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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.
Broselow-Luten Color-Coded Length-Based Weight-Estimation System: History of [EmergencyMedicalServices for Children] Designed by Dr. James Broselow. Dr. Broselow was family medicine but switched to emergency medicine. EmergencyMedicalServices for Children] “Red to Head.” One end of the tape is red with an arrow.
8 GI hypomotility to the point of ileus has also been observed and is thought to be related to the anticholinergic properties of this medication. Gummin DD, Mowry JB, Beuhler M, et al. Riboldi I, Cavaleri D, Capogrosso CA, et al. Movement Disorder Emergencies. Published 2022. 8 Hypersalivation can occur.
The integration of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is transforming emergencymedicalservices (EMS) by enhancing diagnostic capabilities and improving accuracy in answering important clinical questions. Air Medical Journal, 43(4), 367. SAGE open medicine, 8, 2050312120932706. link] Beckl, R., Carrera, K. Rossitto, F.,
Date: January 16th, 2022 Reference: Matchett, G. Etomidate versus ketamine for emergency endotracheal intubation: a randomized clinical trial. Ketamine for Emergency Endotracheal Intubation first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: January 16th, 2022 Reference: Matchett, G.
Residency length has varied since the inception of the specialty of emergency medicine. 2,3 In the 2021-2022 academic year, categorical (non-combined) EM residency lengths included 221 (80 percent) PGY 1-3 and 55 (20 percent) PGY 1-4 programs. References Nelson LS, Calderon Y, Ankel FK, et al. Ann Emerg Med. J Emerg Med.
2,3 In the 2021-2022 academic year, categorical (non-combined) EM residency lengths included 221 (80 percent) PGY 1-3 and 55 (20 percent) PGY 1-4 programs. For example, an emergencymedicalservices scholarly track may not provide trainees with equal qualifications to a fellowship. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.
Zima; Follow-up After Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits. 2022-057383 Nordstrom K, Berlin JS, Nash SS, Shah SB, Schmelzer NA, Worley LLM. Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. West J Emerg Med. Cushing AM, Liberman DB, Pham PK, et al.
Date: July 29, 2024 Reference: Connolly SJ et al (ANNEXA-I investigators) Andexanet for Factor Xa Inhibitor–Associated Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage. NEJM May 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Vasisht Srinivasan is an Emergency Medicine physician and neurointensivist at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA.
Date: December 16th, 2022 Reference: Hohle et al. AEM December 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Date: December 16th, 2022 Reference: Hohle et al.
Date: April 25, 2023 Reference: Walsh et al. WJEM 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brooks Walsh is a former paramedic, and is currently an emergency physician in the Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health in Connecticut. Date: April 25, 2023 Reference: Walsh et al. This is an SGEM Xtra episode.
McGovern distinguished chair in emergency medicine. Dr. Lulla is an assistant professor of emergency medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine within the Division of EmergencyMedicalServices, Disaster and Global Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center. References Lulla A, et al.
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 emergencymedicalservices (EMS). Carsten L, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010.11.037.
Multiple studies published in 2022 have indicated that, despite disagreement surrounding prognostic accuracy, no such screening tool so far exists. References Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. Piccioni A, Saviano A, Cicchinelli S, et al. Proadrenomedullin in Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Role in the Emergency Department.
Optimally, bystander CPR, including the administration of rescue breaths, should be initiated prior to arrival of emergencymedicalservices. 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. Pediatr Emerg Care.
Mountfort & Wilson, 2022) Burnout among EMS providers has been linked to higher absenteeism and turnover which eventually will lead to a shortage of healthy, trained EMS professionals. Campos et al) Facing highly stressful and critical situations is one of the core risk factors for EMS. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open.
When emergencymedicalservices (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. Kim I, Goulding M, Tian F, Karami S, Pham T, Cheng C, et al. 2022-057779. She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS).
A 44 year-old male with unknown past medical history came by emergencymedicalservices (EMS) to the emergency department (ED) for an electrical injury and fall from a high voltage electrical pole. Tintinalli JE, Stapczynski J, Ma O, et al. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e.
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Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case EmergencyMedicalServices 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). 2022 Nov;10(11):1086-1098. 2019.103363.
An ALS crew arrives on scene to find a woman who is tachypneic, hypoxic, tachycardic, and hypotensive, with diffuse rales and rhonchi throughout her lung fields. The EMS Agenda 2050 describes six guiding principles to its “people-centered vision for the future of emergencymedicalservices.” Elsevier; 2022:18-21.
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