GEDC

APRIL 12, 2024

Thanks to the American College of Surgeons and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, who, along with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), spearheaded the rule development, the new measure will encourage hospital systems to change the way they approach care for older patients.

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Handtevy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The standard care in North America for post-traumatic EDH involves decompressive craniotomy or trepanation via a burr hole, typically performed in an operating room by neurosurgery teams. Initially refusing emergency medical services, she was brought to the ED via a private vehicle. The Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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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. His vital signs were within normal limits except for a respiratory rate of 23 with a room air pulse oxygen in the upper 90s. Click to enlarge.)

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FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During Orientations, new crew members must do a minimum of 10 live intubations in the operating room before being cleared to intubate in the field. Let’s start with what this study is This study is of a single service with three (3) bases in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Data was pulled from June 2013 to June 2018.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

A 24-year-old male with history of quadriplegia and traumatic brain injury presents to the emergency department with hemorrhage in his oral cavity and blood from his tracheostomy tube. 7,8 The significance of this is clear: bronchoscopy or angiography may not suffice to make the diagnosis in the emergency setting.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

4 Pain is the most common reason for presentation in the early post operative period. 5 Highest risk of dislocation early in the post operative course due to laxity of the soft tissue after surgery. 6 Hip flexion or adduction in the early post-operative period can cause atraumatic dislocations (typically avoided for 6 weeks post-op).

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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). He writes an excellent […] The post SGEM#186: Apneic and the O, O, O2 for Rapid Sequence Intubation first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. Or Helly Larson describing the first week after her Miami BBL as “absolute hell” to a Vox reporter.

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AAEM RSA

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Diagnosis is clinical and challenged by overlap with more superficial skin infections (i.e. cellulitis) and the need for thorough examination of the genital region. 1 His description of cases of life-threatening infections in the perineal, genital or perianal regions were thought to be idiopathic in previously healthy men.

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EMDocs

JULY 17, 2023

7 While post-operative adhesive disease is also a risk factor, it is far less commonly implicated in LBO compared to SBO. 7 While post-operative adhesive disease is also a risk factor, it is far less commonly implicated in LBO compared to SBO. He reports distension and the sensation of fullness. Small bowel dilation may also be seen.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

A 44 year-old male with unknown past medical history came by emergency medical services (EMS) to the emergency department (ED) for an electrical injury and fall from a high voltage electrical pole. Per EMS, the patient was found at the bottom of a high voltage line with diffuse burns and amputation of his left forearm.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 12, 2024

Case A 40-year-old female at 11 weeks, five days gestation presented to the emergency department (ED) with concern for lower abdominal pressure and inability to fully empty her bladder. The patient was admitted to the obstetrics service and underwent spinal anesthesia in the operating room to manually reduce the uterus.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

C, respiratory rate 20 breaths per minute, and oxygen saturation 95% on room air. 4 This is the framework the ED resuscitationist should be operating under, as hemodynamically unstable pelvic trauma patients require a different approach compared to stable patients who will undergo CT, routine pelvic fixation, and definitive surgical repair.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My first real encounter with the healthcare system took place when I was about seven years old and had to go into hospital for an orchidopexy, so I can empathize with all the young people who come through our emergency department with acute testicular pain. This dropped to 79.3% How do you diagnose torsion? Where does this leave us?

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ALiEM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A 28-year-old female G3P2002 presented to the emergency department for one month of vaginal bleeding. The patient was seen in the emergency department one month earlier for vaginal bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy. Her estimated gestational age was six weeks by last menstrual period.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 4, 2024

3 The majority of those who arrive to the emergency department (ED) live for 2 hours or more, leaving a small window for surgical intervention. 3 The majority of those who arrive to the emergency department (ED) live for 2 hours or more, leaving a small window for surgical intervention.

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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). Exclusion criteria: Manikin and cadaver studies. airway scope). to 1.36).

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Diagnosis: Diagnosis can be made based on clinical exam alone Physical exam Inability to close the mouth Garbled speech Drooling. Anterior dislocations: palpation of the TMJ can reveal one or both of the condyles to be anteriorly displaced in front of the articular eminence.

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FOAMfrat

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Epidemiology Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is an incredibly rare yet catastrophic pathology during which fetal debris and/or amniotic fluid enters the maternal central circulation in the third trimester of pregnancy or, most commonly, during the labor process. Regardless, she complains of sudden and severe shortness of breath.

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Core EM

JANUARY 16, 2025

Success at intubation likely takes more time and practice than other procedures, as shown in recent research on ED residents and their success rate at intubating, measured as a function of their total number of intubations (See Figure 1). Practice may not achieve perfection, but it will make you better. fiber optic through the nose).

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