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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

EMS 12-Lead

David Didlake Firefighter / Paramedic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner @DidlakeDW Peer review and commentary by Dr. Steve Smith [link] @SmithECGblog It is early-summer, approximately 1330 hours, no cloud cover overhead, and 86 degrees with high humidity. A 59 y/o Female calls 911 for crushing chest discomfort and difficulty breathing. Fire/EMS personnel find her laying supine on the kitchen floor, awake and verbal, although acutely ill.

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SGEM#366: Relax, Don’t Do It – Skeletal Muscle Relaxants for Low Back Pain

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: May 13th, 2022 Reference: Abril et al. The Relative Efficacy of Seven Skeletal Muscle Relaxants. An Analysis of Data From Randomized Studies. J Emerg Med 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. He is also one of the world’s leading […] The post SGEM#366: Relax, Don’t Do It – Skeletal Muscle Relaxants for Low Back Pain first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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ECG of the Week 18th May 2022 Answer

EMergucate

A 22 year old female presents to ED with palpitations and chest discomfort 2 weeks post contracting COVID19.

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How is Your EMSWeek?

High Performance EMS

Elsewhere on social media this week I have seen a call to “protest EMS Week 2023” The logic suggests that the free meals and cheap trinkets are far less than the long-suffering and under-paid providers deserve. While I whole-heartedly agree, “we” have made EMS Week what it has become, not what it was intended. The EMS Week 2022 proclamation reads “I call upon public officials, doctors, nurses, paramedics, EMS providers, and all the people of the United States to obs

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TIRBO #9: Some quotes about why

Critical Care Scenarios

A selection of lesser-known quotes relevant to the practice of medicine. A selection of lesser-known quotes relevant to the practice of medicine.

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Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast Ep. 114: Rising to the Challenge

Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

EMS Week: Rising to the challenge As EMS week comes to a close, NAEMSP, the PEC podcast , and the But Why EMS podcast would like to highlight a NAEMSP member who has Risen to the Challenge of the war in Ukraine. Dr. Kasia Hampton ( @kasiahamptonmd ) & her medical student daughter Livia Van Humbeeck ( @doclivia ) have been helping their home country Poland and their neighbor Ukraine during this horrendous time in history.

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Imaging Case of the Week 506

EMergucate

The following left scapular x-ray is from a 30 year old with pain around left shoulder post fall.

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Double Date: Kris and Sara

Medic Mindset

I don’t have favorite episodes but if I did, this would be one of them. With my girlfriend Cassi by my side, I caught up with Kris and Sara Kaull at a conference. It’s the first ever double-date on Medic Mindset! Cassi & Kris are both paramedics. Sara and I have the perspective of the significant-other to a paramedic. We swap stories while Cassi and Kris offer ideas about what medics need from their spouses/partners.

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Chest pain, shortness of breath, T wave inversion, and rising troponin in a young healthy runner.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Smith and Grauer A man in his late 20s with history of asthma presented to the ED with a transient episode of chest pain and shortness of breath after finishing a 4-mile run. He typically runs 4 to 8 miles per day. This episode was unusual to him because he was still "huffing and puffing" about 30 minutes after finishing his strenuous run in the outdoor heat.

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Lab case 362 interpretation

EMergucate

Question 1: PH = 7.299 that is mild acidaemia pCO2 = 80 mmHg, So we have metabolic acidosis. Next we need to calculate the compensation.

