The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Date: September 18, 2024 Reference: Dillon et al. August 20, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is an emergency medicine and emergency medicine service (EMS) physician at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Reference: Dillon et al. Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 13, 2024

Reference: Snyder BD, Van Dyke MR, Walker RG, et al. Reference: Snyder BD, Van Dyke MR, Walker RG, et al. Date: January 11, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is an EMS fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM. Resuscitation 2023.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

6 Apply direct pressure to the bleeding site with gauze soaked in TXA and epinephrine as a first-line intervention. 7 Epinephrine acts as a local vasoconstrictor, aiding hemostasis, and TXA helps to stabilize clot formation on the exposed tissue and delay hemorrhage progression. References Grasl S, Mekhail P, Janik S, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 8, 2024

Dell KM, et al. 2024 Apr 27. Eisen S et al. 2024 Apr 16:archdischild-2024-326876. Fielder AR, et al. 2024 Apr 11 Why all newborn hip screening programs have same results-a mini review. 2024 Apr 11 Why all newborn hip screening programs have same results-a mini review. Bm MV, et al.

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Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

HIET improves contractility without increasing SVR, while vasopressin and epinephrine transiently increase SVR/MAP but worsen cardiac output in anesthetized dogs given propranolol (Holger 2007). References: Yuan TH, Kerns WP, Tomaszewski CA, et al. von Lewinski D, Bruns S, Walther S, et al. 2007;33(11):2019-2024.

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Handtevy

MAY 10, 2024

Key Insights from the 2024 Pediatric Medication Safety Report: EMS introduced the Handtevy system to help accurately dose medications for children, reducing calculation errors common in hectic prehospital settings. IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis : Correct dosing is common, with improved times to administration.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 21, 2024

Epinephrine infusion was begun. In such cases — radiofrequency ablation of ectopic beats triggering malignant ventricular arrhythmias was needed for control of arrhythmic storm because the antiarrhythmic medications tried were ineffective ( Marrouche et al — JACC 5;43(9): 1715-20, 2004 ).

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