The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED). 2022 Nov Guest Skeptics: Dr. Nour Khatib is an emergency physician in Toronto working in community sites Markham Stouffville Hospital and Lakeridge health. Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED).

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Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

We go over the essential and complex topic of vasopressors in the ED.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Yoo, MD (Assistant Professor/Core Faculty, San Antonio, TX) // Reviewed by Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case An 18-year-old man with a history of asthma and medication noncompliance presents to the emergency department (ED) with acute onset shortness of breath. He states that he recently moved to Texas from Colorado.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

You’re in the paediatric emergency department, typing some notes for the child you’ve just discharged. There were 15 doctors and nurses from three paediatric EDs. Hot debriefs It’s clear that hot debriefs are valued by experienced ED staff and help reduce emotional toil. And then head back to the paeds ED.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Today’s video evaluates inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for asthma in the ED setting. EBM Updates: Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma in the ED Background : Asthma is a common ED issue, with patient presentations ranging from needing a medication refill to severe exacerbation in respiratory failure.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

In many emergency departments (ED), US machines are readily available and can be used to rapidly assess and monitor patients with acute dyspnea at the bedside. What They Did: Design: Randomized, controlled, blinded-outcome trial Sites: Three emergency departments in Denmark Duration: October 9, 2019 to May 26, 2021.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 2, 2022

Take-Pause: Efficacy of mindfulness-based virtual reality as an intervention in the pediatric emergency department. AEM March 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. Reference: Butt et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. He is also one of the world’s leading researchers on pain management in the emergency department, specifically the use of ketamine. of all ED visits resulting in 2.6

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ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A 32-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) from an outside hospital for further management of right eye pain and vision loss sustained after he was struck by a metal wire while at work.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 27, 2019

A Multifaceted Intervention Improves Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings. AEM July 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and clinical lecturer in Calgary. Date: July 22nd, 2019 Reference: Yadav et al.

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CanadiEM

MARCH 12, 2024

In this issue, we collaborated with the CJEM team to present “Hypotension and respiratory events related to electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in the emergency department” in a visual abstract format​1​.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 14, 2018

Effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine versus intravenous morphine for patients with renal colic in the emergency department. Urology 2012 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Tony Seupaul is the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arkansas. Of course we were skeptical and wanted to review the evidence.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The trade off to using FI for these challenging airways is the consideration of an aspiration event, the initial indication for RSI. However, RSI has never been shown to reduce the risk of aspiration in the ED (13) or during emergent OR cases (14). To date, ketamine has been the agent of choice (12).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 22, 2019

Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. Case: The emergency department is backing up. Your medical team is great, but you […] The post SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Broome Docs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Is it a good idea to keep geriatric patients in the ED overnight? Are you being irradiated by the portable Xray machines in your ED? Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients. Metronidazole-associated Neurologic Events: A Nested Case-control Study. J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med.

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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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ALiEM

JANUARY 12, 2024

A 42-year old Bengali man with a history of hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department with facial swelling, diffuse rash, renal insufficiency and proteinuria after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine (Moderna) booster dose. He was advised to go to the Emergency Department. 2020 Feb 11;38(7):1746-1752. 2019.12.028.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JULY 8, 2024

However, ketamine may be associated with adverse clinical events including a higher intubation rate. The primary endpoint was incidence of endotracheal intubation occurring during transportation and within one hour after arrival to the emergency department (ED).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Case: A 34-year-old male presents to the emergency department with burning epigastric pain after eating two hours ago. Background: Patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with epigastric pain are typically treated with an antacid, either alone or combined with other medications. AEM Sept 2020.

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Core EM

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Annie: I developed an interest in EM while working as a scribe in the ED during college. In addition to what Charlotte and Nick said, I can envision myself staying calm in the stressful situations that come up in the ED. How does your medical school support interest in emergency medicine careers?

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Core EM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Annie: I developed an interest in EM while working as a scribe in the ED during college. In addition to what Charlotte and Nick said, I can envision myself staying calm in the stressful situations that come up in the ED. How does your medical school support interest in emergency medicine careers?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 20, 2018

Background: Patients present commonly to their primary care providers (PCPs) and to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of a sore throat. million visits annually to PCPs and EDs for sore throat. The ibuprofen did not help and he is requesting antibiotics so he can get back to work sooner.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 2, 2022

Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Physicians, nurses, and staff in emergency departments (EDs) across the country have encountered workplace violence for years. While staff exposure to this violence varies, literature shows nurses are most frequently exposed, with up to 90 percent having experienced workplace violence in their ED careers.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 9, 2025

As hospital boarding, increased emergency department (ED) volumes, and complexity of patients have increased, so have wait times. Some physicians now coin themselves waiting room medicine specialists as departments schedule a physician in triage or attempt to evaluate patients in whatever spaces might be available.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 30, 2023

The parents of 9-month-old Josie bring her into the Emergency Department with coryzal symptoms and difficulty breathing. A secondary analysis of a nationwide study of Emergency Department attendance in America from 2006 to 2008 found that CXRs increase the average length of stay by 27 minutes. Am J Emerg Med.

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Learners The target learners were EM residents and physicians practicing in the emergency department. In order to avoid connectivity issues with Wifi, the event administrators broadcasted from an ethernet-connected computer. Internet connection: A stable internet connection is a must. Read more publications from the series.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 23, 2023

In most Emergency Departments, staff are allotted little of that scarce resource, time, to begin processing what has just occurred. The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. After the death of a young person in the Emergency Department, he initiated ‘ The Pause.’ & Liska, H.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

AEM October 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the #FOAMed project called First10EM.com Case: A 19-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with his first time anterior should dislocation after trying to recreate one of his favourite scenes in the movie Lethal Weapon.

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EM Literature of Note

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

However, the unblinded nature of the trial confounds a bit of interpretation of the influence of the crossover event. These were, effectively, stable-but-not-fully-improved inpatients at a small risk for further deterioration, not the acute respiratory distress seen in the ED.

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EM Didactic

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Primary eye disorders or systemic diseases presenting as ophthalmologic complaints may present to the Emergency Department especially when symptoms are acute in onset. Diplopia is one such complaint which we might come across in ED. Key Questions when evaluating diplopia: 1. Is it Monocular or Binocular Diplopia?

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REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

From a safety standpoint this is a great thing, but also could be the reason we see such few adverse events Discussion: There is a recent “push” to utilize “Push dose pressors” as the correction of acute hypotension in a variety of clinical scenarios. Further studies are needed to assess the prevalence of cardiac dysrhythmia.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Case: You are working in the emergency department (ED) and have just been involved in a difficult case in the resuscitation room. During the resuscitation, a relative of the patient you have been treating named Rudy makes a derogatory/rude comment about Emergency Medicine (EM) staff.

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EMDocs

JUNE 2, 2023

The fourth episode in this series will shift gears and talk about safely transporting children to the ED via prehospital services. Best Practices for Evaluation and Treatment of Agitated Children and Adolescents (BETA) in the Emergency Department: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry.

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:57 — 19.2MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarding in the ED In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 4, 2024

We have teamed up with the team from the Emergency Department at Bristol Royal Hospital, who have used this as a springboard for their journal club. (It’s The children’s Emergency department sees approximately 50,000 presentations per year. Children were included if they had a malaria screen in ED.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Key Secondary Endpoints: 5 (3.9%) patients in the IV cetirizine group returned to any ED or clinic within 24 hours compared to 15 (11.1%) in the IV diphenhydramine group; P=0.04 7 (5.5%) patients in the IV cetirizine group returned to any ED or clinic within 48 hours compared to 19 (14.1%) in the IV diphenhydramine group; P=0.02

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