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SGEM#332: Think Outside the Cardiac Box

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Date: May 20th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency medicine physician in the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, and a University of Missouri-Kansas City residency alumni from 2016. Journal of Trauma and […] The post SGEM#332: Think Outside the Cardiac Box first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Case Report: a High-Voltage Victim

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A 44 year-old male with unknown past medical history came by emergency medical services (EMS) to the emergency department (ED) for an electrical injury and fall from a high voltage electrical pole. 2,3,5 Except for laundry or electrical car outlets (240 V AC), all U.S. McGraw Hill; 2016.

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Resident Journal Review: Massive Transfusion Protocols (MTPs) in Traumatic Hemorrhage

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1 The American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Massive Transfusion in Trauma Guidelines leave a good amount of flexibility for hospitals regarding transfusion protocols, focusing more on systems-level aspects of designing and implementing MTPs.2,3 ACS TQIP Best Practice Guidelines. Ann Emerg Med.

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Pediatric Submersion Injury Tips

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Optimally, bystander CPR, including the administration of rescue breaths, should be initiated prior to arrival of emergency medical services. 3 Once the patient arrives in your emergency department, a rapid review of the patient’s status and results of resuscitative efforts should be performed. South Med J.

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

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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). Epub 2016 Jun 9. Emerg Med J.