ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Last month’s article focused on ACEP’s efforts and resources to support EDs and patients with psychiatric emergencies. Emergency departments (EDs) focus on rapid initiation of medical treatment. Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of the Adult Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2023

emergencies, patient’s request). However, actual increases in available services in emergency departments based on prior state-level requirements have been mixed. Annals of EM. Google translate as a tool for emergency department discharge instructions? Annals of EM. 2012; 60(5): 545-553. Not so fast!

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Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Navpreet Sahsi describes the challenges of building an Emergency Department in Bangladesh and how the experience has shaped his outlook on Emergency Medicine practice in North America on EM Cases' first Global EM blog.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 17, 2017

In this EM cases Waiting to Be Seen blog we discuss how to make Emergency Departments safe places for transgender patients to access care that is informed and non-judgmental. The post WTBS 13 Transgender Patients: How to Foster a Safer Emergency Department Environment appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 10, 2021

He is […] The post SGEM#337: Amazing GRACE-1 How Sweet the Guidelines – Recurrent, Low Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: July 1st, 2021 Guest Skeptic #1: Dr. Chris Carpenter is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Background : Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding limits patient care in the prehospital and hospital system. A program was implemented to decrease the time to patient handoff from EMS arrival to ED staff, also known as the delivery interval and total turnaround interval.

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EMDocs

JUNE 8, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 32-year-old man presents to the emergency department with eye pain. However, it would be expected to emerge with reduced visual acuity or other visual disturbances such as diplopia. Overview of Eye Injuries in the Emergency Department.”

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EMergucate

MAY 25, 2016

Information Systems (Computerised Vs Manual) Manual systems Pros Cheap Easy Convenient Cons Failed documentation – notes, timing, summaries, legibility Difficult … Continue reading →

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Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The post WTBS 19 Does Poor Access to Language Services Leave Emergency Departments Primed for Tragedy? appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases. If a lack of translation can have tragic consequences, the obligation of an ED to set a new and better standard of care for communicating with patients is now painfully clear.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 1, 2024

His research focuses on the pre-hospital care of children by EMS. He is the principal investigator for EMSC State Partnership in Washington, DC and is also involved in various multi-center EMS studies with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). EMS placed him in a C-collar and brought him to you.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 8, 2017

A Prospective Randomized, Double-Dummy Trial Comparing Intravenous Push Dose of Low Dose Ketamine to Short Infusion of Low Dose Ketamine for Treatment of Moderate to Severe Pain in the Emergency Department. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim Rezaie is a faculty physician at Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians (GSEP) in San Antonio, Texas.

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Pulsara

JANUARY 25, 2024

With a new protocol and Pulsara, Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services can now transport eligible pediatric behavioral health patients directly to behavioral health facilities—resulting in a 44% decrease of pediatric behavioral health patients transported to the ED.

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Problem: Emergency Medicine (EM) in Pakistan has moved from developing to developed stage in the last decade [1]. It is an innovation that is based on a community of practice merged with the need-based assessment of a young EM residency program in a developing country. Read more publications from the series. 2022;38(6):1717.

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EMDocs

MAY 11, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, recent basilar artery stent placement with a 20 pack-year smoking history presents to the ED via EMS for altered mental status and episodes of apnea. Ann Emerg Med. Erratum in: Ann Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

MARCH 30, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Answer : Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Trauma Epidemiology: Approximately half of the vertebral injuries that are seen in the emergency department are thoracic and lumbar injuries. A 27-year-old man was brought into the emergency department via EMS after being stabbed.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2024

Date: February 28, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY. Case: A 59-year-old man walks into your community emergency department (ED) complaining of chest pain.

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EMDocs

APRIL 13, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 21-year-old man presents to the emergency department for pain and swelling in his ear beginning 3 days ago. doi:[link] The post EM@3AM: Auricular Hematoma appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

Jon Krohmer, MD, FACEP, who says he has “the EMS blood type,” practically had a front row seat to the growth of EMS care starting as a volunteer EMT more than 50 years ago. The evolution of EMS really mirrors the evolution of emergency physicians.” Dr. Krohmer said. So physicians need to be involved.

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ALiEM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to toxicology in the Emergency Department. More specifically, we identified 3 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med Clin North Am. Managing a Cutaneous Abscess in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med.

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Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

How and when to reverse anticoagulation in the bleeding EM patient. Anticoagulant Reversal Strategies in the Emergency Department Setting: Recommendations of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;76(4):470-485. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.09.001 2019.09.001 Eikelboom JW, Quinlan DJ, van Ryn J, Weitz JI.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

APRIL 2, 2024

In this ECG Cases blog, Jesse McLaren and Rajiv Thavanathan explore how ECG and POCUS complement each other for patients presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath or chest pain. The post ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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ALiEM

APRIL 14, 2023

After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to procedures in the Emergency Department. More specifically, we identified 2 AIR and 4 Honorable Mentions.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 17, 2023

A 24-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with persistent severe pain in her right thigh following a direct blow during a soccer match 2 weeks ago. Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post Rosh Review EM Scholar Monthly Question appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. Post TW, ed.

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ALiEM

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to trauma in the Emergency Department. More specifically, we identified 3 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions.

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EMDocs

JULY 29, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 75-year-old male with past history of HTN, CVA, DM II presents to the emergency department with right facial swelling since last night. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Afr J Paediatr Surg.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Emergency department visits and unanticipated readmissions after liver transplantation: A retrospective observational study. David Gatz, A narrative review of the evaluation and management of liver transplant complications in the emergency department.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 23-year-old man with no significant medical history presents to the emergency department for evaluation of a syncopal episode. The post EM@3AM: Brugada Syndrome appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Heart Rhythm. 2019;16(6):872-879.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Available from: [link] yousef, CC BY-SA 4.0 <[link] via Wikimedia Commons The post EM@3AM: Oculomotor Nerve Palsy appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. He has no known medical history and has never been to the doctor. Updated 2022 Jul 4].

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EMDocs

AUGUST 12, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. He presented to the emergency department because he is having numbness distal to the site of injury, as well as constant bleeding and some difficulty with flexing his finger. Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association; 2022:10-11. Roberts, James R. DOI: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000410106.40227.cc

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. 2021.0052 Emergency Department Management of Extensor Tendon Lacerations – Page 3 of 4. Ann Emerg Med. Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association; 2022:10-11. Extensor tendon repair in the emergency department. J Emerg Med.

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Peter Canning

MAY 12, 2024

The AP recently published a story about EMS sedation of patients during police encounters — Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police. While I don’t believe that most in EMS sedate someone based on a request from police, I believe that it does happen.

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EMergucate

MAY 17, 2016

Clinical Guidelines & Indicators Complaints Disasters Emergency Department Organisation Medical Retrieval Medical Statistics Medicolegal Aspects of EM Overcrowding & Access … Continue reading →

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 27, 2024

She is also the local director of the difficult airway EMS course at Washington State. Case: EMS arrives with a 58-year-old woman who suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). When emergency department (ED) staff roll her to remove her clothing her humeral intraosseous (IO) is dislodged. February 2024.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 13, 2024

He is an assistant professor in Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Case: A 70-year-old woman was brought into the emergency department by EMS after her family reported she was having trouble talking.

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ALiEM

JANUARY 12, 2024

A 42-year old Bengali man with a history of hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department with facial swelling, diffuse rash, renal insufficiency and proteinuria after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine (Moderna) booster dose. He was advised to go to the Emergency Department.

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 14, 2023

After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to respiratory diseases in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011

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