The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It is more important than ever during these difficult times to stay socially connected to those we love and care about. […] The post SGEM Xtra: Read It In Books – Season#6 first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. As a gift, please accept this PDF book of SGEM Season#6. I know it will grow as big and strong as he did.

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ALiEM

JULY 22, 2023

Read the series Buy the print book! Trick of the Trade: Manually provide positive pressure fluids using a 3-way stopcock Attach a 3-way stopcock between the angiocatheter and IV tubing. In the unused port, attach a 10 or 20 cc syringe. Interested in Other Tricks of the Trade?

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Emergency Department OR Critical Care 241

ALiEM

MAY 24, 2023

Read the series Buy the print book! All revolve around understanding zipper anatomy and obtaining adequate exposure to assess how the skin is entrapped. The penile skin often is entrapped either in the sliding mechanism (also known as the endplate) or between the teeth of the zipper. Freed zipper body Interested in Other Tricks of the Trade?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 9, 2024

Brian is the host of the amazing CBC show White Coat Black Art and has authored several great books. One of the best books he wrote was called The Power of Kindness – Why Empathy is Essential in Everyday Life. Be Kind: One more super important thing that you should consider as part of your EM philosophy is to be kind.

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Peter Canning

DECEMBER 9, 2023

If you have enjoyed my blog over the years, please considered buying some of my books this Christmas, either as gifts or to read yourself. Johns Hopkins Press is holding a big sale on my book Killing Season: A Paramedic’s Dispatches from the Font Lines of the Opioid Epidemic. All books are available on Kindle. Only $6.95

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 7, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: March 23rd, 2018 This is a SGEM Xtra book review. Jeanne book is called The Danger Within Us: America’s Untested, Unregulated Medical Device […] The post SGEM Xtra: The Danger Within Us first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeanne Lenzer.

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Course Hotel: Hampton Inn Bulverde Texas Hill Country (Email Alison.McCully@hiscentre.com for Corporate Booking Link). Levitan and Dr. Rezaie on crisis performance, oxygenation, airway anatomy, laryngoscopy, endoscopy, pediatrics, rescue oxygenation techniques and critical care. Enrollment limited to 32 maximum • Breakfast.

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Critical Care EMS OR 71

High Performance EMS

MAY 11, 2023

I am pleased to announce the availability of my latest paperback book. The foundational concept that drove the development of this book is that any agency who responds to emergency requests from the public needs to thoughtfully consider where their resources are located when they are not actively engaged on a call.

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Ambulance Paramedic EMS OR 130

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post REBEL Cast Book Club Episode 4 — The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. Simply put, flow is the peak of human performance, maximum focus with maximum responsiveness, an optimal state of consciousness.

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Critical Care Scenarios

JUNE 14, 2020

The book Buy the new textbook (Bryan edited, Brandon authored a chapter) here or on Amazon: Concepts in Surgical Critical Care, First Edition ed.

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This Podcast Will Kill You

APRIL 23, 2024

The TPWKY book club is back in action, and we’re thrilled to be starting this season’s reading journey with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens , reproductive rights advocate, Associate Professor in the University of Connecticut history department , and award-winning author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 2, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: May 26th, 2018 This is a SGEM Xtra book review. display_podcast] Date: May 26th, 2018 This is a SGEM Xtra book review. He is the host of CBC radio show White Coat Black Art and the author of the bestselling books The Night Shift and the Secret language of Doctors.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Coming into triage, I see a young man—Georgian-speaking—bracing himself with a hand against the wall and holding his lower abdomen. With what I can only describe as a “grimace” by a singular word, his face conveyed so much more. Without talking or touching the patient, the triage nurse picked up on a deep pain.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

A better option is to try kindness as outlined in the excellent book by Dr. Brian Goldman. We discussed Brian’s book on the SGEM Xtra called Don’t Give Up – The Power of Kindness. It does not just come from patients and/or their relatives, as in this case, but can also come from the medical team.

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Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Lipophilic with adipose deposition, withdrawal symptoms after prolonged infusion Hydromorphone 5 – 15 min 2 – 3 hr 0.5 – 3 mg/hr No active metabolites however parent drug can accumulate in renal failure Morphine 5 – 10 min 3 – 4 hr 2 – 30 mg/hr Active metabolites can accumulate in renal failure Remifentanil 1 – 3 min 3 – 10 min Loading dose: 1.5

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Handtevy

MARCH 28, 2019

Godin’s podcast drives home the same point as the recently published book Ending Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives by Cifu and Prasad. The amazing part of this story is that it took more than 20 years for the scientific community to prove this theory to be correct and for other doctors to accept it as standard practice.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 30, 2018

He is the host of the CBC radio show White Coat Black Art and the author of the bestselling books The Night Shift and the Secret Language of Doctors. Dr. Goldman had a fantastic new book published in 2018 called The Power of Kindness : Why Empathy is Essential in Everyday Life.

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Emergency Department EMS OR 130

ALiEM

AUGUST 9, 2023

Distractions such as a toy, book, or phone/tablet can also help ease anxiety. When there is lung pathology, the consolidation or fluid allows for direct visualization of the pathology with lung POCUS and replaces the air artifacts. The patient should be in a position of comfort: supine, sitting, or in parent’s lap (Figure 1).

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E-9-1-1 Emergency Department ALS OR 246

Critical Care Scenarios

MAY 31, 2020

The book Buy the new textbook (Bryan edited, Brandon authored a chapter) here or on Amazon: Concepts in Surgical Critical Care, First Edition ed.

