Core Ultrasound

AUGUST 3, 2023

Basic POCUS Physics Knobology Color/Power Doppler

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

? OMI Pocket Guide The OMI Pocket Guide ( [link] ) is a user-friendly online resource designed to help healthcare professionals learn how to recognize subtle signs of acute coronary occlusion on the ECG which represent occlusion myocardial infarctions (OMI). Learning to recognize OMIs is an important clinical skill because it helps identify the subpopulation of "NSTEMIs" who are likely to be found with total thrombotic occlusion at the time of cardiac catherization.

STEMI 67

STEMI Coronary OR 67

REBEL EM

AUGUST 3, 2023

Background: Many patients report a vague history of penicillin allergy. The vast majority of these self-reported allergies are untrue (< 5%) . Literature including patients with penicillin allergies also show longer, more complicated hospital courses. Standard practice for identifying errant allergy reporting and removing them from the patients’ chart requires skin testing followed by an oral penicillin challenge.

Allergic Reaction 52

Allergic Reaction OR ALS Emergency Department 52

EMDocs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Authors: Eric Sabatini Regueira, MD (Emergency Medicine PGY-3, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC) and Ann-Jeannette Geib, MD (Emergency Physician/Medical Toxicologist, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC)// Reviewed by: James Dazhe Cao, MD (@JamesCaoMD, Associate Professor of EM, Medical Toxicology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case: A 26-year-old female with history of depression presents to the ED after ingestin

Overdose 81

Overdose E-9-1-1 OR ED 81