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EM Cases Top 10 Best of 2024

Emergency Medicine Cases

Based on a blend of number of listens, views, feedback from listeners, website traffic and personal faves, EM Cases Top 10 Best of 2024 podcasts, videos and blog posts. The post EM Cases Top 10 Best of 2024 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Communic8: Eight Universal Leadership Lessons from the Children’s Emergency Department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The Childrens Emergency Department is a busy, challenging, and dynamic environment. The skills needed to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people are multifaceted and constantly evolving. They involve a mixture of clinical, communication, and leadership traits. Having recently moved from a leadership position within the Childrens Emergency Department to a more system-based role involving children of all ages, its apparent to me how transferable my experiences on the shop

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Lifting Buddy - The Left Ventricular Assist Device

FOAMfrat

Anyone who has tried a little resistance training knows that a lifting buddy can really help lighten the load and ensure you have enough strength to prevent yourself from getting smothered by the bar. They may have to pick up the slack even more on days you are feeling weak, but a good lifting buddy helps you build strength and improve performance. The LVAD is a device for the weak heart that still requires some cardiac effort, but takes some the majority of burden off the LV.

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2024 Ancient Order of St. Florian and St. Michael Inductees: Robert and Kirstiana Dittman

First Responders Foundation

2024 Ancient Order of St. Florian and St. Michael Inductees: Robert and Kirstiana Dittman Robert D. Dittman Division Chief, Internal Affairs Division, Texas Public Safety and Investigations (TXPSI LLC.) Robert Dittman was directly appointed as Division Chief to command the Internal Affairs Division January of 2023. Initially an independent contract Attorney in 2022, Chief Dittman came to TXPSI with experience practicing law for over ten years in the areas of criminal defense, government liaison,

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Don’t Forget to Bubble Wrap

Don't Forget the Bubbles

We love learning and sharing what we learn. In this post, we will discuss Bubble Wraps , one of the many ways to get further involved in the Dont Forget The Bubbles (DFTB) community. What is a Bubble Wrap? The DFTB team releases Bubble Wraps each month. They are a roundup of interesting and useful articles that our Bubble Wrappers have found during the month.

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OMI? Subendocardial ischemia? Does it matter in this clinical context?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 70s with known prior coronary artery disease experienced acute chest pain and shortness of breath. The chest pain was described as severe pressure radiating to both shoulders. Vital signs were within normal limits. She presented to the Emergency Department at around 3.5 hours since onset. She had taken aspirin at home.

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