Emergencies
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Emergency Management :: SA Health
From within the department for Health and Ageing, the Emergency Management Unit (EMU) provides strategic leadership and direction for SA Health in preparing for, responding to and recovering from major incidents, emergencies and disasters that occur in South Australia as well as nationally or internationally.
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Emergency department - what to expect - Better Health Channel
You are treated as soon as possible in an emergency department, but someone who arrived after you may be seen earlier if necessary.
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Emergency departments | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government
Information about emergency departments in public hospitals including where they are located, costs, how they work, and what people can expect when visiting.
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Medical emergencies and hospital visits | Australian Sports Anti-doping Authority - ASADA
Emergency treatment should be carried out as medically appropriate and considerations of the need for a TUE can be done after the medical issue is dealt with.There is a category of TUEs for these situations called retroactive where the application is made after the treatment is started.
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Emergency
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, crisis or distress, call emergency services 000. Crisis helplines are available 24/7
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Emergency Contraception | Family Planning NSW
This factsheet tells you how the emergency contraceptive pill works; how long after unprotected sex you can take it.
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Emergency contraceptive pills and weight | Women's Health Queensland Wide
Manufacturer of emergency contraceptive pill warns of effectiveness in overweight women
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Emergency contraception: Myth busting | Women's Health Queensland Wide
Women's Health's communications team leader Lorraine Pacey sorts fact from fiction when it comes to the emergency contraceptive pill.
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Emergencies
Emergencies In the event of a natural disaster there can be serious impacts on the ability to manage appropriate self-care for those living with diabetes and other chronic conditions
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Emergency contraception
The morning after pill or an intra-uterine device (IUD) can be used if a woman has unprotected sex or if contraception fails
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H1-antihistamines for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis | Cochrane
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H1-antihistamines for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis | Cochrane
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Emergency Planning and Management
Emergency Planning and Management
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Emergency Planning and Management - Synthesis
Emergency Planning and Management - Synthesis
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To assess the optimal of timing of administering antibiotics to sepsis patients in the emergency department | Cochrane
To assess the optimal of timing of administering antibiotics to sepsis patients in the emergency department
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Rapid viral testing for children in the Emergency Department with fever and respiratory symptoms | Cochrane
Does rapid viral testing in the Emergency Department influence the treatment of children with fever and breathing symptoms?
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Etomidate for sedating critically ill people during emergency endotracheal intubation | Cochrane
Does a single dose of etomidate increase mortality or complications in people who are critically ill and undergoing emergency endotracheal intubation?
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Pharmacological interventions for hypertensive emergencies | Cochrane
Hypertensive emergencies occur when high blood pressure is associated with the presence of acute end organ damage, such as heart attack or stroke. There is controversy as to when and which blood pressure drugs to use in these situations. This review looked for all studies where patients were randomized to one or more treatments to measure the effects of such therapies. The questions of the review were to see whether drug treatments affected death or cardiovascular morbidity or whether there were differences between drug treatments. The available evidence was insufficient to answer these questions.
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Emergency sclerotherapy is not better than pharmacological therapy for acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis | Cochrane
Emergency sclerotherapy is not better than pharmacological therapy for acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis
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Inhaled corticosteroids for acute asthma following emergency department discharge | Cochrane
Acute asthma is a common cause of visits to emergency departments (ED) and the majority of patients are treated and discharged home. Some people will have a relapse of acute asthma within two weeks of being discharged after apparently successful treatment. Beta2-agonist drugs are used to open the muscles in the airways and corticosteroids drugs are used to reduce inflammation of the swollen airways. Corticosteroids can be inhaled (ICS) or swallowed as a tablet (so-called oral corticosteroids). ICS may reduce adverse effects and get to the airways more directly than oral corticosteroids. This review of trials found that there was insufficient evidence that inhaling corticosteroids as well as taking the drugs orally is better than oral use alone, after emergency department treatment for an asthma attack. There is also insufficient evidence that taking ICS alone is as good as taking them orally, although there is some evidence to support using ICS alone for mild asthma attacks after emergency department discharge. More research is needed.
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