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SGEM Xtra: I Wish that I Had Jesse’s Book

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Jesse Pines is the Chief Clinical Innovation at US Acute Care Solutions and a Clinical Professor and George Washington University and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University. In this role, he focuses on […] The post SGEM Xtra: I Wish that I Had Jesse’s Book first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

On a busy day shift in the emergency department, our seasoned triage nurse comes to me after I finish caring for a hallway patient, “Hey, can you come see this guy in the triage room? This is the essence of emergency medicine. After some fentanyl, applying traction, and “opening the book,” he improved. Ann Emerg Med.

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Your Employer Should be an Open Book

ACEP Now

Even figuring out which medical practice staffs a particular emergency department is challenging. As job boards post only about one-fifth of emergency department jobs at any given time, the emergency-physician application process often still relies heavily on word of mouth. P201200 (letter). ACEP website.

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Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department

ACEP Now

The emergency department (ED) at UVA was rebuilt in 2019 and the department had not fully optimized its operations when COVID-19 hit. These real-time strategies being employed at UVA Health are cutting-edge operations and not yet embedded into many emergency department operations.

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Trick of Trade: Alternative to a Pressure Bag for IV Fluids

ALiEM

Note that conventional pressure bags may not be readily available in emergency departments and could blow the line you worked hard to secure. Read the series Buy the print book! This “gentle pressure” technique allows the clinician to gauge how much positive pressure to administer to minimize the risk of fluid extravasation.

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Trick of Trade: Dual Foley catheter to control massive epistaxis

ALiEM

Read the series Buy the print book! Published Dec 9, 2020 Author information Mohamed Elhadi Abdelhameed, MD Emergency Medicine Physician Emergency Department Ibrahim Malik Teaching Hospital | The post Trick of Trade: Dual Foley catheter to control massive epistaxis appeared first on ALiEM. Reference Goralnick E.

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Weakness and Palpitations. What’s “long” with this ECG?

Core EM

The Case A 24-year-old man with no past medical or surgical history presented to the emergency department with 5 days of progressively worsening bilateral leg cramping, paresthesias, and multiple falls. The Internet Book of Critical Care. Acute and emergency care for thyrotoxicosis and thyroid storm. Mol Endocrinol.