Fri.Dec 08, 2023

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Bulge in the Belly

ALiEM

A 45-year-old male status-post right nephrectomy secondary to a renal mass presented to the emergency department with right-sided flank pain. He endorsed low-grade intermittent right-sided flank pain since the nephrectomy one year prior, associated with an increasingly enlarging mass extending laterally from his right abdomen. Over the course of the past several days, the mass had become larger and more painful.

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PulmCrit wee – Loading dose pharmacokinetics for antibiotics

EMCrit Project

A loading dose may be used to rapidly achieve steady-state pharmacokinetics. For drugs with a long half-life, this accelerates the attainment of therapeutic levels: For most drugs with single-compartment pharmacokinetics, a loading dose may be calculated using the following formula: (discussed further here) The graph below illustrates how this equation works: If (dosing interval)/(half life) […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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The Vital Role of EMTs in Sports

Unitek EMT

Explore the critical role EMTs play in preserving the health and well-being of athletes in the high-stakes environment of sports. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) play a crucial role in sports emergencies by providing immediate medical care to athletes who sustain injuries or experience medical issues during sporting events. EMTs are trained to assess and stabilize […] The post The Vital Role of EMTs in Sports appeared first on Unitek EMT.

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Country Stars Alan Jackson, Anne Wilson, Brad Paisley, Brenda Lee, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, George Strait, Jon Pardi, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, and Reba McEntire Join Forces for First Responders Children’s Foundation

First Responders Childrens' Foundation

(Nashville, Dec. 7, 2023) – For the third year in a row, country music’s biggest artists are giving back during the holiday season through a charitable holiday campaign led by Universal Music Group. This year, for the first time, the “Music 4 Good” holiday campaign extends across several Universal Music Group labels and features artists from multiple genres.