Emergency Medicine Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Garcia et al. Although the study includes a variety of patient settings, such as CT surgery and cath lab patients, which may not be directly applicable to ED patients, it’s certainly worth a read. Link to article How much epinephrine is enough?

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ALiEM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Take the AIR Toxicology Module at ALiEMU Interested in taking the AIR quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 2, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Children often spend many hours in the emergency department (ED) before being sent home or admitted. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. Pecenka C, et al.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

For a broader overview of pelvic trauma, please review Dr. Lupez’s 2017 article here: [link]. The nuances of fracture patterns and delineating mechanically unstable pelvic fractures from stable ones is less important to the ED. Her initial vital signs are blood pressure 76/54 mmHg, heart rate 128 bpm, temperature 37.0˚

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Date: February 21st 2022 Reference: Kim et al. Date: February 21st 2022 Reference: Kim et al. Case: You are in discussion with your emergency department (ED) manager about the number of patients boarding for hours to days and you are both aware that many of these patients are attending with mental health crises.

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:57 — 19.2MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarding in the ED In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 14, 2023

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles Diuretics in pediatrics. Lava SAG, et al. Hsiao W, et al. Mullaly R, et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed.

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ALiEM

APRIL 12, 2023

Figure 1: Peripheral IV ultrasound using alcohol under transparent film dressing and topical saline flush – all without ultrasound gel Read other Tricks of the Trade articles. Accessed April 5, 2023 Afzal S, Zahid M, Rehan ZA, et al. 20 – Local Anesthetics, Ed(s): Hugh C. Accessed April 5, 2023. 2022 Jan 6;8(1):42.

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account. Digital Impact Factor: A Quality Index for Educational Blogs and Podcasts in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles Use of POCUS for the assessment of dehydration in pediatric patients-a narrative review. Musolino AM, et al. Chidini G, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 8, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles Approach to simple kidney cysts in children. Dell KM, et al. Eisen S et al. Fielder AR, et al. Bm MV, et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 25, 2020

Reference: Carley et al. The bottom line from that episode on skin glue for peripheral intravenous lines was: “Skin glue does appear to decrease the failure rate of IVs in patients admitted to hospital from the ED at 48 hours. The article was titled: Evidence-based medicine and COVID-19: what to believe and when to change.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 4, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. The Journal of Pediatrics published an article on education interventions to reduce diagnostic errors in burned or bruised patients suspected of abuse. Pediatrics.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 17, 2023

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles New therapies for spinal muscular atrophy: where we stand and what is next. Antonaci L, et al. Tritos NA, et al.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Article: Abella BS et al. Key Secondary Endpoints: 5 (3.9%) patients in the IV cetirizine group returned to any ED or clinic within 24 hours compared to 15 (11.1%) in the IV diphenhydramine group; P=0.04 Anecdotally, the persistence of urticaria often has little influence on the decision to discharge a patient from the ED.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 31, 2024

With millions of journal articles published yearly, it is impossible to keep up. Our team have scoured the literature, so you don’t have to… or it might spark an interest to go and have a look at the full article. Article 1: What predicts parental anxiety in the Paediatric Emergency Department? Martin, S.R.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric nephrology. Sethi SK, et al. Agostino H, et al. Rassekh SR, et al. 2023 Jun 1.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

emergency departments (EDs), with statistics reporting more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests per year. 14 A more recent review article looked at two retrospective studies with a combined total of 66 patients who were given esmolol in the treatment of refractory VT or VF. References Tsao CW, et al. Benjamin EJ, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles Forgotten Pediatrics: 8 Disturbing Windows on the Past. Cruz AT, et al. Singh A, et al. Meoli M, et al. Pediatrics.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Despite otherwise normal vital signs, she was appropriately triaged to the critical care area of the ED. When I teach important syncope ECG patterns to my residents, I have always had to find case reports and review articles to show them the rare epsilon waves in the past. They are rare and hard to find in normal practice in the ED.

