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Imaging Case of the Week 512 Answer

EMergucate

The frontal wrist x-ray shows loss of normal 1-2 mm distance between the the carpal bones and there is crowding … Continue reading →

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Smart Jumpsuit Tracks Motor Development in Children

Medgadget

Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland created a smart jumpsuit that can track toddler movements. The idea is to closely monitor motor development and identify any issues early, allowing for earlier interventions. Issues with motor development can be related to wider neurodevelopmental problems, and so tracking a young child’s activity can provide a window into their overall development.

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TIRBO #12: On heroics (or: is critical care hard?)

Critical Care Scenarios

Some musings in response to people who are impressed by the work we do. Some musings in response to people who are impressed by the work we do.

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PEC Ep. 115: Deep Dive prehospital's STEMI

Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

The PEC Podcast with host Dr. Maia Dorsett brings you our Deep Dive Series with: Daniel Joseph MD Kevin Burns EMT-P, PA-C Aman Shah MD who discuss their manuscript: STEMI Equivalents and Their Incidence during EMS Transport Click here to download today! As always THANK YOU for listening.

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ECG of the Week – 22nd June 2022

EMergucate

A 24 year old Indigenous female P2 G3 31/40 pregnant presents to ED with left sided non pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath.

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Magnetic Steering System for Guidewires

Medgadget

Percutaneous coronary intervention is an incredibly useful technique to minimally invasively investigate and treat cardiac issues, such as blockages in the coronary arteries, but it requires a significant amount of skill to perform safely and effectively. Manipulating a guidewire through the tortuous vasculature is not for the faint hearted, with the possibility of perforating a vessel always near.

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The 10 Most Common Reasons An Ambulance Is Called

Gold Cross Ambulance Service

No two calls for an ambulance are ever exactly the same. That being said, the underlying reason for the call may be similar. Certain emergencies are more common than others and oftentimes elicit a call to emergency services. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at 10 of the most common reasons that people call for an ambulance. What Are The Most Common Emergencies?

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Imaging Case of the Week 511 Answer

EMergucate

The frontal chest x-ray shows superior mediastinal mass encircling the trachea, causing deviation of the trachea to the right.

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Spinning Disc Separates Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood

Medgadget

A team of researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology in Korea created a centrifugal system to separate circulating tumor cells from blood samples. Resembling a DVD, the device separates the cells using the centrifugal force created when it is spun. A layer of white blood cells and circulating tumor cells is formed during the spinning process and then antibody-studded magnetic beads bind and remove the white blood cells, leaving the circulating tumor cells in the final s

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IBNCC – Neurological complications of COVID

EMCrit Project

The neurological manifestations of COVID is a rapidly moving target. Different strains of virus, rising levels of immunity, and challenges in sorting out causation from correlation make it impossible to write a perfect chapter on this. Nonetheless, some patterns and concepts may be helpful. The IBCC chapter is located 👉 here. The podcast & comments […].

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Kiwi

EMT City

Hi all Gosh, how funny to be back here after nearly ten years absent. I was researching something for work and it led me onto a report about the ambulance service, which reminded me about how all those years ago (now) that I used to make posts here and how, at that tie, being something quite new and interesting to me, I became a little, well. hyperinterested. in it.

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Imaging Case of the Week 512

EMergucate

The hand x-ray is from a 33 year old with wrist pain and swelling after a fall on outstretched hand.

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Lab case 368 interpretation

EMergucate

Answers: PH = 7.45, that is within normal range, close to the alkalotic side. pCO2 = 24 mmHg, that is low. So, the primary process is respiratory alkalosis.

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Lab case 369

EMergucate

58-year-old type II diabetic man referred by his GP for tachypnoea and tachypnoea. He takes empagliflozin (SGLT2 inhibitor).

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CV-EMCrit 327 – Acute Valve Disasters Part 2 – Management of Critical Aortic Stenosis

EMCrit Project

Part 2 of crashing valves: aortic stenosis. EMCrit Project by Katrina Augustin.

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