Medgadget

DECEMBER 7, 2022

At the University of South Australia, researchers designed a system that allows them to measure a patient’s blood pressure with a camera. The camera visualizes the patient’s forehead and focuses on two regions in particular to optically determine photoplethysmographic signals that AI algorithms then convert to blood pressure data. The researchers tested their system in 25 volunteers, and so far it has proven to be approximately 90% as accurate as traditional pressure cuff measurements.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 12, 2022

Date: June 12th, 2022 Reference: Finfer et al. Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults. NEJM 2022. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He is board certified […] The post SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Chicago EMT Training

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Learning how to stop the bleed and procuring the materials to do so is an inexpensive insurance policy. Especially if you're in an area that is prone to gun violence. You don't need a license or permit to carry these things. You never know when you'll need it or someone around you may need it. [link] First up is the Tourniquet. There are a few varieties that have been heavily tested.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

ECG of the Week 21st December 2022 – Interpretation Looking at the rhythm strip, there is sinus rhythm, interspersed with … Continue reading →

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In this month's Waiting to Be Seen blog Dr. Howard Ovens outlines challenges, innovations and coping strategies in the EM Crisis. The post WTBS 28 I’m OK, How Are You? How can we innovate our way out of this crisis in EM and cope until we do? appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Critical Care Scenarios

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Discussing pleural effusions in the critically ill, including how and when to drain them, methods of drainage, interpreting laboratory studies, and managing complications, with Dr. Emily Fridenmaker (@emily_fri), pulmonologist and intensivist at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia. Continuing education for this episode CME credit provided courtesy of Academic CME.

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EMS 12-Lead

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Coronary thrombosis is a dynamic process of platelet aggregation and subsequent coagulation. During spontaneous reperfusion -- whether via thrombolysis, or recruitment of collateral circulation -- there exists characteristic ST/T changes on the ECG.

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High Performance EMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

I have often heard comparisons on the automation of System Status Management to the 2002 Spielberg movie starring Tom Cruise called “ Minority Report ” loosely based on the 1956 short story by Philip K. Dick. This science fiction action thriller is set in the year 2054 when police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime.

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Medgadget

AUGUST 22, 2022

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a microrobot system that can help with biofilm disruption, drug delivery, and sample retrieval, all within the restrictive space of the root canal. It can be difficult for dentists to know if they have removed all the infectious material when performing a root canal, and failure to do so will typically result in an infection reoccurring.

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Medgadget

AUGUST 18, 2022

Enovis , a medtech company based in Delaware formerly known as DJO, recently announced the launch of ARVIS (Augmented Reality Visualization and Information System), an augmented reality technology that is designed to assist surgeons during implant placement in the hip and knee. The hands-free technology consists of an eyepiece that is mounted on a surgical helmet that provides the surgeon with real-time information about the position of an implant with respect to patient anatomy.

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Medgadget

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington, in collaboration with Shani Biotechnologies, a local firm, have created a point-of-care device that can accurately measure hemoglobin levels and perform pulse oximetry in individuals with dark skin. At present, methods to determine hemoglobin levels at the point of care, such as pulse oximetry, are inaccurate in individuals with higher levels of melanin in their skin, and there is a clear need to develop alternatives that work for everyone.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This is one of the serial ECGs on a 66 year old man who presented to ED following post-coital exertion.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The hand x-ray is from a 30-year-old with wrist pain following fall on outstretched hand. What can be seen?

