EMergucate

JUNE 21, 2022

The following chest x-ray is from an elderly patient who has presented with palpitations. What can be seen?

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JUNE 21, 2022

In this ECG Cases blog we review 8 cases of patients with prehospital ECGs and explore prehospital ECGs for diagnosing STEMI, Occlusion MI, false STEMI, code STEMI, dynamic ischemic changes, truncated voltages. Can you avoid the pitfalls and spot the pearls that help to make the diagnosis? The post ECG Cases 32 Prehospital ECG pearls and pitfalls appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EMS 12-Lead

JUNE 20, 2022

David Didlake Firefighter / Paramedic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner @DidlakeDW Peer review provided by Dr. Steve Smith @SmithECGblog I was conducting QA/QI on two very recent cases and was struck by the uniqueness of both. CASE 1 A 45 y/o Male called 911 for new onset central chest discomfort, non-radiating, 5/10 pain scale, and without any vomiting, diaphoresis, or pallor.

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Medgadget

JUNE 21, 2022

Clinical researchers at Nagoya City University in Japan have tested an AI-powered surgical robot in its ability to assist with percutaneous nephrolithotomy, which is a minimally invasive procedure to remove large kidney stones. The technique involves accessing the kidney through the skin, and typically requires a highly experienced surgeon. The robot, called the Automated Needle Targeting with X-ray (ANT-X) was developed by NDR Medical Technology , a medical startup based in Singapore.

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EMergucate

JUNE 18, 2022

The lateral knee x-ray shows a large effusion in the knee joint.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JUNE 21, 2022

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast Justin Morgenstern & Eddy Lang discuss the problem of overdiagnosis in EM, Anand Swaminathan's approach to indications and dosing of thrombolytics for submassive (intermediate risk) pulmonary embolism, Tahara Bhate's QI Corner on a patient with unexplained shortness of breath, Brit Long on emergency treatment of the bleeding hemophilia patient.

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Critical Care Scenarios

JUNE 19, 2022

Brandon walks Bryan through a case of new, unexplained hypotension in the ICU, with a focus on approaching shock, the use of POCUS, and risk stratifying unexplained problems. Takeaway lessons Sudden changes in vital signs or other status are often due to precipitating factors, such as iatrogenic stimuli, whereas more gradual changes are often due … Continue reading "Episode 48: Undifferentiated hypotension" Brandon walks Bryan through a case of new, unexplained hypotension in the ICU, with a foc

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EMergucate

JUNE 21, 2022

17 year old girl presented to ED with aspirin overdose. Her VBG showed the following: PH = 7.

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Medgadget

JUNE 22, 2022

Engineers at the University of California Los Angeles have developed “meta-bots,” which are fingernail sized robots that can move, sense, and navigate their environment. Strikingly, the robots are essentially ready for use when they emerge from the 3D printer, and consist of piezoelectric actuators that can respond to or generate electricity. The robots consist of an intricate structure of piezoelectric components that allow them to rapidly flex and rotate.

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American Burn Association

JUNE 23, 2022

Categories Advocacy Burn News MAC Spotlight Media Member Services Organization News Prevention Quality Care Research Return to News & Activities On June 22, the House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 defense appropriations bill , which provides $10 million in continued annual funding for the Military Burn Research Program.

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On Time Medical Transportation

JUNE 23, 2022

This week, we caught up with Stephanie Santiago, an EMT and Field Training Officer to talk about working as an AVO while in EMT school, helping people during some of their hardest times, and learning from others along the way.

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EMergucate

JUNE 20, 2022

Answers: Bilirubin = 107 umol/L. That is elevated.

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Medgadget

JUNE 22, 2022

Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a “polymer brush” system that can capture and release proteins on using electrical stimulation. Protein therapeutics are increasingly in demand, but creating them efficiently is still a challenge. Isolating therapeutic proteins from the liquid surrounding the cells used to produce them in biotechnological processes is difficult and inefficient, but the researchers behind this latest technology hope that the new techniq

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EMCrit Project

JUNE 23, 2022

Acute demyelinating disorders are not a common cause of ICU admission. However, these are encountered occasionally (especially acute transverse myelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and osmotic demyelination syndrome). Additionally, some of these disorders may be triggered by COVID, so this chapter will help us understand the neurological manifestations of COVID.

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The EMS Educator

JUNE 24, 2022

A more diverse EMS workforce provides more equitable care, so how can we help EMS look more like the population it serves? We must examine our policies and their impact on who we are hiring and retaining. Hear from guests Katie O’Connor, EMS Educator and simulation expert in LA County and Washington D.C.’s GWU, Sahaj Khalsa, Santa Fe (NM) Community College's EMS Program Director and Prodigy's Medical Director Dr.

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EMergucate

JUNE 20, 2022

A 24 year old Indigenous female P2G3 31/40 pregnant presents to ED complaining of left sided non pleuritic chest pain … Continue reading →

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Medgadget

JUNE 20, 2022

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a tiny neural probe that is approximately one fifth of the width of a human hair. The probe is flexible and can be implanted for extended periods without aggravating the immune system, in part because of its small and unobtrusive profile. Its miniature size means that it may also be suitable for implantation in areas where other probes can’t fit, such as between the vertebrae and into the spinal cord.

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EMS 20/20

JUNE 22, 2022

The guys get to talk about helicopters and weather and flight things in today's episode where a flight crew walks in on a call at a local ER that is being run perfectly. They have very little to add and things go smoothly. Except the opposite. Can they ultimately put the pieces of the puzzle back together to help this patient? Listen and find out! The guys get to talk about helicopters and weather and flight things in today's episode where a flight crew walks in on a call at a local ER that is b

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EMT City

JUNE 20, 2022

Looks like the NREMT is getting pressure to allow states to approve Paramedic courses in leu of CoAEMSP. [link] Is the CoAEMSP requirement limiting the amount of new Medics? Should the states have control over the programs vs a 3rd party?

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The Overrun

JUNE 24, 2022

EDIT: This was written at the time of the leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court. The official decision was released today. We weren’t supposed to find out. The decision was supposed to be out at the end of the term, and leaks from the Supreme Court are unheard of. But for some reason, someone wanted this to get out, and the fallout has been nothing short of earth-shattering.

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