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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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

EmergeNcy Department use of Apneic Oxygenation versus usual care during rapid sequence intubation: A randomized controlled trial (The ENDAO Trial). EmergeNcy Department use of Apneic Oxygenation versus usual care during rapid sequence intubation: A randomized controlled trial (The ENDAO Trial). Reference: Caputo et al.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments. Intubation practice and outcomes among pediatric emergency departments: A report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS). Acad Emerg Med. 0.41), p < 0.001.

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REBEL EM

MARCH 27, 2023

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. The effect of emergency department crowding on lung-protective ventilation utilization for critically ill patients. Paper: Owyang CG, et al. J Crit Care. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al.

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Included patients from out-of-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating-room intubations. Intubation performed in all settings (out-of-hospital, emergency department, ICU, and operating room). to 1.36). to 2.39) might outweigh the benefits. N Engl J Med.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 19, 2024

PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study. Children in the validation cohort were admitted to the intensive care unit or operating room less frequently than those in the derivation cohort.

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ACEP Now

MAY 4, 2023

A 58-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department (ED) as a category 2 trauma for a fall with a reported flail chest. EMS recognized a chest wall deformity with movement of the chest wall, and a splint was devised and taped around his chest for what was suspected to be a flail chest.

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