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IBNCC – Cervical artery dissection

EMCrit Project

Carotid or vertebral artery dissection are important considerations in trauma and also common causes of ischemic stroke among younger patients. Variable presentations and a plethora of different diagnostic modalities can make this tricky. The IBCC chapter is located 👉 here. The podcast & comments are below. Follow us on iTunes. EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast Ep. 113

Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

Ouch-less Pediatrics For CAPCE Credit click here! Happy EMS Week: Pediatrics Day! The PEC Podcast team would like to highlight NAEMSP's newest podcast to our family The Pediatric EMS Podcast In their first episode, hosts Dr. Joseph Finney and Dr. Joelle Donofrio Odmann talk about Safely and effectively managing pain in our pediatric patients. Medical directors and prehospital clinicians must be able to identify gaps in pediatric pain management and provide the necessary QA/QI to close those gap

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Pediatric Pain

Medic Mindset

This is a special cross-post with the brand new pediatric podcast from NAEMSP: The Pediatric EMS Podcast created by Drs. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann and Dr. Joseph Finney. Dr. Donofrio-Odmann has been a guest on the show previously in Thinking: Pediatric Respiratory. Other guests in this episode are Drs. Maia Dorsett , Jeff Jarvis and Jeremiah Escajeda They’ve created these show notes.

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ECG of the Week 18th May 2022

EMergucate

A 22 year old female presents to ED with palpitations and chest discomfort 2 weeks post contracting COVID19.

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Episode 86: Hilary Gates and the future of EMS education

The Overrun Podcast

Hilary gates is a real life educator at American University who happened to join EMS and fall in love with it. The program she works with, Prodigy EMS , is at the forefront of EMS education. As we move forward out of our collective nightmare that has been the past two years, Ed and Anna discuss how EMS education can grow from here. Hilary speaks with focus and passion about expanding the role of EMTs and medics moving forward and what we can do as educators and providers in the classroom to take

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A 30-something with palpitations and lightheadedness

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 30-something male without any significant past medical history presented with palpitations and presyncope. Here is his ED ECG: Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia at a rate of 229 First : What do you want to do? Next : What do you think is the ECG diagnosis? First. Before getting into analysis, a regular wide complex tachycardia could be 1. ventricular tachycardia ( VT ) or 2.

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Episode 7: EMS Week: Nurse Practitioners in EMS?

The EMS Show

Mike and Ritu are happy to celebrate you for EMS Week 2022! We decided to take YOUR CALLS LIVE! A position paper came out last week on the role of Nurse Practitioners in EMS.and we decided to talk about it, and what do you know? 3 of the 4 authors called in and had a GREAT discussion about this! What do you think? Join the conversation over on Facebook and Twitter!

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Lab case 363

EMergucate

50 year old man presented to the emergency department with vomiting. He is an excessive THC smoker.

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ALL NYC EM MEDICAL STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

Silk City Blog

Our Program Director Dr. Steinberg will be hosting this year's ALL NYC EM Medical Student Symposium. This is a great forum for students interested in Emergency Medicine to learn and ask questions about the application process. Simply scan the QR code or click the zoom link on June 2, 2022 at 5pm to log in. Join us as we guide you to a successful EM match!

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Things to Consider while Looking for an EMT Training Course in NYC

TIMER

EMTs play a crucial role in reducing the life-threatening effects and consequences of emergencies. They are trained individuals who know how to tackle such situations and save the maximum possible lives. For anyone looking to start a career as an EMT, the first step is to find a reliable institute offering EMT training in NYC. EMTs are always high in demand.

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Episode 7: EMS Week: Nurse Practitioners in EMS?

The EMS Show

Mike and Ritu are happy to celebrate you for EMS Week 2022! We decided to take YOUR CALLS LIVE! A position paper came out last week on the role of Nurse Practitioners in EMS.and we decided to talk about it, and what do you know? 3 of the 4 authors called in and had a GREAT discussion about this! What do you think? Join the conversation over on Facebook and Twitter!

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 061 | Asthma

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’re looking at asthma. In reality I find this is much more commonly discussed than seen in real life. No doubt this is due in part, to an improvement. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’re looking at asthma. In reality I find this is much more commonly discussed than seen in real life.

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EMCrit 324 – Rural Resuscitation – Foundational Stabilization [Primer]

EMCrit Project

Foundational Stabilization. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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