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American ER doc walkabout Rick Abbott LITFL 340

The Land of Protocols

Welcome to the Land of Protocols, home of the Clinical Pathway (closely related to the Yellow Brick Road). (I'm not trying to make any direct connection to the Wiz, but…).
American ER doc walkabout Rick Abbott LITFL 340

Stringing together a few rules of thumb

Let’s go back a few decades: a person presents to the ER with signs of sepsis and a low blood pressure. We evaluate the neck veins, listen to the lungs for crackles, maybe evaluate the BP response to Trendelenberg positioning.