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EMDocs

MAY 11, 2024

A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, recent basilar artery stent placement with a 20 pack-year smoking history presents to the ED via EMS for altered mental status and episodes of apnea. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 28 Aug 2023) [link] Ortiz de Mendivil A, Alcalá-Galiano A, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. Reviews and opinion articles The ongoing impact of obesity on childhood hypertension. Anagnostou A, et al. Rodgers O, et al. Schoeffl I, et al.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Last month’s article focused on ACEP’s efforts and resources to support EDs and patients with psychiatric emergencies. Future articles will highlight solutions and success stories. Emergency departments (EDs) focus on rapid initiation of medical treatment.

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Clinical Scenario: A 34-year-old woman presents to the ED with back pain. Reviewing every study would be tedious and, fortunately, we’ve got a great review article on the topic. Schwartz and colleagues performed an ingenious trial ( Schwartz 2000 ) Enrolled 64 ED patients with acute pain. PMID: 34133820 Arora S et al.

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ALiEM

AUGUST 9, 2023

For additional examples, see the PEM POCUS Endotracheal Intubation Confirmation article , specifically in Section 2 – Indirect Confirmation: Visualize Bilateral Lung Sliding. Study N Sensitivity Specificity Comments Pereda et al., Balk et al., Tsou et al., ED Course The patient received antibiotics for pneumonia.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2024

1 History and physical examination have been the cornerstone of seizure diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). 2 A study of routine EEG in the ED in 2013 found that five percent of ED patients with altered mental status had nonconvulsive seizures (of whom 75 percent were in nonconvulsive status epilepticus). Am J Emerg Med.

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Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

1 2 3 4 This article will focus on three lower extremity (LE) nerve blocks commonly used for acute lower extremity pain in the ED. link] [3] Morrison RS, Magaziner J, Gilbert M, et al. Door-to-block time: prioritizing acute pain management for femoral fractures in the ED. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2003;58(1):76-81.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 6, 2024

With millions of journal articles published yearly, it is impossible to keep up. Our team has scoured the literature, so you don’t have to—or it might spark an interest in reading the full article. Article 1: Positive urine cultures without pyuria Wang ME, Jones VG, Kane M, et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 8, 2023

However, we must respectfully disagree with several points and assumptions made in the article, several of which are materially important and, left unaltered, will result in an increased risk of injury or death to crew and passengers in both commercial and government-sponsored spaceflight.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Sinha 2012] It is useful in the prehospital setting , correlating well with actual weight and ED Broselow weight. x length or height (cm)] There is a great review article that lists many other weight estimation formulae. link] Lubitz DS, Seidel JS, Chameides L, Luten RC, Zaritsky AL, Campbell FW. x exp[0.02 and Seaver, M.

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Core EM

JULY 23, 2024

Objective: Based on current evidence, this review article aims to guide the Emergency Department (ED) in providing care for patients with blast injuries. This article may apply to a broader audience of clinicians by including data from military and civilian blast incidents. It most commonly affects gas-containing organs.

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In this post, we critically appraise the first systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the safety and efficacy of etomidate and ketamine as induction agents for RSI in the ED and prehospital setting. Article: Sharda SC et al. Exclusion: Articles were excluded if they included combinations of two or more induction agents.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 5, 2024

A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status and fever. The study found a mean increase in time to intubation of 13 seconds in the ED setting. Disclaimer This is not an exhaustive review of airway management, but a commentary on a recent article published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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The Overrun Podcast

MAY 5, 2021

Ed and Dan are back, this time talking about care of burn patients outside of the hospital. link] Ed and Dan are back, this time talking about care of burn patients outside of the hospital.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Date: August 31st, 2021 Reference: McLean et al. Date: August 31st, 2021 Reference: McLean et al. Case: You are working in the emergency department (ED) with the new resident, one of whom is overweight. It includes articles on racial, ethnic and gender disparities. Reference: McLean et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 13, 2021

Reference: Post et al. Reference: Post et al. Lancet 2021 Case: You’re working a busy evening shift in your community emergency department (ED) when a 58 year old female presents with a rapid onset terrible intensity headache. This article was covered on the SGEM with EM Nerd Dr. Rory Spiegel.

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Silk City Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Written by Jessica DiPeri, MD This post first appeared on REBEL EM Background: Pneumothorax management is a common clinical condition in the emergency department (ED) occurring in patients of varying ages and caused by multiple etiologies, including spontaneous, traumatic, and iatrogenic pneumothorax. Article: Chang, Su-Huan et al. “A

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