The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Case: You are an administrator responsible for staffing emergency departments (EDs) in a health care system comprising both urban and rural locales. While APPs have traditionally focused on low-acuity patient encounters, as ED visit volumes and physician shortages increase, APPs are seeing more complex, high-acuity patients (5-6).

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Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

1 2 3 4 This article will focus on three lower extremity (LE) nerve blocks commonly used for acute lower extremity pain in the ED. 1 2 3 4 This article will focus on three lower extremity (LE) nerve blocks commonly used for acute lower extremity pain in the ED. link] [3] Morrison RS, Magaziner J, Gilbert M, et al.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Upon review of the history, several of the patients had been exposed to a liquid acetaminophen-based teething medication. 1 Clinical Questions: When should a clinician suspect diethylene glycol (DEG) toxicity? What is the management of suspected or confirmed DEG toxicity? What are the public health implications of DEG toxicity?

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The Overrun

DECEMBER 7, 2019

In 2015, Monique Rose and others wrote an article in JEMS magazine [2] that, among other things, tells a haunting story of an EMS provider who drove down a dark road, texted her children that she loved them, and completed suicide. Ed Bauter is a paramedic and second year medical student. So why is this? We must be missing something.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The potential adverse patient effects of ambulance ramping, a relatively new problem at the interface between prehospital and ED care. Article first published in Australian Emergency Services Magazine Vol 21. But what are we teaching them about the realities of care during several hours of ramping, stacking, waiting or wall time?

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