The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2024

AEM February 2024. Date: February 28, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY. AEM February 2024. Date: February 28, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY.

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Operating Room Emergency Department ALS ED 306

Broome Docs

APRIL 30, 2024

Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. 2024 Mar 18:e240762. 2024 Apr 1;52(4):521-530. 2024 Apr 4;390(13):1186-1195. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0762. PMID: 38497992 Preventing poison ivy? Rauwerdink D, Balak D. N Engl J Med.

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Operating Room Critical Care ED OR 70

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Patients may arrive with other concomitant injuries such as head or spine injuries and may be critically ill. Imaging CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast or CT angiogram of the abdomen is the imaging modality of choice. Majority of RPH will stabilize on their own and not require intervention. Mortality can varies between 5-20%.

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EMS E-9-1-1 Operating Room OR 75

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 19, 2024

A 2024 Cochrane systematic review compared available clinical decision rules (CDRs) (NEXUS, Canadian C-Spine Rule, PECARN retrospective criteria, NICE guidelines CG56 and CG176, Leonard de novo model, and PEDSPINE) for the evaluation of potential cervical spine injury following blunt trauma in children. 2024 Jun 3:S2352-4642(24)00104-4.

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CPR Operating Room OR Emergency Department 121

ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. Accessed March 6, 2024. Accessed February 19, 2024. Accessed March 6, 2024. Healing Is No Joke.

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Emergency Department Operating Room Critical Care ALS 52

REBEL EM

AUGUST 12, 2024

What They Did: Double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial that ran from October 2019 through January 2024 Multinational study conducted at 22 centers in three European countries 3512 patients were enrolled and before surgery eligible patients were randomly assigned to one of the following two groups Amino Acid Group: 10% Isopuramin at a dose (..)

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ICU Critical Care Operating Room ALS 80

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One systematic review of 1283 patients showed that if you got to the operating room within 6 hours, you had a 97% chance of saving the testicle. The gold standard – the only way you will really know if there is a torsion or not – is to take a look in the operating theatre. How do you diagnose torsion?

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Operating Room Emergency Department ALS OR 111