ALiEM

JUNE 15, 2023

Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2019 Morimoto M, Tatsumi K, Yuui K, et al. 2021 Nov;7(6):2440-2444. PMID 29855084 De Silva HA, Fonseka MM, Pathmeswaran A et al. Vet Med Sci. PMID 34469053 Graeme KA. Toxic plant ingestions. Auerbach’s wilderness medicine, 7e. J Clin Lab Anal.

ALS 246

ALS ED OR 246

ALiEM

APRIL 12, 2023

Accessed April 5, 2023 Afzal S, Zahid M, Rehan ZA, et al. References Cleaning and Disinfecting FUJIFILM SonoSite Products User Guide [PDF]. Accessed April 5, 2023. Disinfectants and Cleaning Solutions for Ultrasound Systems and Transducers [PDF]. 2022 Jan 6;8(1):42. doi: 10.3390/gels8010042.

Emergency Department 258

Emergency Department ALS ED 258

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 28, 2021

Date: August 27th, 2021 Reference: Gagnon et al. AEM 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dagny Kane-Haas is a physiotherapist who also has a master’s degree in Clinical Science in Manipulative Therapy. Date: August 27th, 2021 Reference: Gagnon et al. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

ED 130

ED Emergency Department ALS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Date: November 16th, 2021 Reference: Hammouda et al. AEM November 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen (@KirstyChallen) is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Research Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (North West England). Date: November 16th, 2021 Reference: Hammouda et al.

ALS 130

ALS ED Emergency Department OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 17, 2021

Date: July 14th, 2021 Reference: Pernica et al. Date: July 14th, 2021 Reference: Pernica et al. This is because most pneumonias in this age-group are caused by viral pathogens ( Bradley et al 2011 ). Bradley et al 2011 ). JAMA Pediatr. He is the co-founder of website lead of Don’t Forget the Bubbles (DFTB).

ALS 130

ALS Emergency Department ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 1, 2022

Date: December 21st, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Howard “Howie” Mell began his career as a firefighter / paramedic in Chicago. Reference: Grotta JC et al. NEJM 2021 […] The post SGEM#354: Everybody Walk the Dinosaur and Not Take the MSU first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Reference: Grotta JC et al.

Emergency Medical Services 130

Emergency Medical Services Firefighter Paramedic ALS 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. Defibrillation is the treatment of choice in these cases but does not often result in sustained ROSC ( Kudenchuk et al 2006). The TOMAHAWK Investigators. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

EMR 130

EMR Coronary Defibrillator Life Support 130

Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 5, 2024

Silva-Ramos 2021) Majority of cases arise from travel to South Africa. (Silva-Ramos 2021) Majority of cases arise from travel to South Africa. (Frean 2019) The classic triad described is fever, eschar and rash. Silva-Ramos 2021) Fever and a characteristic eschar (tache noir) are seen 90% of the time.

E-9-1-1 161

E-9-1-1 ALS OR EMS 161

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Date: October 20th, 2021 Reference: Talan et al. AEM October 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. Date: October 20th, 2021 Reference: Talan et al. Reference: Talan et al.

Emergency Department 130

Emergency Department ALS OR 130

Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 2, 2023

2021 Nov 29;92(S7):e2021518. Today we are talking about a rare disease called FPIES (food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome) and how you might encounter these patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Update on Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). Acta Biomed. doi: 10.23750/abm.v92iS7.12394. J Asthma Allergy.

Emergency Department 189

Emergency Department ALS EMS OR 189

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 21, 2021

Date: August 19th, 2021 Reference: Pantell et al. Pediatrics 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Date: August 19th, 2021 Reference: Pantell et al. Evaluation and management of well-appearing febrile infants 8 to 60 days old.

Emergency Department 130

Emergency Department ALS OR ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Date: September 28th, 2021 Reference: Zampieri et al. Date: September 28th, 2021 Reference: Zampieri et al. Reference: Zampieri et al. Effect of Intravenous Fluid Treatment With a Balanced Solution vs 0.9% Saline Solution on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The BaSICS Randomized Clinical Trial.

