References for the fluids and medications the ED reaches for on reflex — written so the reflex comes with reasoning. What it is, when it's the right call, how it burns you, and what to check before the order goes in.
Two references live, more on the shelf soon. These are teaching references, not dosing protocols — your institutional pharmacy resources stay the source of truth at the bedside.
IV fluids are medications. Six common crystalloids, when to reach for each, eight ways to get burned, and the five questions to answer before every bag.
→ Read No. 002When sodium bicarbonate earns its place and when it is just reflex. Push vs isotonic infusion, the CO₂ problem, and the verdict by indication.
→ Read ComingThe syringe that buys you minutes — and the mistakes that make the syringe the emergency.
ComingInduction and paralysis, matched to the physiology in front of you.
ComingWho's bleeding, what they're on, and what actually turns it off.
ComingPotassium, magnesium, phosphate — what to replace, in what order, and when to recheck.