Shock and Sepsis in the Emergency Department
Activity
Large Group Session
Large Group Session
Define shock and the various categories of shock. Describe the assessment and treatment of the different types of shock. Describe the definition, diagnosis, and management of sepsis.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Shock - Recognize shock and predict underlying etiology (distributive, cardiogenic, hypovolemic, obstructive).
- Demonstrate the ability to rapidly recognize and initiate basic management of acute life- or limb-threatening illness or injury
- Describe a basic differential diagnosis including the significant worst-case diagnosis for every patient assessed.
- Demonstrate a basic systematic, prioritized approach to resuscitation and stabilization of emergencies.
- Fever
Tags
CanMEDS Roles
Medical Expert
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
MCC Presentations
Cardiac Arrest
Chest Injuries
Hypotension/Shock
Hypotonic Infant
Neonatal Distress
Trauma
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Airway Management [E02.041]
Anaphylaxis [C20.543.480.099]
Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297]
Fluid Therapy [E02.319.360]
Homeostasis [G07.410]
Resuscitation [E02.365.647]
Sepsis [C01.757]
Shock [C23.550.835]
Shock, Septic [C23.550.835.900.712]
Shock, Traumatic [C23.550.835.888]
