The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 25, 2017

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ICU 100

ICU ED 100

ALiEM

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Our experience: Traditionally, ED physicians do not like ordering urine drug screens (UDS). We have certainly seen patients who have pain which is controlled and still have psychomotor agitation and sympathetic activation, leading some to require ICU admission for dexmedetomidine and/or ketamine infusion. 2023 [book].

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E-9-1-1 Naloxone Emergency Department ALS 161

ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

I was about two months into a family practice internship when I went to visit my uncle whose neighbor happened to be an ED resident, Dr. Clarke said. ED attendings Dr. Gerald Whelan and Dr. Shumary Chow supervising a full arrest in C booththe main trauma roomwith an ED tech administering CPR. Click to enlarge.) Click to enlarge.)

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ED Emergency Department Ambulance CPR 52

Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Background: The immediate post intubation period in the ED is a critical time for continued patient stabilization. The reality of ever increasing ED volumes and longer boarding times to the ICU makes it imperative for emergency physicians to learn how to manage these critical patients.

ICU 246

ICU Emergency Department Critical Care ALS 246

EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. Case A 25-year-old-female presented to the ED in cardiac arrest. Summary This case exemplifies the value of POCUS in cardiac arrest patients in the ED. EKG RV strain. 2014 May;145(5):950-957.

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ED NARCAN ALS OR 98

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 9, 2025

On arrival in the ED, a bedside ultrasound showed poor LV function (as predicted by the Queen of Hearts) with diffuse B-lines. Smith insightfully noted on seeing the initial ED ECG in today's case, "This is very bad.". For clarity in Figure-1 I've reproduced and labeled this initial ED ECG.

Defibrillator 63

Defibrillator STEMI ED Coronary 63

FOAMfrat

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Today, increased mortality rates, higher transfusion requirements, and lengthened ICU stays are recognized as proximate effects of the Trauma Triad. upon ED arrival incur mortality rates of up to 3-5x that of patients without coagulopathy. PubMed , StatPearls Publishing, 5 May 2024, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK603758/.

ICU 119

ICU Emergency Department OR ED 119