The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 6, 2024

Reference: Remick KE, et al. National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. July 2023 Date: Dec 11, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rachel Hatcliffe is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Reference: Remick KE, et al.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Broselow-Luten Color-Coded Length-Based Weight-Estimation System: History of [Emergency Medical Services for Children] Designed by Dr. James Broselow. Dr. Broselow was family medicine but switched to emergency medicine. Emergency Medical Services for Children] “Red to Head.” One end of the tape is red with an arrow.

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FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Ok, here we go… Lots of controversy over the recent article titled, “Comparing Intubation Success Between Flight Nurses and Flight Paramedics in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services”, published by the Air Medical Journal in their November/December 2023 issue. I have been a nurse since 2013. 6, 2023, pp.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 19, 2019

Date: January 17th , 2019 Reference: Clemency et al. Date: January 17th , 2019 Reference: Clemency et al. Wave 3: Significant increase in overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids (like illicitly-manufactured or prescribed fentanyl) beginning in 2013 [4]. Reference: Clemency et al.

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Naloxone Overdose Emergency Medical Services Emergency Department 130

EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Carsten L, et al. 2013 Jan 24;368(4):394].

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min). West J Emerg Med. 2013 May;14(3):212-7.

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