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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. J Emerg Trauma Shock. link] [3] Morrison RS, Magaziner J, Gilbert M, et al. 2012;5(1):28-32.

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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. Upon review of the history, several of the patients had been exposed to a liquid acetaminophen-based teething medication. What are the public health implications of DEG toxicity?

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The Reality of Ramping for Student Paramedics

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

Equitable Emergency Access: Rhetoric or reality? Emergency Medicine Australasia, 17 (4) 392-396. 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00763.x