OR 130

OR Critical Care ICU Plasma 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 8, 2022

Date: December 28th, 2021 Reference: Kulvatunyou et al. November 2021. Date: December 28th, 2021 Reference: Kulvatunyou et al. November 2021. Reference: Kulvatunyou et al. November 2021. J Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. J Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. J Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.

ALS 130

ALS Emergency Department Paramedic OR 130

Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Scully, 2012) Citations: Balduini CL, et al. Paydary, Koosha, et al. Sawler D, Parker A, Britto J, et al. 2020.05.045. Scully M, Hunt BJ, Benjamin S, et al. Clinical Presentation: Classic pentad (mnemonic FAT RN) is rare and seen in less than 7% of cases. Ann Hematol. 2010 Jun;89(6):591-6. J Emerg Med. 2021.07.045.

Plasma 246

Plasma Frozen Plasma Emergency Department FFP 246

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Date: February 18th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. Reference: Brichko et al. Date: February 18th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. AEM Feb 2021.

Emergency Department 130

Emergency Department ACS ALS ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 3, 2021

Date: July 1st, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the #FOAMed project called First10EM.com. Reference: Dankiewicz et al: TTM2 Trial Investigators. NEJM 2021 Case: A 58-year-old man collapsed in front of his family. Reference: Dankiewicz et al: TTM2 Trial Investigators.

Paramedic 130

Paramedic Defibrillator ALS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Date: September 16th, 2021 Reference: Sippola et al. JAMA 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rob Leeper is an assistant professor of surgery at Western University and the London Health Sciences Center. Date: September 16th, 2021 Reference: Sippola et al. The APPAC II Randomized Clinical Trial.

ALS 130

ALS Critical Care OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 17, 2021

Date: April 16th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anthony Crocco is the Deputy Chief – McMaster Department of Pediatrics, Acting Head of Pediatric Cardiology, and creator of Sketchy EBM. Reference: Schuh et al. Reference: Schuh et al. The PRAM was published in 2000 ( Chalut et al ) and validated in 2008 ( Ducharme et al ).

Emergency Department 130

Emergency Department ALS ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Date: December 21st, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Spencer Greaves is an Emergency Medicine resident at Florida Atlantic University. Date: December 21st, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Spencer Greaves is an Emergency Medicine resident at Florida Atlantic University. ” Reference: Vallentin et al. Reference: Vallentin et al.

Epinephrine 130

Epinephrine CPR ALS Emergency Department 130

REBEL EM

MAY 25, 2023

mental status, urine output, capillary refill) is more important than an actual goal PERMISSIVE HYPOTENSTION IN PTS WITH TBI Brotfain E et al. mental status, urine output, capillary refill) is more important than an actual goal PERMISSIVE HYPOTENSTION IN PTS WITH TBI Brotfain E et al. Richards JE et al. NEJM 1994. [2]

E-9-1-1 145

E-9-1-1 Plasma ALS OR 145

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 23, 2021

Date: January 20th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. Reference: Pines et al. AEM January 2021 Case: A 50-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with left lower quadrant abdominal pain.

ED 130

ED ALS Emergency Department OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 5, 2021

Date: May 25th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Garreth Debiegun is an emergency physician at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME and clinical assistant professor with Tufts University School of Medicine. References: * Suzuki et al. JAMA 2021 * Zi et al. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital.

ALS 130

ALS Emergency Department ED 130

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines suggest starting vasopressors peripherally rather than delaying infusion until a CVC is placed [2]. Paper: Yerke JR et al. References: Yerke JR et al. PMID: 37611862 Evans L et al. Crit Care Med 2021. CHEST 2024.

ICU 137

ICU EMS ALS OR 137

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 1, 2021

Date: April 30th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com. Reference: Donaldson et al. Reference: Donaldson et al. He is also one of the SGEM Hot Off the Press Faculty. He is also one of the SGEM Hot Off the Press Faculty.

ALS 130

ALS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 14, 2021

Date: August 12th, 2021 Reference: Daya et al. Date: August 12th, 2021 Reference: Daya et al. This was a critical appraisal of an observational study published in Annals of EM ( Kawano et al 2018 ). Reference: Daya et al. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

CPR 130

CPR BLS ALS Paramedic 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Date: February 12th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a paediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Reference: Mintegi S et al. Date: February 12th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a paediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC.

