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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of ALS/ BLS Care in Low Acuity 9-1-1 Response by Geography and Insurance Status Utilizing the 2019 NEMSIS Dataset

International Journal of Paramedicine

Data were obtained from the National Emergency Services Information System (NEMSIS) database for 2019. EMS responses (n = 4,375,568) were analyzed comparing patient acuity and CMS Service level, Advanced Life Support (ALS) vs Basic Life Support (BLS), to assess for associations in acuity and CMS Service level using logistic regression.

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Acute Transverse Myelitis in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Tavasoli 2018, Wolf 2012) More common in adults; children comprise 20% of total cases (Pidcock 2007, Wang 2019) Bimodal age distribution (Absoud 2016) Children < 5 years Children > 10 years Symptoms evolve over 2-4 days and peak at 5-6 days (Absoud 2016) ATM may occur alone OR as part of another disorders (e.g.

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Post-Intubation Sedation and Analgesia

Core EM

It was found that patients exposed to deep sedation in the ED had an independent higher incidence of continued deep sedation on ICU day one ( Fuller, 2019 ). 2019 Nov;47(11):1539-1548. Shehabi Y, Howe BD, Bellomo R, Arabi YM, et al: Early Sedation with Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients. 2019 Jun 27;380(26):2506-2517.

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Updates in High dose Insulin and Euglycemia Therapy (HIET) for the treatment of Beta-adrenergic Receptor and Calcium Channel Antagonists Overdose

Core EM

References: Yuan TH, Kerns WP, Tomaszewski CA, et al. von Lewinski D, Bruns S, Walther S, et al. Cole JB, Corcoran JN, Engebretsen KM, et al. Holger JS, Engebretsen KM, Fritzlar SJ, et al. Kerns W, Schroeder D, Williams C, et al. Kline JA, Tomaszewski CA, Schroeder JD, et al. 2007;33(11):2019-2024.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

cats and dogs have their own GCS scores [Lapsley 2019, Ash 2018] Moral of the Morsel Modified can make it Merrier! Holmes, James F et al. 2019 Jul;20(7):660-666. 2019 Sep;241:112-118. Epub 2019 Apr 22. Systematic review showed 85% of studies with substantial reliability with kappa statistic >0.6 Acad Emerg Med.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Blistery Mystery

ALiEM

American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for immune thrombocytopenia. 2019 Dec 10;3(23):3829-3866. Provan D, Arnold DM, Bussel JB, et al. Neunert C, Terrell DR, Arnold DM, Buchanan G, Cines DB, Cooper N, Cuker A, Despotovic JM, George JN, Grace RF, Kühne T, Kuter DJ, Lim W, McCrae KR, Pruitt B, Shimanek H, Vesely SK.

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Pigtail catheter for pleural drainage: Tips to minimize complications

ALiEM

If the catheter appears correctly positioned on AP chest x-ray but is malfunctioning, consider obtaining additional imaging to confirm placement [11]: Lateral view chest-xray, or Chest CT (can also help characterize the pleural effusion) References Gammie JS, Banks MC, Fuhrman CR, et al. doi: [link] Broder JS, Al-Jarani B, Lanan B, Brooks K.

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