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Critical Care Epinephrine ED ALS 100

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

New ACEP Resource Encourages Employer Transparency, Information Sharing ACEP Open Book, developed with Ivy Clinicians, is a new tool for emergency physicians that uncovers employer practices and shares important information to help every emergency physician make the career decisions best for them. Learn more at openbook.acep.org.

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Emergency Department EMS ED OR 98

First 10 EM

DECEMBER 4, 2023

There have been 453 blog posts to date, and I am getting very close to having written 1 million words in total, or the equivalent of 20 average length nonfiction books. First10EM is wrapping up its 9th year in existence.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 26, 2018

” The term meme was coined by Dr. Richard Dawkins in book the Selfish Gene published in 1976. Weekly SGEM Schedule Saturday/Sunday SGEM: A new episodes of the SGEM will be posted most Saturdays or Sundays depending on my schedule. The blog will be about 2,ooo words in length that you can read while drinking your morning coffee.

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OR 130

EMS 20/20

JULY 24, 2024

For the first time ever, Chris and Spencer will be squaring off to see who can pass the test the best as the guys test one another using the 100 Patient Scenarios book by Master Your Medics! Check out the masteryourmedics.com bookstore and get a copy of the 100 Patient Scenarios Book today!

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OR 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Except there’s one problem… I never had anyone actually teach me how to read a research paper… Do I read it like a book? Read between the lines. No matter where we are or what type of medicine we practice, it is likely that we all were told at one point that we were expected to be lifelong learners. Beginning to end? Can I skip around?

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OR 144

Core EM

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Internet Book of Critical Care. 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. and tends to occur in men of Asian descent. and tends to occur in men of Asian descent. Mol Endocrinol.

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First 10 EM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The First10EM monthly (or I guess seasonal this time) wrap up is a place for me to share updates about the website, about my academic life, and also interesting content, such as books, podcasts, and other FOAMed, that I have encountered in the prior month.

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FOAMfrat

MAY 19, 2024

In his new book, Clinical Airway Management , Austin Kiser writes, “Our individual clinical expertise has nothing to do with our organization. In it, he wrote: Always remember what you have learned from these books. Remember that it is not important to know every word in a book; it is less important that you act as if you do.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 8, 2023

However, patients remain concerned about losing a testicle, and there is high medicolegal risk. Pain can be intermittent. 84-90% have testicular pain. May start within a few hours of a minor trauma or wake them from sleep. Abdominal/flank pain – 20% ONLY have this complaint (check this testicles in a male patient with abdominal/flank pain).

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ALS Emergency Department OR 91

Medgadget

JUNE 12, 2023

The book covers over 200 years of research, from Luigi Galvani’s experiments on frog legs in the late 1700’s to the popularity of “ electroceuticals ” in the last decade. Honestly from there the book just about wrote itself. It’s been posed by a lot of people who got in touch after reading my book.

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OR 78

Medgadget

JUNE 9, 2023

Moreover, it is not typically possible to perform an endoscopy in a community clinic or in the ER, meaning that patients with severe stomach pain cannot receive a diagnosis without booking a second appointment for an endoscopy elsewhere in the hospital. ” See a video about the technology below.

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Ambulance Driver Files

MAY 31, 2023

One of the most egregious disservices to EMS students is what passes for medicolegal education in EMT or Paramedic school. Far too often, students are subjected to myth, dogma and outright b t from instructors who have at best a superficial understanding of the subject, most of whom have never had their lessons taught or vetted.

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EMT EMT Paramedic EMS 40

ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

Clarke took from 19781980 provide a glimpse into working in an emergency department in the years the specialty was being established. At first glance, one might notice the clothesnurses in white dresses and doctors in wide ties or bellbottom jeansor the hairafros, sideburns, and mustaches aplenty. Now, we have ultrasound or CT scans to confirm.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

Several books have been written on this topic with great names like Ornitherapy , Zen Birds , and Keep Looking Up. Like many of you, five years ago, I had no idea what “birding” was. I was vaguely aware of these little creatures that would occasionally peck on my house, excrete on my car, or chirp outside my window.

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Emergency Department OR 116

EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 2, 2022

So, when I first began teaching ECGs and writing my books (in the early 1980s) — I decided to synthesize my impressions of the literature into what I felt (e.g. Upon arrival he was found alert and oriented, and without gross distress. He denied difficulty breathing, epigastric pain, or chest discomfort. Figure 1-2. Is it LBBB, or LAFB?

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ALS STEMI Coronary OR 130

Medgadget

MAY 12, 2023

Traditional ultrasound technology has a long history of use in medical monitoring, but usually this requires a patient to attend a clinic, sit with an experience ultrasound technician, receive the scan, and then book another appointment for a follow-up scan some time later.

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OR 100

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 13, 2021

The guest skeptic for SGEM#201 was Dr. Chris Carpenter, who literally wrote the book on diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision instruments in the ED with Dr. Jesse Pines. Date: March 11th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency physician in the US Air Force in Ohio. Reference: Post et al. Reference: Post et al.

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ALS Emergency Department ED OR 100

Medgadget

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The device can unfold, like the structures in children’s pop-up books, to form a surface electrode array and four penetrating shanks that can measure signals from deeper within the neural tissue. They are similar to the children’s pop-up books: You have the flat shape, and then you apply the compressive force.

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