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Episode 197: Acute Agitation

Core EM

We discuss an approach to the acutely agitated patient and review medications commonly used. Hosts: Jonathan Kobles, MD Brian Gilberti, MD [link] Download Leave a Comment Tags: Agitation , psychiatry , Toxicology Show Notes Background/Epidemiology • Definition and Scope : Agitation encompasses behaviors from restlessness to severe altered mental states.

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EMCrit Wee – Controlled Automated Reperfusion of the Whole Body (CARL) ECPR / ECLS Yields Amazing Results

EMCrit Project

Today, we talk about a paper that showed impressive neurologically intact survival for all-rhythms presenting in cardiac arrest, both OHCA and IHCA. It uses a new set of strategies and technologies called CARL. The Paper Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Controlled Reperfusion of the Whole Body: A Multicenter, Prospective Observational Study Supplemental Material […] EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Chocolate, Chaos, and Cops

FOAMfrat

It’s a Fall night in the middle of nowhere, you’re staffing a Paramedic Ambulance in a combination system. You’re on a 24hr shift and getting ready for bed, already drowsy and ready for a nap. Right as you’re making your bunk you get dispatched for a reported overdose with police enroute, no further information. We’ve all had this call before, right?

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Research Roundup (June 2024)

First 10 EM

Back again with another month’s worth of interesting, inane, or sometimes important emergency medicine literature. As always, podcast version on BroomeDocs or YouTube. Obviously, GCS 8 doesn’t mean intubate Freund Y, Viglino D, Cachanado M, Cassard C, Montassier E, Douay B, Guenezan J, Le Borgne P, Yordanov Y, Severin A, Roussel M, Daniel M, Marteau […] The post Research Roundup (June 2024) appeared first on First10EM.

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Volunteer Fire Departments Can Now Apply for $10,000 Hazmat Preparedness Grant

NVFC

A total of $60,000 will be donated to six departments by CHEMTREC® and its supporters As the number of hazmat incidents occurring annually continues to increase, more volunteer fire departments are finding it difficult to afford the training and equipment needed to prepare for and respond to these kinds of incidents. To help departments access these much-needed resources, CHEMTREC® has partnered with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) for the sixth year to offer the CHEMTREC HELP (Hazmat

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Shedding Light on Sound: A Guide to Comprehensive Diagnostic Audiologic Evaluations

Paramedics World

Auditory is one of the valuable types of receptiveness and is commonly associated with communication. Hearing impairment may occur occasionally due to age, noise pollution, or certain other factors regarding… The post Shedding Light on Sound: A Guide to Comprehensive Diagnostic Audiologic Evaluations appeared first on Paramedics World.

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CT Case 063

Life in the Fastlane

Georgina Beech, Leon Lam, Jennifer Davidson and Parvathy Suresh Kochath CT Case 063 A 86-year-old lady tripped over while walking, landing face first on the ground.

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