Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Sarah Reid on an approach to Infant Vomiting, Brit Long on Orbital Cellulitis essentials, Justin Morgenstern on the PATCH trial - Prehospital TXA in Trauma, Christina Shenvi on Prevention and Treatment of Delirium, Jason Hines on Procedural Skills Decay, Aaron Billin on Altitude Sickness. The post EM Quick Hits 52 Infant Vomiting, Orbital Cellulitis, Prehospital TXA in Trauma, Prevention and Treatment of Delirium, Procedural Skills Decay, Altitude Sickness

EMS 231

EMS 231

American Ambulance Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Highlighting Key Commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility With this reinforced dedication, FICEMS can better achieve and enhance the EMS mission for all persons. FICEMS’ newly released Diversity, Equity, […] The post FICEMS DEIA Statement Now Available appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

Ambulance 130

Ambulance EMS 130

Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this ECG Cases blog Dr. Jesse McLaren guides us through 10 cases, driving home the points that sepsis is a common cause of rapid Afib and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal ST elevation in aVR, myo/pericarditis is a diagnosis of exclusion, endocarditis or lyme carditis can cause AV block, PE can cause low grade fever and ECG signs of acute RV strain and that fever can unmask Brugada syndrome.

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OR STEMI EMS 225

EMergucate

OCTOBER 17, 2023

19 year-old-man recently returned from Sudan presented with fever.

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100

Medgadget

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Arsenal Medical , a medtech company based in Massachusetts, has developed Neocast , an embolic biomaterial designed for catheter-mediated embolization procedures. Conventional materials for embolization can have several limitations, including a lack of radiopacity, catheter clogging, catheter entrapment at the delivery site, solvent-mediated pain at the delivery site, and they can even cause sparking of electrocautery tools.

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OR 69

EMergucate

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Hb = 83 g/L, that is moderate anaemia.

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OR 100

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The typical bag valve mask ventilator (BVM) for adults has a reservoir volume between 1500-2000 mL depending on the manufacturer while th.

Ambulance 76

Ambulance 76

CanadiEM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Infective endocarditis refers to an infection (i.e., bacteria such as Strep, Staph or fungal) that seeds onto the endocardial surface of valves.​1​ The mortality rate of endocarditis is 25%.​2​ Systemic complications include septic embolization and can result in end-organ damage. Although native heart valves are the most commonly affected, prosthetic heart valves, heart valve disease, congenital heart disease, previous history of endocarditis and IV drug use are risk factors for endocarditis and

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OR 52

EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long, MD ( @long_brit) , we discuss the ED evaluation of suspected diverticulitis. Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis Background: Diverticulosis is common: it affects 30% of those age 60 years and up to 80% of those over 80 years. 5-10% of patients with diverticulosis will experience diverticulitis (inflammation of diverticula).

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ED ALS ACPE OR 67

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Eden is 3. She is brought in by her grandmother, who is looking after her for the weekend whilst her parents have a weekend away. Embarrassed in a hushed voice, her grandmother tells you: “There’s something wrong; she keeps touching herself down there. She says it feels nice; she says it’s how she goes to sleep, one hand in her knickers and a thumb in her mouth.

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OR 80