St. Emlyn's
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This week I am in Zermatt, Switzerland for ‘The Big Sick’ conference. This is something I have been looking forward to years, but major heart surgery (valves not pipes) and […] The post Top resus papers for TBS. St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.
EMergucate
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The following chest x-ray is from an adult with cough and fever. What can be seen?
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers A teenager was involved in a motor vehicle collision and presented to the Emergency Department via EMS altered and potentially critically ill. He was intubated for altered mental status. Chest trauma was suspected on initial exam. Here is his initial ECG around 1330: What do you think? The ECG shows sinus tachycardia with RBBB and LAFB, without clear additional superimposed signs of ischemia.
FirstNet Authority
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Kansas uses cutting-edge technology to enhance 911 services Blog joseph.rey@fir… Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:39 By John Hunt, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Learn more about how FirstNet is transforming public safety communications — contact your local FirstNet Authority Public Safety Advisor and sign up for our discipline newsletters.
CanadiEM
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Venus is a 29-year-old female who presents to the ED with tremor and diaphoresis. You learn that she has presented to the ED with similar symptoms before, and has a 5yr history OUD, using about 5 points (0.5 g) a day. She has no other medical conditions and blood work is within normal limits. Venus is tachycardic at 105 bpm, with dilated pupils, piloerection, slight tremors, and flushed face.
NAEMSP
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Article by Karlee De Monnin CASE During my first ambulance ride-along as a fourth-year medical student on an EMS elective, my unit responded to a call for abdominal pain. On arrival to the apartment building, we stepped inside to find a tearful, but otherwise well-appearing young woman lying on the floor of her living room. She was an otherwise healthy 23-year-old who called us for abdominal pain and vomiting.
ACEP Now
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Point: A Less Than Glowing Interpretation of Urine Fluorescence by Jessica Shenoi, MD; Michael E. Mullins, MD; and Ari B. Filip, MD We disagree with Dr. Hack’s recommendation for examining urine under ultraviolet (UV) light for suspected ethylene glycol ingestions. 1 This test is inherently unreliable with poor sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy (49 percent, 75 percent, and 59 percent, respectively). 2 Parsa, et al. found 100 percent of pediatric urine specimens fluoresced even in the absenc
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