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SGEM#393: You Down with APP, Yeah You Know Me

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. Case: You are an administrator responsible for staffing emergency departments (EDs) in a health care system comprising both urban and rural locales.

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Ultrasound Guided Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks

Core EM

Written by: Sadakat Chowdhury MD Edited by: Mak Sarich MD, Jay Lin MD, Jonathan Kobles MD Background: Ultrasound (US) guided nerve blocks offer an applicable option for achieving analgesia in the emergency department. Feasibility and safety of ultrasound-guided nerve block for management of limb injuries by emergency care physicians.

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ToxCard: Diethylene Glycol

EMDocs

2 Laboratory assays for DEG are not widely available and have long turn-around-times, thus have limited utility in diagnosis in the emergency department. FDA Consumer Magazine , June 1981, [link] Accessed August 2022. Inhibition of Metabolism of Diethylene Glycol Prevents Target Organ Toxicity in Rats.” 1, 2010, pp. 912–917.

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The Reality of Ramping for Student Paramedics

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

The lived experiences of patients and ambulance ramping in a regional Australian emergency department: An interpretive phenomenology study. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 18 (4) 182-189. Article first published in Australian Emergency Services Magazine Vol 21. DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00763.x