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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===End Organ Effects=== | |||
#Brain: lack of concentration | |||
End Organ Effects | #Eyes: cataracts | ||
#Ears: Ruptured TMs | |||
#Cardiac: Arrhythmia | |||
#Renal: ARI | |||
#Rhabdomyolysis | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
===Cardiac Monitoring Indications=== | |||
# [[Cardiac Arrest]] | |||
Cardiac Monitoring Indications | # loss of consciousness | ||
# abnormal ECG | |||
# dysrhythmias (prehospital or ED) | |||
# suspicion of conductive injury | |||
# hypoxia | |||
# chest pain | |||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
Rosen | Rosen | ||
[[Category:Environ]] | [[Category:Environ]] | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 3 April 2012
Background
End Organ Effects
- Brain: lack of concentration
- Eyes: cataracts
- Ears: Ruptured TMs
- Cardiac: Arrhythmia
- Renal: ARI
- Rhabdomyolysis
Treatment
Cardiac Monitoring Indications
- Cardiac Arrest
- loss of consciousness
- abnormal ECG
- dysrhythmias (prehospital or ED)
- suspicion of conductive injury
- hypoxia
- chest pain
Source
Rosen