Fri.Oct 13, 2023

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Texas Residency Program Unexpectedly Announces Closure

ACEP Now

The CHRISTUS Health-Texas A&M Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency Program announced Friday that its program will close in June 2026 after the current emergency medicine residents complete their training. An official reason for the closure was not immediately available from the hospital administration, but residents there said they were told the surprise move was likely because of financial reasons.

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PulmCrit Blogitorial – Why the new brain death guidelines are unacceptable

EMCrit Project

Hello fellow nerds, let's take a look at the new American Association of Neurology (AAN) brain death guidelines. Instead of a tweetorial, I'll jot my thoughts here, so they're accessible to everyone. Disclaimer: the following discussion applies only to adult medicine. Most of these guidelines are consistent with the 2020 World Brain Death Project, so […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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Does REBOA improve survival in trauma patients?

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

This UK study randomized 90 trauma patients suspected of having major life threatening torso hemorrhage to receive standard resuscitative.

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NEW CSSP Call for Proposals now open! | NOUVEL appel de propositions pour le PCSS maintenant ouvert!

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

Click here to download (PDF) Please see the call for proposals for funding available from the Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC), in conjunction with the Department of National Defense. As you can see below, DRDC is looking to develop several research micro-nets to advance the application of promising artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies to support first responders.

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Does empiric high dose cryoprecipitate added to MHP improve survival?

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

This large UK and US study looked at the addition of high dose cryoprecipitate to mass transfusion protocols and found: “Among pat.

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This ECG was texted to me after the fact with no information. What do you think?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This ECG was texted to me with no other information, with this quote: "You will see this in the Queen of Hearts." I assumed it was in real time. The Queen said "Not OMI with low confidence" What do you think? The conventional algorithm said: SINUS RHYTHM ABNORMAL QRS-T ANGLE [QRS-T AXIS DIFFERENCE > 60] ABNORMAL ECG This was my response: "I am not certain that I agree with the queen on this one.

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Challenges of resuscitation in pediatric trauma

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

This excellent review article discussing damage control resuscitation in traumatically injured children highlights several points including: Click to view the rest

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