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Imaging Case of the Week 578

EMergucate

The following chest x-ray is from a toddler taken post choking episode. What can be seen?

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AI & Medicine: Saviour or Snake Oil?

St. Emlyn's

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Air France Flight 447 takes off at 1930hrs on the final day of May in 2009, from Rio de Janeiro en route to Paris, carrying 228 passengers. In charge is … AI & Medicine: Saviour or Snake Oil? Read More ยป The post AI & Medicine: Saviour or Snake Oil? appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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An elderly patient with stuttering chest pain. Don't jump to conclusions.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I was reading ECGs on the system and saw this one, and instantly knew the probable ECG diagnosis: What do you think? I went to the patient's chart: Elderly woman with stuttering chest pain and SOB, and dizziness. What do you think now? This is a very typical ECG for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. I sent it to our EKG Nerdz group and Jesse McLaren replied: "Apical HOCM" It reminded me of many other cases I have seen, such as this one: Left Bundle Branch Block with Less Than 1 mm of Concordant ST El

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The Colorado Verdict

Peter Canning

Many years ago I was asked if I wanted to be an expert witness/consultant in court cases involving paramedics. I declined. One of the reasons I declined was because I wrote a blog about being a paramedic that included descriptions of calls where things didnโ€™t go as they do on TV (or as the public might expect). I imagined being cross-examined by an attorney.