The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 15, 2022

Intensive Care Med 2021 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter, former City of Bremerton Firefighter/Paramedic, currently a professor of Emergency Medical Services at Tacoma Community College’s paramedic program. Trial: Prospective, randomized, parallel-assignment, open-label, single-center trial ( NCT02643381 )

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

1 The rationale for the shift away from normal saline in 2021 derived from multiple trials, including the Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial (SMART) and Saline Against Lactated Ringer’s or Plasma-Lyte in the Emergency Department (SALT ED). Procalcitonin and sepsis in the Emergency Department: an update.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. 1996;40(3):483-485.

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NAEMSP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Sometimes they may benefit from transport to an emergency department if it is consistent with their care plan/wishes. The patient was dying while intubated in the ICU but was awake enough to engage in discussions with providers through writing about her wishes. Prehosp Emerg Care. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2022.04.175.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min). Int J Emerg Med. Eur J Emerg Med.

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