Network Five: Environmental Medicine
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 18 - Environmental Medicine -reviewing papers on land, air and sea.
Tag hyperthermia
Toxicology Mnemonic Challenge
There are multiple learning tools used as an adjunctive aide memoire. Herewith a collection of Toxicological related mnemonics used with varying frequency throughout the conundrums. Let us know if you have any more to add...
Heat Stroke
Heat stroke is hyperthermia with neurological dysfunction due to the failing thermoregulatory system; rectal temperature exceeds 40.6°C (definition varies between authors — in practice, don't be too strict especially if prehospital cooling performed)
Hyperthermia
OVERVIEW Definitions Hyperthermia is when core temperature exceeds that normally maintained by homeostatic mechanisms Fever or pyrexia is an elevation of body temperature above the normal range of 36.5–37.5 °C (97.7–99.5 °F) due to an increase in the temperature regulatory set point Uncontrolled hyperthermia differs…
Hyperthermia-associated toxidromes
Toxidromes associated with hyperthermia may be difficult to distinguish: serotonin syndrome; anticholingeric syndrome; sympathomimetic syndrome; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; malignant hyperthermia
You can overdo heat stroke treatment
Heat stroke can kill. This isn’t debatable. And mortality is linked to duration of hyperthermia. Thus, prehospital treatment of heat stroke improves mortality.