EMDocs
DECEMBER 1, 2024
We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 52-year-old male with a history of essential hypertension presents to your South Texas ED for his second visit this week complaining of indolent fever, shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and a rash on his trunk and extremities. .:
Pulsara
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Editor's Note: In August 2024, EMS1 and Fitch & Associates released their annual EMS trend survey, What Paramedics Want, proudly sponsored by Pulsara. Read, enjoy, share, and take to heart the following information brought to you by the most prestigious thought leaders in EMS. The question becomes: are we using them?
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American Ambulance Association
MARCH 19, 2025
Medicare Ambulance Extender Bill Introduced in House Yesterday, March 18, Representatives Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Terry Sewell (D-AL), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mike Carey (R-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Carol […] The post House Reintroduces Vital Medicare Extender and EMS Workforce Bills appeared first on American Ambulance Association. (..)
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
OCTOBER 19, 2024
Annals of EM 2024. Annals of EM 2024. Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Controlled Trial. A bedside sonogram shows no significant hydronephrosis. mg/kg nebulized or 0.3
EMDocs
JANUARY 11, 2025
Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 73-year-old female is brought in by EMS for abdominal pain, vomiting, and weakness for two days. She has felt bloated and nauseous for approximately 6 days and suddenly worsened last night. Up to 1/3 of adults over 60 suffer from chronic constipation.
Core EM
JANUARY 25, 2024
EM physicians should receive training in the HINTS exam, Epley, and Dix-Hallpike maneuvers. Studies have shown that patients’ descriptions of their symptoms can frequently switch between these categories every few minutes. This framework assesses literature and provides a systematic review and recommendations on a clinical subject.
Core EM
JANUARY 25, 2024
Population This study occurred in an urban academic hospital with over 90,000 annual visits. Of these, 177 were mild-to-moderate DKA patients, defined as evidence of DKA (hyperglycemia, ketosis, and an anion gap) without severe features (HCO3 < 10 or arterial pH < 7.0).
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