AEIOU-TIPS
AEIOU-TIPS is a
wilderness medicine.[7]
The acronym
| Component(s) of acronym | Examples | |
|---|---|---|
| A | Alcohol/Abuse of substances Acidosis |
Alcohol or drug intoxication |
| E | Ecstasy
Environmental |
Wernicke's encephalopathy; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)[6]
Adrenal insufficiency; thyroid disease[2] |
| I | Infection | Encephalitis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis; sepsis[1] |
| O | Oxygen deficiency
|
Prescription or non-prescription drug overdose tension pneumothorax; hypoxic brain injury due to cardiac arrest[4]
|
| U | Underdose Uremia |
Insufficient dose of prescription medications Excess congestive heart failure, urinary obstruction[6]
|
| T | Trauma Tumor
|
|
| I | Insulin Intestinal |
Hypoglycemia;[7] hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state[6] Intussusception; Intestinal malrotation with volvulus[8] |
| P | Psychogenic Poisons |
|
| S | Stroke Shock |
Hemorrhagic stroke due to arteriovenous malformation (AVM)[5]
Neurogenic shock due to spinal cord injury; cardiogenic shock due to myocardial infarction[6] |
References
- ^ PMID 16950938. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-1405104272.
- ^ PMID 22472657.
- ^ PMID 2071857.
- ^ ISBN 9780781789431.
- ^ ISBN 9780323072755.
- ^ ISBN 978-0762780709.
- PMID 23024582.