for sustained PEEP before weaning. Decompression sickness treatment includes 100% oxygen and hyperbaric therapy. Finally, radiation syndrome involves multiple stages; protective measures and supportive care, including decontamination and antibiotics, are essential for affected patients.

Keywords

heat stroke

frostbite treatment

hypothermia management

burn management

electrical injuries

decompression sickness

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