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Elbow Dislocations

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Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. 1998 Jan-Feb;6(1):15-23. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. PMID: 32644703 Robinson PM, Griffiths E, Watts AC. 2017 Jul;9(3):195-204. 1999 Jan;13(1):58-9.

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Another deadly triage ECG missed, and the waiting patient leaves before being seen. What is this nearly pathognomonic ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Pain improved to 1/10 after EMS administers 324 mg aspirin and the following EKG is obtained at triage. C Examination notable for diaphoresis, 1+ bilateral lower extremity edema, regular heart rate and rhythm, and no signs of respiratory distress with normal breath sounds. Accessed May 28, 2024. What do you think? Stein et al.

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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

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Abdomen : ND, NT, no guarding or rebound MSK : Tenderness to palpation over L ribs 7-9 Derm : No rashes Imaging: Image 1: Case courtesy of Miriam Leiderer, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 81468 Chest radiograph (CXR) shows new left lower lobe opacity What’s most likely diagnosis? 2022 Jul 5;328(1):57-68. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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Steroids in preschool wheeze

Don't Forget the Bubbles

study from 200 9. 2024 Mar 22 [cited 2024 Mar 25];0(0) Methods – What is an IPD meta-analysis? A large proportion of the trials come from Finland (3) and The UK (2) and also from Australia (1) and the US (1), but only a small number took place in the ED. Castro-Rodriguez JA, Beckhaus AA, Forno E.

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Simulation Brain Wash

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This kid had sticks go through his cheek from running with a lollipop, hit by a car, almost kidnapped, attacked by a dog, and almost burnt his house down by throwing a 9-volt battery in the trash. References Kimbrell J, Kreinbrook J, Poke D, Kalosza B, Geldner J, Shekhar AC, Miele A, Bouthillet T, Vega J. 2024 Mar 15:1-9.

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How important are old ECGs in Non-obvious cases of potential OMI?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Learning Point: 1. The Queen of Hearts AI app will hopefully be FDA approved in Q1 of 2024. For examples of such exceptions — See My Comment in the January 9, 2019 — August 22, 2020 — and June 30, 2023 posts in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ). Figure-1: Comparison between the first 3 ECGs in today's case.

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Tranq dope (fentanyl-xylazine combination): A new horizon in opioid withdrawal treatment

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Due in large part to the proliferation of anonymous chemical factories able to produce industrial volumes of inexpensive synthetic opioids without opium or other controlled precursors, fentanyl spilled into the United States, Canada, and Europe, heroin soon fell to market forces [1, 2]. 2024 study [16]. mg IVP Tizanidine 4 mg PO 0.15

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