Sat.Jul 08, 2023

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SGEM#409: Same as it Ever Was – Tamiflu for Influenza?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. Evaluation of oseltamivir used to prevent hospitalization in outpatients with influenza: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Int Med 2023. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital. Managing editor of EM:RAP and Associate Editor at REBEL EM.

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By the Numbers: the Emergency Medicine Blogs and Podcasts Rankings

ACEP Now

ACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency medicine physician. ACEP Now is an official publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

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EMCrit Wee – Case of Failure of Pulse Ox to Confirm Transcutaneous Pacemaker (TCP) Capture with Mathieu Brunet

EMCrit Project

Today I am joined by Mathieu Brunet, MD; a EM Doc and Trauma Team Leader. He recently wrote me with a case of Transcutaneous Pacing in which he thought he had mechanical capture due to a perfect matched pulse ox waveform. Well it turned out that was erroneous. Why??? Listen to this episode. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Pelvic Fractures

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

Pelvic fractures can be a major source of life threatening hemorrhage. Suspect fracture with significant force/mechanism. Signs are pelvic tendern.

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Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up

EMDocs

We always work hard, but we may not have time to read through a bunch of journals. It’s time to learn smarter. Originally published at JournalFeed , a site that provides daily or weekly literature updates. Follow Dr. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: DEVICE RCT – VL vs DL for Critically Ill Adults Spoon Feed Video laryngoscopy (VL) was associated with higher rates of first attempt intubation success compared to direct laryngoscopy (DL) for critically ill patient

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Tme to Access: IO vs IV

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

This study found that time to intraosseous was faster than time to peripheral IV. This lead to quicker resuscitation time. This was particularly tr.

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Well that really sucks, I failed at 120 on the home/online NREMT

EMT City

I went into it feeling over confident I think, I FELT really prepared with my knowledge of materials, but I guess that theory was proven false. I usually do so good on tests, and every test in my EMS course I felt surprised by how well I did, I had to wrestle through a lot of self doubt, but at the end, I felt a lot more ready for this test. But I was totally caught off guard with how this test seemed totally bizarre and totally unexpected in how it was phrased and how some questions seemed to c

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