OR 130

OR Emergency Department ALS ED 130

REBEL EM

JULY 1, 2024

Paper: Goren NZ et al. Balkan Med J 2021. References: Goren NZ et al. Balkan Med J 2021. PMID: 34462252 Abubacker AP et al. Cureus 2021. There are very limited studies however in the literature on the AVAPS mode of NIPPV. AVAPS may be useful, but we still need a well conducted RCT to find out if it is (i.e

ED 133

ED Emergency Department ALS OR 133

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 6, 2021

Date: March 4th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at St. Reference: Reuben A et al. Date: March 4th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at St. Reference: Reuben A et al.

ALS 130

ALS Emergency Department EMS ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

CMAJ 2021 TRIGGER WARNING: As a warning to those listening to the podcast or […] The post SGEM Xtra: Everybody Hurts, Sometime first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. The title of the article was “Physician, heal thyself” and was in the humanities section of the October 2021 issue. Reference: Graham T.

Emergency Department 130

Emergency Department ALS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 31, 2021

Date: July 29th, 2021 Reference: Azizi et al. Injury 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency physician in the Air Force in Ohio. Date: July 29th, 2021 Reference: Azizi et al. Injury 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency physician in the Air Force in Ohio.

ALS 130

ALS OR EMS 130

Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. PMID: 34748988 Conroy AL, Hawkes M, Elphinstone RE, Morgan C, Hermann L, Barker KR, Namasopo S, Opoka RO, John CC, Liles WC, Kain KC. PMID: 27186577 Conroy AL, Opoka RO, Bangirana P, Idro R, Ssenkusu JM, Datta D, Hodges JS, Morgan C, John CC.

ALS 278

ALS Critical Care EMS OR 278

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 9, 2021

Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Grunau et al. Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Grunau et al. Reference: Grunau et al. Association of Intra-arrest Transport vs Continued On-Scene Resuscitation With Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

EMS 130

EMS Emergency Medical Services CPR Critical Care 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 16, 2021

Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Shipman et al. Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Shipman et al. We covered and randomized control trial by Waldman et al on topical tetracaine for simple corneal abrasions on SGEM#83.

ALS 130

ALS Emergency Department EMS ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 15, 2021

Date: May 6th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Daniel Schwerin is employed with Prisma Health-Upstate as a clinical assistant professor, emergency medicine GME director for emergency medical services and medical director for several local EMS agencies and has lectured on prehospital stroke management. Reference: Fatima et al.

Emergency Medical Services 130

Emergency Medical Services Ambulance ALS EMS 130

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 27, 2024

Nikus et al. Curr Cardiol Red 2021 3. Kontos et al. Bischof et al. Meyers et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2021 6. Meyers et al. IJC Heart and Vasc 2021 8. Herman et al. Conduction disorders in the setting of acute STEMI. J Am Coll Cardiol 2022 4. Am J Emerg Med 2016 5. Phibbs and Nelson.

STEMI 125

STEMI Coronary ALS Emergency Department 125

ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Hoffman et al. Koppaka V, Thompson DC, Chen Y, et al. Updated 2021 Nov 1]. New York, NY. McGraw-Hill. Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors: a comprehensive review of the pharmacology, mechanism of action, substrate specificity, and clinical application. Pharmacol Rev. 2012 Jul;64(3):520-39. PMID: 22544865. Stokes M, Abdijadid S.

ALS 169

ALS OR ED 169

ALiEM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Published 2021 Sep 17. PMID: 34529640 Ayub S, Parnia S, Poddar K, et al. PMID: 24769343 Ehrman-Dupre R, Kaigh C, Salzman M et al. PMID: 36148197 Love JS, Levine M, Aldy K, et al. PMID: 37014353 Ball NS, Knable BM, Relich TA et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(37):1300-1302. 2023;15(3):e36864. 2014;240:1-8.

Naloxone 169

Naloxone Overdose Epinephrine ALS 169