THIS NEW 2013 EDITION FOR EM SUITE INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF UPDATES AND NEW ADDITIONS INCLUDING:

CALCULATORS:
• ABCD3 Stroke Score
• ABG calculator (with extensive differential and anion gap analysis)
• Allowable blood loss
• Bladder volume by ultrasound
• BODE index (COPD survival)
• Body surface area - 2 new methods added
• Canadian C-spine rule
• Canadian Head CT rule
• Carboplatin AUC Calculator (both Calvert and Chatelut formula versions)
• CHADS2 score
• Diabetes criteria
• Ectopic pregnancy probability
• Fractional excretion of sodium
• Nephrolithiais time to spontaneous passage
• PRISM calculator update
• Rotterdam Meningococcal Sepsis Score - Survival
• Sepsis prediction

PEDIDRUGS:
• Multiple updates on dosing
• Dexamethasone for croup, dose change
• Midazolam for seizure, sedation administered by IN and Buccal route
• Levetiracetam IV for status epilepticus
• Valproate IV for status epilepticus

ADVANCED/BASIC LIFE SUPPORT:
• Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal are up to date with the most recent AHA and ILCOR recommendations.

IMMUNIZATIONS:
• Updated to include the most up to date guidelines

PEDICODE:
• Multiple additional items added, along with update to the Seizure section, which includes levetiracetam (Keppra) and valproate IV dosing. Buccal and intranasal midazolam are also added.

CLINICAL CONSULT UPGRADES:
• Acute stroke management
• AMPLE history
• Asthma - severe - causing cardiac arrest
• Bier's block
• Brugada syndrome
• Cardiac arrest due to PE
• Dermatology glossary of terms
• Dermatology - nail findings
• ECG’s – new section on the basics of ECG interpretation - multiple topics
• Emergency Contraception
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemorrhagic stroke update
• Irukandji Jellyfish envenomation
• Malaria updated
• Murray Valley encephalitis
• Nephrolithiasis
• Orthopedic - full section on ossification centers by age
• Permissive hypotension update
• Psychosis - acute evaluation
• RSI Checklist
• Spinal fracture overview, including columns and stability
• Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome

TOXICOLOGY:
• New section detailing approach to toxicology, toxidromes and much more
• Update on Acetaminophen ingestion
• Acetaminophen ingestion - risk of liver failure calculator

TRANSFUSION-COAGULATION MODULE UPGRADES:
• Anti-D (RhoGAM) update
• Direct thrombin inhibitor review and reversal methods
• Massive transfusion protocol update
• Thrombolytic reversal
• Thrombophilia screening update
• Tranexamic acid dosing – evidence (CRASH-2)