When things get exciting: Thoughts on the recent EMCRIT episode on serotonin syndromes.

When things get exciting: Thoughts on the recent EMCRIT episode on serotonin syndromes.

In this emergency medicine toxicology blog, Gregory Yates reflects on a recent EMCRIT podcast episode discussing serotonin syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and other hyperthermic drug reactions. The post highlights the diagnostic importance, but potential unreliability, of neuromuscular findings such as clonus, tremor, and hyperreflexia. It also critiques the limitations of relying solely on drug history. The piece underlines the risks of misdiagnosis — and the potential danger of using antipsychotics in the wrong toxidrome. The takeaway: neurological examination can be unrelaible, and clinicians should be cautious when interpreting overlapping toxidromes.

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Derivation and Validation of the Simplified Bleeding Audit Triage Trauma (sBATT) Score

The simplified BATT (sBATT) score offers a practical trauma triage tool for use in motor vehicle collisions where monitoring equipment may be unavailable. Derived from the original BATT score and validated on over 70,000 UK patients, the sBATT shows excellent performance in predicting early death using only observable signs. Ideal for lay responders, trapped patients, and low-resource settings, this novel tool could help guide early trauma care and emergency dispatch.

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