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Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al. Emerg Med J. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al. Emerg Med J. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY.
Date: June 28th, 2019 Reference: Cardona et al. Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Short-term Death in Older Patients After EmergencyDepartment Admission in Australia and Ireland. Date: June 28th, 2019 Reference: Cardona et al. Reference: Cardona et al. AEM June 2019. Guest Skeptic:Dr. AEM June 2019.
After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to trauma in the EmergencyDepartment. Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Ann Emerg Med.
After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to toxicology in the EmergencyDepartment. Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Ann Emerg Med.
[display_podcast] Date: October 17th , 2018 Reference #1: Aycock, Westafer et al. Ann Emerg Med 2018 (CRD42017056195) Reference #2: Weisbord SD, Gallagher M, Jneid H, et al; PRESERVE Trial Group. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Reference: Aycock, Westafer et al.
Date: January 29th, 2020 Reference: Perry et al. Stroke 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rory Spiegel is an EM/CC doctor who splits his time in the EmergencyDepartment and Critical Care department. He also has this amazing #FOAMed blog called EM Nerd. Date: January 29th, 2020 Reference: Perry et al.
[display_podcast] Date: June 8th, 2018 Reference: April MD, et al. Aromatherapy Versus Oral Ondansetron for Antiemetic Therapy Among Adult EmergencyDepartment Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. display_podcast] Date: June 8th, 2018 Reference: April MD, et al.
After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to respiratory diseases in the EmergencyDepartment. Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Ann Emerg Med.
We’ve incorporated some of our favourite elements from their presentations in this blog post. You’re in the paediatric emergencydepartment, typing some notes for the child you’ve just discharged. Promoting hot debriefing in an emergencydepartment. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. Emerg Med J.
Background: The emergencydepartment is frequently visited by patients suffering from symptomatic alcohol withdrawal, and the traditional management has been dominated by repeated doses of benzodiazepines. 5 Paper: Lebin J et al. 5 Paper: Lebin J et al. J Med Toxicol 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.12.029
[display_podcast] Date: September 2nd, 2017 Reference: Caputo et al. EmergeNcyDepartment use of Apneic Oxygenation versus usual care during rapid sequence intubation: A randomized controlled trial (The ENDAO Trial). display_podcast] Date: September 2nd, 2017 Reference: Caputo et al. Reference: Caputo et al.
[display_podcast] Date: January 15th, 2018 Reference: Sadeghirad B, et al. BMJ 2017 Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. display_podcast] Date: January 15th, 2018 Reference: Sadeghirad B, et al. Reference: Sadeghirad B, et al.
[display_podcast] Date: November 11th, 2017 Reference: Sundén-Cullberg et al. Fever in the EmergencyDepartment Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. Guest Skeptic: Jesse Spurr works as a Nurse Educator in the EmergencyDepartment at Redcliffe Hospital in Australia.
[display_podcast] Date: August 16th, 2018 Reference: Hohl C et al. Prospective Validation of Clinical Criteria to Identify EmergencyDepartment Patients at High Risk for Adverse Drug Events. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency physician and clinical lecturer at the University of Calgary. Reference: Hohl C et al.
[display_podcast] Date: March 6th, 2018 Reference: White et al. He has particular interests in Emergency Care, Aboriginal Health, Paediatrics, Trauma and Women’s Anaesthesia. display_podcast] Date: March 6th, 2018 Reference: White et al. Casey has this great blog and podcast called Broome Docs. Reference: White et al.
Elbow Dislocations in the EmergencyDepartment: A Review of Reduction Techniques. J Emerg Med. Commentary on an article by Marc Schnetzke, MD, et al.: “Determination of Elbow Laxity in a Sequential Soft-Tissue Injury Model. Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Radial Nerve. 2023 Nov 5. In: StatPearls [Internet].
Date: July 13th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com. He has a great new blog post about increasing diversity in medicine using something called the BSAP approach and an interesting Broome Doc podcast with Dr. Casey Parker called EBM 2.0.
[display_podcast] Date: September 26th, 2017 Reference: Kaufman, et al. display_podcast] Date: September 26th, 2017 Reference: Kaufman, et al. Emlyn’s blog and podcast since 2012. Case: You are working the afternoon shift in the paediatric emergencydepartment. BMJ April 17. BMJ April 17.
Date: April 29th, 2019 Reference: Kuppermann et al. NEJM June 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Nikki Abela is a final year trainee in Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine in Liverpool, UK from sunny Malta. She is a blog editor for RCEM Learning. Date: April 29th, 2019 Reference: Kuppermann et al.
Date: October 29th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Martha Roberts is a critical and emergency care, triple-certified nurse practitioner currently living and working in Sacramento, California. She writes a blog […] The post SGEM#307: Buff up the lido for the local anesthetic first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
[display_podcast] Date: May 12th, 2018 Reference: Gonin P et al. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency physician and clinical lecturer at the University of Calgary. He is currently the host of CAEP Casts, which highlights educational innovations from emergency medicine residency programs across Canada. AEM May 2018.
Date: November 30th, 2022 Reference: Johnson et al. Date: November 30th, 2022 Reference: Johnson et al. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY. He’s got a big job coming up in a couple of months and can’t work with a cast.
Tim Graham is a Clinical Professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alberta, and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Edmonton Zone, of Alberta Health Services from Edmonton, Alberta. It is intended for clinicians providing care to emergency patients, so they get the best care, based on the best evidence.
