First 10 EM

JUNE 24, 2024

A can’t intubate can’t oxygenate scenario will always be scary, but after years of mental rehearsal and some real world experience, the idea of surgical front of neck access in an adult doesn’t bother me much. (I think that is an important mental space for emergency physicians to find if you want to be able […] The post The pediatric can’t intubate can’t oxygenate scenario (Use a knife) appeared first on First10EM.

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The Bottom Line

JUNE 24, 2024

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Turgeson AF. NEJM June 13 2024; doi:10.

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EMCrit Project

JUNE 24, 2024

a unique ventilatory mode unfortunately only available on Hamilton vents EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Life in the Fastlane

JUNE 24, 2024

Kane Guthrie and Mike Cadogan LITFL Update 030 Update 029. Sending you FOAMed content from around the globe. Latest trends and best articles so that you stay top of your field.

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This Podcast Will Kill You

JUNE 24, 2024

The word “poison” is much more subjective than it may first appear. It’s likely you’ve come across the phrase, “the dose makes the poison”, referring to some compounds that are beneficial in small amounts but deadly in others – such as digitalis. And then there’s the intended recipient of the “poison”; a poison to one animal might be a boon to another, like milkweeds and monarch butterflies.

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EMOttawa

JUNE 24, 2024

Methodology: 3.5/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Nasr Isfahani M, et al. BMC Emerg Med. 2024 Jan 25;24(1):15. Question and Methods: This triple blinded RCT of 158 patients with isolated closed limb fractures assessed pain scores at 1-hour following the administration of intravenous acetaminophen, acetaminophen plus ibuprofen, or morphine. Findings: The study findings demonstrate that parenteral ibuprofen in […] The post Comparing the efficacy of intravenous morphine versus ibuprofen or the combination

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ALiEM

JUNE 24, 2024

With some things in life, speed is everything. Adenosine is one of those things. With an ultrafast half-life estimated to be between 0.6 to 10 seconds [1], parenterally administered adenosine needs to reach the cells of the AV-node and cardiac pacemaker cells in an expedited fashion to facilitate the termination of supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs).

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