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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
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2016
This study presents a novel device that offers an easy route to quickly provide medications and fluids in patients with limited or difficult IV access. This small-diameter device is placed in the distal third of the rectum, allowing for ongoing medication and fluids administration.
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Guidelines in Case of a Laboratory Emergency
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2023
Robert M. Rioux & Zhifeng Chen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA The most common laboratory emergencies include chemical spills, fire or explosion, electric shock, and personnel injuries. Most laboratory accidents occur due to poor planning or lack of attention. Therefore, it's always better to prevent accidents (being proactive) than having to take any actions during an emergency (being reactive). For example, always wear proper personal protective equipment (PPE) in the...
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Emerging Adulthood
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2025
Jeffrey Arnett's concept of emerging adulthood offers a framework to understand the unique developmental stage between adolescence and full-fledged adulthood, generally from ages 18 to 25. This period is marked by extensive exploration and shifts in identity, relationships, and career choices, a process known in psychology as role experimentation. Emerging adulthood reflects the evolving cultural expectations surrounding adulthood and the dynamic process of personal transformation during this...
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Making MR Imaging Child's Play - Pediatric Neuroimaging Protocol, Guidelines and Procedure
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2009
Despite an increase in the use of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in humans, the study of young pediatric populations remains a challenge. We present a hands-on, step-by-step video protocol including guidelines for clinicians and researchers intending to perform (f)MRI in young children.
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Evaluating the Effects of Different Polishing Methods on Color Stability of Dental Restorations in Pediatric Dentistry
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2025
Here, we evaluated the impact of various polishing methods on the color stability of compomer and composite resin restorations used in anterior restorations within pediatric dentistry. This study highlights the significance of selecting appropriate polishing methods to enhance the color stability of compomer and composite resin restorations in pediatric dentistry.
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Age-specific assessment matters because anatomy, physiology, communication abilities, and medication requirements change across infancy, childhood, and adolescence. These differences influence how clinicians evaluate illness or injury, recognize deterioration, communicate with the patient, and select treatment. Applying an age-aware approach helps emergency teams make timely decisions while supporting safer stabilization and follow-up planning.
Structured triage helps clinicians identify which children need immediate attention and which can safely wait for further evaluation. Early assessment prioritizes airway, breathing, and circulation, allowing teams to recognize threats to basic physiologic stability before completing a broader examination. This sequence supports rapid intervention when delay could increase the risk of serious harm.
Weight-based dosing helps clinicians match medication requirements to a child’s size rather than applying adult dosing directly. Because emergency treatment may involve rapidly changing conditions and limited time, accurate weight information is an important part of medication decisions. This principle is especially relevant when stabilizing children who require urgent treatment during acute illness, injury, or resuscitation.
Stabilization combines rapid assessment with targeted support for airway, breathing, and circulation. Depending on the presentation, clinicians may also use resuscitation, procedures, imaging, pain management, and medication treatment. These components work together rather than as isolated actions, helping the team address immediate threats while gathering information needed to identify the next urgent intervention.
The field addresses a broad range of urgent presentations, including respiratory distress, trauma, poisoning, and cardiac arrest, in addition to fever. Its methods are relevant wherever children may deteriorate quickly and require coordinated assessment or treatment. Care can extend across hospital and prehospital settings, linking early stabilization with subsequent emergency evaluation and management.
Research and training strengthen emergency protocols, team performance, and clinical outcomes. They help evaluate how teams assess, stabilize, communicate, and perform procedures during time-sensitive events. This work is relevant to hospitals and prehospital services because consistent processes and practiced coordination can support more reliable responses to acute illness, injury, and resuscitation.