Ambulance Driver Files

JANUARY 11, 2025

The best… and worst… boss I ever had. I’m gonna miss her. I had been an EMT perhaps two weeks when I met her. The big EMS agency in my town wouldnt have anything to do with me; I showed up at their headquarters and asked the receptionist for an application, and then cooled my.

EMT 76

EMT EMT EMS 76

EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2025

Author: Christopher Blanton, MD, MBA (EM Resident, UTSW / Dallas, TX); Joslin Gilley-Avramis, MD (EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Reviewed by: Sophia Grgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited review of clinical basics.

E-9-1-1 68

E-9-1-1 EMS Emergency Department OR 68

SSCOR

JANUARY 11, 2025

A growing group of people are passionate about airway management and minimizing the risks of aspiration and its subsequent effects. Dr. James DuCanto identified an improved technique called suction-assisted laryngoscopy and airway decontamination (SALAD).

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Life in the Fastlane

JANUARY 11, 2025

Michael Gibbs MD Adult Ortho Cases 004 Shoulder Dislocations. Adult Orthopedic case interpretation.

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Ambulance Driver Files

JANUARY 11, 2025

Haven’t updated this in a while… but the weight has steadily been coming down. Weighed in at 272.6 today, down 3.4 pounds since Wednesday. Not bad, considering I ate whatever I wanted during the holidays and haven’t been in the pool in two months. For those keeping score at home, that’s 127.4 pounds less than.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 11, 2025

Date: December 2o, 2024 Reference: Kotani et al. Positive single-center randomized trials and subsequent multicenter randomized trials in critically ill patients: a systematic review. Crit Care. 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Scott Weingart is an ED Intensivist from New York. He did fellowships in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and ECMO. He is a physician coach concentrating on the promotion of eudaimonia and optimal performance.

Critical Care 189

Critical Care ALS Emergency Department ED 189

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 11, 2025

Written by Pendell Meyers An adult man presented with acute chest pain. He appeared critically ill. He had undergone stenting of the LAD several weeks ago (unclear whether elective for stable symptoms, or in response to acute coronary syndrome). Here is his triage ECG: Here is the digitized version with higher image quality: He was rushed to the resuscitation area for "unstable VTach.

STEMI 97

STEMI Coronary OR 97