St. Emlyn's
JULY 11, 2024
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine's guidelines for managing non-fatal strangulation (NFS). These guidelines advocate a trauma-informed, multidisciplinary approach to improve outcomes for patients who have experienced NFS. @stemlyns #FOAMed The post Non-fatal strangulation appeared first on St.Emlyn's.
American Ambulance Association
JULY 11, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 proposed rule that proposes changes to the CY 2025 definitions of ALS-2 services to include […] The post CMS Proposed Expansion of ALS-2 to include Low-Tier O+ Whole Blood Transfusions Fails to Include Additional Funding for the Services appeared first on American Ambulance Association.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 11, 2024
This is another case sent by the undergraduate (who is applying to med school) who works as an EKG tech. How is it possible that a kid who has not even started medical school can know so much about EKGs and cardiology? Because: 1) He has been reading this blog for a long time. 2) He is curious This is how Pendell got started. Case A 43 year old male with a history of DM II, hyperlipidemia, and a family history of myocardial infarction presented to a family clinic with two days of epigastric pain
The Bottom Line
JULY 11, 2024
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis during Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (REVISE) D. Cook. NEJM 2024. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2404245 Clinical Question In mechanically ventilated adults, does stress ulcer prophylaxis with intravenous pantoprazole (40 mg daily), compared with placebo (0.9% saline), reduce the occurrence of clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding at 90 days?
SSCOR
JULY 11, 2024
Asthma is a common affliction, affecting 8% to 10% e of the population. Many childhood asthmatics grow out of the disorder in adulthood, so a disproportionate percentage of people with asthma are children. For most people, asthma is a minor inconvenience akin to – and often associated with – seasonal allergies. An unlucky fraction of asthmatics, however, have a more severe form of the illness.
Firefighters and EMS Fund
JULY 11, 2024
On June 18th, 2024, firefighters across America earned a powerful reason to celebrate: by a landslide vote of 88 to 2, the U.S. Senate approved S.870, also known as the Fire Grants and Safety Act. As one of the final acts of the current legislative term, this bill will secure significant funds for fire and […] The post MAJOR Legislative Victory: AFG and SAFER Signed Into Law appeared first on Firefighters and EMS Fund.
ACEP Now
JULY 11, 2024
It’s 7 a.m. and before you’ve even taken the first sips of your morning coffee, you’ve already received sign out. The last person on your list is the young man resting in a hallway bed recovering from a drunken fight. Thankfully he has no major injuries and by the time you get around to evaluating him, he’s clinically sober come up and eager to leave.
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EMOttawa
JULY 11, 2024
In Fall 2023, I was working an evening shift at a community hospital when we got a patch. A 3-year-old girl was being brought in by EMS with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. CPR was ongoing, and their ETA was 10 minutes. We prepared the ED for the patient’s arrival. According to EMS, the patient had […] The post Invasive Group A Strep (iGAS).
FirstNet Authority
JULY 11, 2024
FirstNet at the Cow Creek Umpqua Pow Wow Blog joseph.rey@fir… Thu, 07/11/2024 - 13:08 By Jasper Bruner, National Tribal Government Liaison, First Responder Network Authority Learn more about how FirstNet is transforming public safety communications — contact your local FirstNet Authority Public Safety Advisor and sign up for our discipline newsletters.
NVFC
JULY 11, 2024
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) recently hosted two train-the-trainer events for instructors who will teach about key issues in the fire service across the U.S. One session addressed electric vehicle/alternative fueled vehicle (EV/AFV) incidents, while the other focused on recruitment and retention (R&R). Both trainings took place in Buffalo, NY, immediately following the NVFC Training Summit.
Pulsara
JULY 11, 2024
The mental health of America’s youth is under duress, and it didn’t start with COVID-19. It’s a problem that’s been a much longer time coming. In 2023, authors led by Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Tanner Bommersbach, M.D., MPH, examined trends in young people’s use of emergency departments. What they discovered was startling: From 2011 to 2020, the weighted number of pediatric ED visits related to mental health rose from 4.8 million to 7.5 million – an average increase of 8% a year.
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