ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

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. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. McGraw Hill; 2016.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Hasan Sheikh is an emergency and addictions physician in Toronto and a lecturer at the University of Toronto. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from the […] The post SGEM#313: Here Comes A Regular to the ED first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: December 18th, 2020 Reference: Hulme et al.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

The nuances of fracture patterns and delineating mechanically unstable pelvic fractures from stable ones is less important to the ED. This is less critical in ED management of the unstable pelvic fracture, as the optimal site for identification of rectal or vaginal tears is the operating room.

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:57 — 19.2MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarding in the ED In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

2023 Jun 14;46:8-23 One-year survival and outcomes of infants born at 22 and 23 weeks of gestation in Sweden 2004-2007, 2014-2016 and 2017-2019. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. Farooqi A, et al. Scorza P, et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. Eur J Pediatr.

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AAEM RSA

APRIL 1, 2021

The authors excluded those with devastating injuries (expected to die within one hour of admission), need for thoracotomy prior to receiving blood products, significant burns (>20% total body surface area), inhalation injuries, or receiving over five minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation prior to arrival or in the ED. Ann Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

On arrival to the ED, her blood pressure is 84/36 mmHg with a heart rate of 110 beats per minute. 3,4 Prompt recognition and management of sepsis and septic shock are paramount for the ED clinician. 8,9 Recently, monocyte distribution width (MDW) has shown promise in a large meta-analysis as a useful screening tool in the ED.

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