Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

We’ve incorporated some of our favourite elements from their presentations in this blog post. You’re in the paediatric emergency department, typing some notes for the child you’ve just discharged. Promoting hot debriefing in an emergency department. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. Emerg Med J.

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REBEL EM

MAY 11, 2023

Background: The emergency department is frequently visited by patients suffering from symptomatic alcohol withdrawal, and the traditional management has been dominated by repeated doses of benzodiazepines. Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.

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ALiEM

APRIL 14, 2023

After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to procedures in the Emergency Department. More specifically, we identified 2 AIR and 4 Honorable Mentions.

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EMOttawa

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Historically, it has been used more frequently in the ICU than in Emergency Departments, likely due to provider comfort. […] The post Is there a Precedence for Precedex in the ED? appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 14, 2023

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 Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Jesse McLaren outlines 10 Quality Improvement (QI) opportunities for reducing missed AMIs and the lessons learned from Ontario’s Emergency Department Return Visit Quality Program in this Waiting to Be Seen blog.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY. Case: A 24-year-old manual labourer presents to the emergency department (ED) after drinking a few too many beers, having a disagreement with another beer drinker and gets knocked down.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In this month’s guest blog Dr. Amy Cheng, the Emergency Department Director of Quality Improvement at St. Do they meet a real need for information to guide self-improvement or just scratch our competitive itches? What do we know about the best way to provide feedback?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 20, 2018

She is author of the blog, The Short Coat , and cofounder of the emergency medicine podcast, FOAMcast. Lauren is currently funded by an NHLBI K12 grant (1K12HL138049-01) studying the implementation of evidence-based diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 9, 2018

Aromatherapy Versus Oral Ondansetron for Antiemetic Therapy Among Adult Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med 2018 Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is a pharmacist who has been practicing in emergency medicine for the past six years. We covered that paper on the SGEM in Episode #144.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JANUARY 15, 2019

In this Waiting to Be Seen blog Dr. Howard Ovens examines the issues we face in Emergency Departments as we try to make staff feel safe and ensure patients can access the care they need. We often face violence in the ED. Yet the ED is a sanctuary for care and support. Many EDs have a zero-tolerance policy for violence.

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ALiEM

JULY 20, 2023

After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to infectious diseases in the Emergency Department. More specifically, we identified 1 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

EmergeNcy Department use of Apneic Oxygenation versus usual care during rapid sequence intubation: A randomized controlled trial (The ENDAO Trial). EmergeNcy Department use of Apneic Oxygenation versus usual care during rapid sequence intubation: A randomized controlled trial (The ENDAO Trial). Reference: Caputo et al.

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EMOttawa

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Lacerations are a common presenting complaint to emergency department. In 2013, in the United States there were 7 million visits to the emergency department (ED) for lacerations making up a total of 5.2% of ED visits(1).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Fever in the Emergency Department 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 Emergency Department at Redcliffe Hospital in Australia. Case: You are working night shift in the emergency department.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 10, 2021

He is a GP by training but works in Emergency Department, Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine and Paediatrics. He has a wonderful #FOAMed blog and podcast called Broomedocs and also work […] The post SGEM#326: The SALSA Study: Hypertonic Saline to Treat Hyponatremia first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 20, 2018

BMJ 2017 Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. BMJ 2017 Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is otherwise healthy with only sports related injuries.

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Emergency Department ALS EMS ED 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 31, 2020

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.

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REBEL EM

APRIL 3, 2024

Monica Saxena is a practicing emergency physician and assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on reproductive justice and women’s health in the emergency department setting. REBEL Cast – EMTALA + Reproductive Health Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast.

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Emergency Department EMS 128

REBEL EM

MARCH 27, 2023

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. The effect of emergency department crowding on lung-protective ventilation utilization for critically ill patients. Paper: Owyang CG, et al. J Crit Care. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al.

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Emergency Department ICU Critical Care EMR 52

Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Navpreet Sahsi describes the challenges of building an Emergency Department in Bangladesh and how the experience has shaped his outlook on Emergency Medicine practice in North America on EM Cases' first Global EM blog.

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EMS Emergency Department 100

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

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.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Emlyn’s blog and podcast since 2012. Case: You are working the afternoon shift in the paediatric emergency department. Your shift is almost over and the department finally seems to be under control. She is a medical education enthusiast and has been an editor and regular contributor to the St.

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Emergency Department ALS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 18, 2020

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.

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ALS Emergency Department OR 130

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. This blog, like the paper cited, is dedicated to him. Ann Emerg Med. His name is Ben.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 10, 2022

DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY. Case: A 32-year-old male construction worker presents to the emergency department (ED) after falling on his right dominant hand. He asks if surgery would be a better option?

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Emergency Department ALS ED OR 130

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Background Information: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is one of the many tachydysrhythmias we encounter in the Emergency Department (ED). Amiodarone versus digoxin for acute rate control of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep 7.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 7, 2017

. * A special SGEM Hot Off the Press blog is posted and the podcast is uploaded to iTunes the week the paper gets published. SGEMers have one week to interact directly with the author via social media ( SGEM blog , Twitter or Facebook ) with the best feedback being published with a summary of the review in AEM.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Guest Skeptic: Chip Lange is an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) working primarily in rural Missouri in community hospitals. He also hosts a great #FOAMed blog and podcast called TOTAL EM. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. He also hosts a great #FOAMed blog and podcast called TOTAL EM.

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Emergency Department EMS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 16, 2022

Disclaimer: The views and opinions of this blog […] The post SGEM#365: Stop! It’s Not Always Hammer Time first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Disclaimer: The views and opinions of this blog and podcast do not represent the United States Government or the US Military.

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Emergency Department ALS OR ED 100

REBEL EM

JULY 1, 2024

Comparison of BPAP S/T and Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support Modes for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Comparison of BPAP S/T and Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support Modes for Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department via ambulance with midsternal nonradiating chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. Pain improved to 1/10 after EMS administers 324 mg aspirin and the following EKG is obtained at triage. What do you think?

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EMOttawa

AUGUST 15, 2024

Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and unclear. This is not all-encompassing, […] The post By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (part 1) appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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ED Emergency Department Critical Care 74

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“The ED-AWARENESS study: A prospective, observational cohort study of awareness with paralysis in mechanically ventilated patients admitted from the emergency department.” ” Annals of emergency medicine 77.5 References Pappal, Ryan D., 2021): 532-544.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 12, 2024

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326773 Two-year-old Moyo is brought to the emergency department because her parents were concerned about noisy breathing. Most children can be discharged from the emergency department after a dose of corticosteroids and an appropriate safety net. Published Online First: 15 April 2024.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 14, 2019

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 emergency department via EMS with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 10 and both pupils reactive.

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Emergency Department EMS ALS OR 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 16, 2021

In the emergency department (ED), tetracaine drops are applied prior to slit lamp examination and the pain is completely resolved. More information on the where the no topical anesthetic use on corneal abrasions come from can be found on a REBEL EM blog post.

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