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The pelvic x-ray shows: Right iliac wing fracture Right acetabular fracture Right inferior pubic ramus fracture Diastasis of the pubic … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 20, 2022

ECG of the week 14th December 2022 – Interpretation This ECG was included as a reminder of the Sgarbossa criteria … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This ECG was obtained from a 22 year old man who had taken a polypharmacy overdose 24 hours ago. He had suffered a bradycardic / asystolic arrest and is currently in the intensive care unit.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Jesse McLaren discusses some key aspects of cocaine chest pain ECG interpretation in this month's blog including: Patients with cocaine-associated chest pain require benzodiazepines +/- nitroglycerine for symptom relief, aspirin and ECG to look for signs of occlusion and reperfusion. In patients with chest pain + ST elevation, consider false positive STEMI including early repolarization, LVH and Brugada-pattern.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In this main episode podcast Anton discusses with world expert and bronchiolitis researcher Dr. Suzanne Schuh, the challenges of the diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis during a time of crisis in pediatric emergency medicine and offers some evidence-based solutions to improving outcomes while minimizing valuable resources, as part of our 'Best of University of Toronto EM' series.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The main finding on the elbow x-ray is that there is a radial head dislocation.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The pelvic x-ray is from an adult taken post MVA.List 5 findings. How will you manage?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Date: December 16th, 2022 Reference: Hohle et al. Massive Blood Transfusion Following Older Adult Trauma: the Effect of Blood Ratios on Mortality. AEM December 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. She is also the wonderful educator that creates the Paper in a Pic infographics summarizing each SGEM episode.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The following forearm x-rays are from a 9-year-old with pain around their elbow after fall on to outstretched hand.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The foot x-ray shows avulsion fracture of the base of the 2nd metatarsal (fleck sign) with mild widening of the … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 13, 2022

ECG of the week 7th December 2022 – Interpretation: There is a regular narrow complex tachycardia (QRS < 120ms, rate … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The following ECG was obtained in a 38 year old Indigenous man with a history of ischaemic cardiomyopathy at a regional hospital. He did not have a history of left bundle branch block previously.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The chest x-ray shows sail shaped density behind the heart with a parallel left heart border silhouetting the medial left … Continue reading →

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Date: November 30th, 2022 Reference: Johnson et al. One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Bone Joint J 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Matt Schmitz is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation. […] The post SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The following foot x-rays are from a 50 year old with plantar flexion injury to their foot and inability to … Continue reading →

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In this Journal Jam podcast Anton and Justin welcome special guest Dr. Haley Cochrane. We dive deep into the evidence for timing of closure and infection rate, fluid choice, volume and pressure of irrigation of lacerations, glove type and infection rate, how eversion of wound edges effects cosmetic outcomes and much more. You might be surprised to discover that the evidence for many things we do for lacerations that are considered "standard of care", is either weak or non-existent.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In this first EMC Journal Club (where we take the "boring" out of journal clubs and deliver clear, concise, practical practice changing critical appraisal knowledge based on an Emergency Medicine journal article that may have passed your radar - not too detailed and not too brief), Dr. Rohit Mohindra, an Emergency Physician at North York General in Toronto and SREMI researcher works his critical appraisal magic on the article "Fever therapy in febrile adults: systematic review with meta-analyses

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 5, 2022

ECG of the Week 30th November 2022 – Interpretation This ECG was used to illustrate how a systematic approach ensures … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Paramedics ring through to say that they are 10 minutes away with a 65 year old man who has a heart rate of approximately 170 with a thready pulse and a systolic blood pressure of 90.

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EMergucate

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The chest x-ray is from a 60 year old smoker with dyspnea. What can be visualized?

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EMergucate

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Interpretation of ECG from 23 November 2022 The most obvious abnormality is ST segment elevation in leads I and aVL … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A 52 year old woman is triaged as a category 2 after complaining of chest tightness on the background of having previous cardiac history.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Justin Morgenstern on fluids in pancreatitis, Leeor Sommer on nasal fractures, Christina Shenvi on delirium, Sheldon Cheskes and Rohit Mohindra on Dose VF, and Noor Khatib and Kari Sampsel on intimate partner violence. The post EM Quick Hits 44 Fluids in Pancreatitis, Nasal Fractures, Delirium, DOSE VF, Intimate Partner Violence appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EMergucate

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Interpretation of ECG from 16 November 2022 The most obvious abnormality is ST segment elevation inferiorly (II, III, aVF) in … Continue reading →

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