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SGEM#418: I Ain’t Missing You – Spinal Epidural Abscess

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: October 20, 2023 Reference: Cai et al. Implementation of a Clinical Management Tool for Spinal Epidural Abscess Early Diagnosis. AEM October 2023. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Case: You are in your group meeting and have heard about a case at a nearby emergency department (ED) where the […] The post SGEM#418: I Ain’t Missing You – Spinal Epidural Abscess first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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VT? Or Supraventricular tachycardic rhythm with aberrancy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 70 something male presented in severe respiratory distress. The patient had altered mental status and so he was prepared for intubation. Before intubation, he became hypotensive. On the monitor patient had wide-complex tachycardia. The following 12-lead was obtained: What do you think? Differential is ventricular tachycardia versus supraventricular tachycardia with aberrancy versus sinus tachycardia with a aberrancy.

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EMCrit 360 – A Taxonomy of Key Performance Errors for Emergency Intubation (Primer)

EMCrit Project

We categorized intubation errors and published a paper about it. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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EM@3AM: Basilar Artery Occlusion

EMDocs

Author: Devin Morris, MD (EM Resident Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital); Colin Danko, MD (EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) //  Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, MD (EM Resident Physician, Zucker-Northwell NS/LIJ, NY); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an exped

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