Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 7, 2024

Knowing how to manage a severe asthma exacerbation in the ER is a vital ingredient to being a successful ER doctor, but what about the more mild cases? The kids with a history of wheezing that are at the start of a viral URI but not yet in the midst of an exacerbation? What recommendations should we be giving these families? Lucky for us, in 2020 there were some updates made to the NIH Asthma Management Guidelines and we’re going to discuss which ones can help us in the Emergency Department!

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American Ambulance Association

JUNE 7, 2024

House Passes Language to Stop FY2025 Start of VA Final Rule On June 5, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY2025 MilCon-VA-Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Included in the bill […] The post Updates on the VA Final Rule and NDAA Workforce Amendment appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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EMergucate

JUNE 7, 2024

The lateral neck x-ray shows a linear radio opaque foreign body approximately 2 inch long (chicken bone from history) in … Continue reading →

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American Ambulance Association

JUNE 7, 2024

The all-volunteer National EMS Memorial Service honors EMS professionals who have died in the line of duty. Write your message of sympathy for the families of the 2024 honorees below, […] The post Share Your Message of Support for Families of Fallen EMS Heroes appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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EMergucate

JUNE 7, 2024

The chest x-ray shows left sided pleural based opacity protruding into the lung field with a reverse D appearance.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

Written by Jesse McLaren A 45-year-old presented with 24 hours of intermittent chest pain. Below are serial ECGs focusing on the inferior leads and aVL. Can you guess the sequence? First, what’s the interpretation of each ECG on its own? #1 There’s T wave inversion in III/aVF and a taller T wave in aVL and V2. On it’s own this is nonspecific, but in the right context this could be diagonal occlusion (if active chest pain) or infero-posterior reperfusion (if resolved chest pain). #2 Normal ECG #3

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EMergucate

JUNE 7, 2024

The frontal x-ray shows crowding of the radio capitellar space.

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EMergucate

JUNE 7, 2024

The abdominal x-ray shows paucity of gas in the abdomen.

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Life in the Fastlane

JUNE 7, 2024

Georgina Beech, Leon Lam, Jennifer Davidson and Parvathy Suresh Kochath CT Case 067 80-year-old female presents with four days of left flank pain and fever. She is febrile 39.5, HR 110, and hypotensive with SBP 90.

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The EMS Educator

JUNE 7, 2024

On July 1, 2024, the NREMT will transition from the current psychomotor examinations to the new AEMT Certification Examination and new Paramedic Certification Examination. According to the NREMT, this will "bring Paramedic and AEMT examinations in line with most other health-based professions, which have made similar updates in recent years, and matches the best research and science that’s currently available.

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Life in the Fastlane

JUNE 7, 2024

Parvathy Suresh Kochath, Georgina Beech, Leon Lam and Jennifer Davidson CT Case 066 A 71-year-old presents with vomiting and abdominal pain and inability to open his bowels. This was preceded by three days of diarrhoea.

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