Paper: Goren NZ et al. Comparison of BPAP S/T and Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support Modes for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the EmergencyDepartment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. References: Goren NZ et al. PMID: 34462252 Abubacker AP et al. Balkan Med J 2021. which patients and which conditions).
Date: April 16th, 2022 Reference: Blom et al. Disclaimer: The views and opinions of this blog […] The post SGEM#365: Stop! Date: April 16th, 2022 Reference: Blom et al. Disclaimer: The views and opinions of this blog and podcast do not represent the United States Government or the US Military. Tricoci et al.
Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the EmergencyDepartment via ambulance with midsternal nonradiating chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. In fact, Kosuge et al. Stein et al. This is a paper worth reading : Marchik et al. Kosuge et al.
Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Shipman et al. Glaucomflecken” on Twitter and […] The post SGEM#315: Comfortably Numb with Topical Tetracaine for Corneal Abrasions first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Shipman et al.
Date: November 10th, 2022 Reference: de-Madaria E et al. Rezaie completed his medical school training at Texas A&M Health Science Center and continued his medical education with a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency at East Carolina University. Date: November 10th, 2022 Reference: de-Madaria E et al.
[display_podcast] Date: May 1st, 2017 Reference: Poonai et al. Acad Emerg Med May 2017. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. display_podcast] Date: May 1st, 2017 Reference: Poonai et al. Acad Emerg Med May 2017. Guest Skeptic: Dr. . *
Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergencydepartment (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. Paper: Owyang CG, et al. The effect of emergencydepartment crowding on lung-protective ventilation utilization for critically ill patients. REFERENCES: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network et al.
[display_podcast] Date: August 22nd, 2018 Reference: Riskin A, Erez A, Foulk TA, et al. February 2017 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Simon McCormick is an Emergency Medicine Consultant from Northern Ireland who works in Rotherham Hospital in Yorkshire, England. display_podcast] Date: August 22nd, 2018 Reference: Riskin A, Erez A, Foulk TA, et al.
[display_podcast] Date: February 14th, 2018 Reference: Venkatesh S et al. display_podcast] Date: February 14th, 2018 Reference: Venkatesh S et al. He writes an excellent blog called EM Nerd , which he describes as nihilistic ramblings. He writes an excellent blog called EM Nerd , which he describes as nihilistic ramblings.
“The ED-AWARENESS study: A prospective, observational cohort study of awareness with paralysis in mechanically ventilated patients admitted from the emergencydepartment.” ” Annals of emergency medicine 77.5 References Pappal, Ryan D., 2021): 532-544.
Background Information: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is one of the many tachydysrhythmias we encounter in the EmergencyDepartment (ED). Paper: Mason JM, et al. Amiodarone versus digoxin for acute rate control of atrial fibrillation in the emergencydepartment. Am J Emerg Med.
A study by Lee et al ( 7) compared femoral CVC placement to IO and demonstrated a first-pass success pass rate with IO of 90.3% Labs can be drawn from an IO to help with rapid diagnosis in emergencies. References: 1 Astasio-Picado Á et al. World J Emerg Surg 2023 PMID: 36918947 3. Int J Emerg Med 2009 PMID: 20157465 4.
He is also the creator and founder of REBEL EM and REBEL Cast, a free, critical appraisal blog and podcast that tries to cut down knowledge translation gaps of research to bedside clinical practice. He arrives at the emergencydepartment via EMS with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 10 and both pupils reactive.
Hibberd O, Chylinska AA, Finn K , et al. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326773 Two-year-old Moyo is brought to the emergencydepartment because her parents were concerned about noisy breathing. Most children can be discharged from the emergencydepartment after a dose of corticosteroids and an appropriate safety net.
Dedicated followers of the Smith ECG Blog know that the STD of true subendocardial ischemia does not localize, yet some of the examples listed below demonstrate the opposite, and were subsequently labeled “diffuse ischemia” or “generic subendocardial changes” as a diagnosis of convenience. However, the maximal STD in this case is V3.
Date: October 29th, 2019 Reference: Pellatt et al. Annals of EM 2019 Guest Skeptic: Martha Roberts is a critical and emergency care, triple certified nurse practitioner, currently living and working in western Massachusetts. Date: October 29th, 2019 Reference: Pellatt et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the EmergencyDepartment) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01 Read More EMCrit: Podcast 145 – Awake Intubation Lecture from SMACC ERCast: Angioedema References: Baş M et al. PMID 25629740 Hassen GW et al.
Additionally, they host selected guests for special episodes, and publish blogs dedicated to more advanced medical questions or topics. Reference: Ruberto et al. Case: A 32-year-old male patient presents to your emergencydepartment (ED) with severe nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Reference: Ruberto et al.
Date: July 16th, 2022 Reference: Lamontagne F et al. Rezaie completed his medical school training at Texas A&M Health Science Center and continued his medical education with a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency at East Carolina University. Date: July 16th, 2022 Reference: Lamontagne F et al.
The Learners The target learners were EM residents and physicians practicing in the emergencydepartment. The presenters were selected based on their experience, Free Open Access Medical (FOAM) educational materials, research, blog posts, and presentations from reputable conferences. Originally developed by Marsh et al.,
If you were working in a busy emergencydepartment, would you like to be interrupted to interpret these ECGs or can these patients safely wait to be seen because of the normal computer interpretation? Emergent cardiac outcomes in patients with normal electrocardiograms in the emergencydepartment. Am J Emerg Med.
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