Emergency Medicine Cases

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I had the enormous honour of interviewing Dr. Ben McKenzie, EM physician and a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne studying the topic of resuscitation algorithms in anaphylaxis and asthma. The tragic death of his son Ben McKenzie at the age 15 from hypoxic respiratory arrest as a result of anaphylaxis and asthma in 2021 has led Dr. McKenzie on a mission to prevent deaths from anaphylaxis and asthma by educating emergency providers around the world using his AMAX4 algorithm as a framewor

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The pelvic x-ray is from a 12 year old with hip pain following a fall onto left side while doing a cartwheel. What can be noticed?

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EMS 130

Emergency Medicine Cases

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The EM Cases Quiz Vault is now on Anki flashcards to help you solidify knowledge of Emergency Medicine Cases podcasts. Herein lies a guide to optimize EM Cases Anki decks, download links and more. The post EM Cases Quiz Vault on Anki appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Medgadget

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed an electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor that is incorporated into a virtual reality headset. The technology can measure brain activity while someone is undergoing an immersive virtual reality experience. The device may assist in enhancing medical virtual reality interventions, such as those used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder or phobias, by revealing brain activity during different tasks or experiences that help clinicians to

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

42 year old alcoholic man, with type 2 DM. Presented with alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

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Medgadget

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have developed an implantable bioreactor that may pave the way for artificial kidneys. Dialysis and kidney transplants both have significant disadvantages for patients with kidney failure, and so scientists are trying to develop a lab created kidney that would not require harsh immunosuppression or a donor kidney.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

2 middle aged males presented with chest pain. Which had the more severe chest pain at the time of the ECG? Here is the ECG of patient 1 , recorded about 2 hours after pain onset: A Massive Anterolateral STEMI/OMI Peak troponin I over 60,000 ng/L Here is the ECG of patient 2 , recorded about 2 hours after pain onset: This is OMI, but it is not STEMI Peak troponin I 440 ng/L Patient 1 at the top with the massive ST Elevation complained of 5/10 chest pain at the time the ECG was recorded.

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NCOAE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The suicide rate among emergency medical service (EMS) professionals rose a shocking 38 percent since 2009, according to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. But as shocking as that statistic is, it should come as no surprise. As an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic, you typically work a five-day rotation of 12-hour shifts (days or nights).

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Physician Workforce Diversity in EM Health inequities along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines are a brutal reality of the curre.

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