The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 22, 2019

Case: The emergency department is backing up. Your medical team is great, but you […] The post SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia.

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REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

From a safety standpoint this is a great thing, but also could be the reason we see such few adverse events Discussion: There is a recent “push” to utilize “Push dose pressors” as the correction of acute hypotension in a variety of clinical scenarios. In other words these were pre-made syringes and not mixed at the bedside.

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REBEL EM

JULY 3, 2023

Impact of intravenous calcium with diltiazem for atrial fibrillation/flutter in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. What They Did: Researchers conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study in three community hospitals and two freestanding emergency departments. Article: Rossi N et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting." Takotsubo is a sudden event, not one with crescendo angina. Even in patients whose moderate stenosis undergoes thrombosis, most angiograms show greater than 50% stenosis after the event.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

Additionally, low ionized calcium levels have been correlated with increasing mortality in sepsis and other critical illnesses in adults and children (Bora, Ramazan, Oznur, Emre, & Basar, 2021), (Sanchez, et al., Calcium Chloride Is Given to Sicker Patients During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Events. References: 1. Ramazan, K.,

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: November 24th, 2018 As you may know, I was invited to give a keynote address on burnout at the Australasia College of Emergency Medicine 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting (#ACEM18) in Perth, Australia. This turned out to be a very meta event. This turned out to be a very meta event. got seriously ill.

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Paramedic Training Spot

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This certification is typically earned by individuals working closely and frequently with senior medical personnel; these positions include but are not limited to police officer, medical assistant, and emergency department technician. An EMR performs emergency medical interventions with minimal equipment.

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