Fri.Dec 22, 2023

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Enigmatic Traumatic Hip Pain

ALiEM

An 84-year-old female presented with a chief complaint of right hip pain after a fall 12 hours prior to presentation. The patient reported a history of falls resulting in shoulder, rib, and left hip fractures in the past. The patient stated that upon getting out of bed, she took 4-5 steps, lost her balance, and fell backward onto the bedroom floor. She denied loss of consciousness.

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Is there OMI on this ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is a case I had quite a while back. The patient with no prior cardiac history presented in the middle of the night with acute chest pain, and had this ECG recorded during active pain: I did not see any ischemia on this electrocardiogram. It does not look entirely normal, since there are some nonspecific STT abnormalities, such as flattening of the T waves in aVL.

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EMCrit Wee – Zero Warning Resuscitation – Mind of the Resuscitationist

EMCrit Project

Is your mind ready for no preparation critical care? EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Episode 105: 2023 Year in Review

The Overrun Podcast

Summary In this episode, Ed and Dan discuss several topics related to medicine and EMS in 2023. They start by reviewing a study on the use of nitroglycerin in acute pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure, highlighting its positive effects on blood pressure and oxygenation. They then move on to a comparison of succinylcholine and rocuronium in rapid sequence intubation (RSI), concluding that the choice of paralytic agent may not significantly impact outcomes.

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What is subjective assessment

EMT City

hi, I'm an EMT student and I'm starting my patient contacts. On my patient contact forms there is a line that is listed as subjective assessment. What is that and what are some examples of what i should put there because I'm not really sure. Would I put something like: patient complains of chest pain that started about an hour ago that radiates to their jaw.

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