Emergency Medicine Quick Reference

MabNet ED QuickRef

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Bedside-first. No fluff. Reference-backed.

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Core design rule

Cheat sheet first. Deep tabs second.

Every topic opens with immediate actions and what not to miss, then expands into workup, reassessment, role notes, cautions, related topics, and references.

Lab utility

Order of Draw

Facility-specific

1. Blood cultures / sterile specimens

2. Light Blue — citrate / coag

3. Serum tubes — red / gold / tiger / SST / serum royal blue

4. Heparin tubes — dark green / light green / mint / PST / heparin royal blue / pearl

5. EDTA tubes — lavender / pink / tan / EDTA royal blue

6. Gray — fluoride / oxalate

7. Yellow ACD / specialty tubes — per local lab policy

Common examples: CBC = lavender (EDTA). CMP = often gold/SST or green depending lab. Blood gases are often collected in dedicated blood-gas syringes rather than the routine tube sequence. Follow your facility laboratory policy.

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Official + Society Sources

AHA CPR / ECC Guidelines AHA/ASA Acute Ischemic Stroke Guideline Surviving Sepsis Campaign CLSI Order of Draw ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes ACEP Clinical Policies ACG Guidelines ACOG Ectopic Pregnancy Guidance

Safety rules

Publishing Guardrails

• Restrict dosing-heavy content until reviewed
• Separate bedside cues from provider-only actions
• Show source family and review state on every topic
• Treat this as educational reference, not protocol replacement

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