Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 9, 2024

The decision of whether or not to order a CT head for an older patient who falls is one I need to make on almost every shift. The Canadian CT Head Rule does not apply to older patients. Does the recently derived Falls Decision Rule give us an answer to the question of which older patients can safely forego a CT head after a fall? Dr. Rohit Mohindra reviews the latest evidence in this EM Cases Journal Club.

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EMergucate

JULY 9, 2024

The following ECG is from a 74-year-old man with one hour of chest pain. He has no cardiac risk factors and denies any significant medical history.

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St. Emlyn's

JULY 9, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed A podcast with Steve Smith ECG educator extraordinaire where we discuss occlusive myocardial infarction and the future of AI and ECG interpretation. The post Podcast – Occlusive Myocardial Infarction, ECGs and Artificial Intelligence with Steve Smith appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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EMergucate

JULY 9, 2024

75 year old lady presented to the emergency department after a fall. In ED she was found to be slightly febrile with blood pressure of 95/55.

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Emergency Department ED 130

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 9, 2024

Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s was found by his family in cardiac arrest of unknown duration. His family started CPR and called EMS, who arrived to find him in ventricular fibrillation. 15 minutes after EMS arrival, after at least 6 defibrillations, the patient achieved sustained ROSC. He arrived to the ED with severe hypotension, heart rate in the 70s, unable to follow commands but moving all extremities requiring restraint and sedation, respiratory rate around 24/min being supporte

Defibrillator 101

Defibrillator STEMI CPR EMS 101

FirstNet Authority

JULY 9, 2024

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EMDocs

JULY 9, 2024

The emDOCs.net team is very happy to collaborate with PECARN STELAR (Seattle, Dallas/Texas, and Los Angeles) Node and the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) in presenting high-yield pediatric topics that highlight evidence based medicine with solid research. Today on we have our two renowned experts, Dr.

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Emergency Department Emergency Medical Services ED EMS 71