Emergencies by Physical Agents | Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Emergency Room · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Tratado clínico sobre el espectro patológico inducido por agresiones de origen físico: alteraciones extremas de la temperatura (hipertermia, golpe de calor, hipotermia, congeladuras), transferencias de energía térmica y química (quemaduras corporales, inhalación de gases de combustión), injurias por electricidad y fenómenos atmosféricos (descargas eléctricas de alta tensión, fulguración por rayos), asfixias por…

What it covers

1. Thermal Physiology and Human Thermoregulation
2. · The Thermoregulatory Center and Afferent Pathways
3. · Physiological Effectors and Heat Transfer
4. Pathophysiology of Heat Stroke
5. · Classification: Classic Heat Stroke vs. of Effort
6. · The Cellular and Molecular Cascade of Thermal Damage
7. Diagnosis and Emergent Management of Heat Stroke
8. · Clinical Diagnostic Criteria
9. · Active Cooling Techniques and Therapeutic Evidence
10. Minor Heat-Associated Disorders
11. · Heat Exhaustion
12. · Heat Cramps
13. · Heat Syncope
14. Systemic Accidental Hypothermia
15. · Clinical Classification: Swiss Staging Scale
16. · Cardiovascular and Interstitial Physiopathology
17. Rewarming Protocols and Advanced Support
18. · Stepped Rewarming Strategies
19. · Modified Cardiopulmonary Life Support (AHA / ERC 2021)
20. Frostbite and Local Cold Injuries
21. · Cellular Pathophysiology of Frostbite
22. · Clinical Staging of Frostbite
23. · Rapid Rewarming Protocol and Fibrinolytic Therapy
24. Pathophysiology of Major Burns and Burn Shock
25. · Jackson's Burn Zones
26. · The Dynamics of Burn Shock
27. Burn Evaluation and Water Resuscitation Formulas
28. · Calculation of Burned Body Surface Area (SCQ)
29. · Fluid Therapy Strategies: Resuscitation Formulas
30. Smoke Inhalation and Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide Poisoning
31. · Pathophysiology of Smoke Inhalation Injury
32. · Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning
33. · Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Poisoning
34. Biophysics of Electrical Trauma
35. · The Physical Laws of Electrical Damage
36. · Dynamics of Resistance of Body Tissues
37. · Alternating Current (AC) vs. Direct Current (DC)
38. Systemic Complications of Electrical Trauma
39. · Rhabdomyolysis by Electroporation
40. · Arrhythmias and Electrocardiographic Monitoring Criteria
41. Flashlight: Lightning Strike Injuries
42. · Biophysics of Lightning Discharge
43. · Pathognomonic Clinical Findings
44. · The Principle of Reverse Triage
45. Pathophysiology of Drowning
46. · The Pathophysiological Cascade of Drowning
47. · Liquid Aspiration: Surfactant Denaturation and Shunt
48. Rescue and Advanced Life Support of the Rescued Patient
49. · Szpilman's Classification
50. · Protective Ventilator Support in the ICU
51. Medical Altitude Syndromes
52. · The Pathophysiological Cascade of Hypobaric Hypoxia
53. · Spectrum of Pathologies by Height
54. · Pharmacotherapy for Prevention and Treatment (WMS Guidelines)
55. Decompression Sickness
56. · Henry's Law and Bubble Formation
57. · Clinical Classification of Decompression Sickness
58. Pulmonary Barotrauma and Arterial Gas Embolism (EGA)
59. · Boyle's Law and Pulmonary Barotrauma of Ascent
60. · Pathophysiology of Arterial Gas Embolism (EGA)
61. Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
62. · Mechanism of Cellular Damage by Radiation
63. · The Clinical Phases of the Evolution of ARS
64. · The Three Main Organic Syndromes of ARS
65. Radiological Decontamination and Biological Dosimetry
66. · External and Internal Decontamination Protocol
67. · Biological Dosimetry by Lymphocyte Kinetics