ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound. Opioid overdoses involving xylazine in emergency department patients: a multicenter study. US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration. Pediatr Emerg Care. Alexander RS, et al. Love JS, et al.

Forensics 98

Forensics Airway Management Emergency Department Administration 98

ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A 23-year-old healthy male presented to the emergency department with left eye pain, soreness, and blurry vision after being hit in the left eye with a Nerf gun bullet two days prior. 2001 Dec;59(12):1462-70. He had no prior ophthalmologic history and does not wear corrective lenses. Physical Exam Left eye : Visual acuity 20/30.

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Academics Emergency Department 64

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In years previous, the conversion factor has largely stayed the same resulting in physician pay falling 22% from 2001 to 2021 when adjusted for inflation (3). These annual threats of cuts are all but guaranteed to continue under the current system.

Emergency Department 90

Emergency Department Research Outcomes Hospitals 90

PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma: a review. Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2006: 1:4. Survival after Emergency Department thoracotomy: review of published data for last 25 years.

Military 52

Military Resuscitation Emergency Department Documentation/Coding 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 13, 2018

A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis of Ketamine as an Alternative to Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME Editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is also the CME Editor for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Academics 52

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This case was submitted by… A 6-year-old previously healthy female was brought to your emergency department with extremity pain. Am Fam Physician 2001 ; 64:419. This is the second of the four cases. 4 days earlier, she developed rhinorrhea, cough, and fever to Tmax 101F. Am J Med Sci 2019; 357:411. Gu SL, Jorizzo JL.

Urgent Care 69

Urgent Care Burns Pediatrics Emergency Department 69

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Disparities in the emergency department management of pediatric migraine by race, ethnicity, and language preference. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. AEM September 2022. AEM September 2022.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Research 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

She is interested in social determinants of health in the emergency department and health policy. Dr. Ian Holley is also a PGY-3 resident in Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. He is interested in ultrasound and international emergency medicine.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Seizures EMS 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Community emergency medicine (CEM) is a model of pre-hospital care that delivers emergency department care to patients irrespective of their clinical environment. London’s physician response unit (PRU), established in 2001, has continually evolved its scope of practice.

Operations 40

Operations Emergency Department Hospitals 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 22, 2021

Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine and an Associate Editor for the NEJM Journal Watch Emergency Medicine. A randomized trial comparing prescribed light exercise to standard management for emergency department patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Research Emergency Department Pediatrics 52

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Sites: Investigators recruited patients at 31 French emergency departments at university and nonuniversity hospitals Duration : June 1, 2009 to March 31, 2015. Recruitment from only emergency departments may not represent the broader clinical context. PMID: 20696690 Baumann, M. Strange, C., Heffner, J. Luketich, J.

Outcomes 103

Outcomes Hospitals Research Emergency Department 103

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

THE CASE A female in her early 20s, G4P2012, presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 5 day history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain which has been worsening since onset. 2001 Jan;20(1):27-31; quiz 33. She states her pain is similar to pain that she felt during a prior ectopic pregnancy. J Ultrasound Med.

Ultrasounds 98

Ultrasounds Operations Radiology Radiology 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 6, 2020

Max Hockstein trained as an Emergency Medicine physician at University of Texas Southwestern and is finishing his Intensive Care fellowship at Emory. Case: It’s another day in your emergency department (ED). Max is then going to Georgetown to be an attending in both EM and ICU.

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Resuscitation Administration 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 12, 2022

She is an emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital and a Clinician Scientist and the Deputy Director of the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute. Case: An 18-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) after falling off a moving snowmobile and hitting her head on the ground.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Head Injuries Pediatrics Research 40

Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I am a GP at a large practice based in a town in southwest Scotland, and I also work as a doctor in the Emergency Department in our local district general hospital. The Sandpiper Trust was founded in 2001 following the death of 14-year-old Sandy Dickson. But it doesn’t stop there. What is a BASICS responder and who can do it?

Ambulance Services 52

Ambulance Services Hospitals Anaphylaxis Wellness 52

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Still, this wave of private equity acquisitions in emergency medicine has come crashing down on the heads of many early-career physicians. As of 2022, 1 in 4 emergency departments in the United States were staffed by a private equity-owned physician group. But maybe that was never the intention,” she speculates.

Hospitals 113

Hospitals Radiology Radiology Emergency Department 113

RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies. 2006) “Management of acute allergic reactions and anaphylaxis in the Emergency Department between 1993-2003,” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , 117(2).

Allergic Reactions 52

Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Emergency Department Urgent Care 52

Broome Docs

AUGUST 2, 2022

Acad Emerg Med. 2001 Feb;8(2):103-6. PMID: 35311942 Bottom line: I include this for interest’s sake only, as it sounds more like science fiction than medicine at this point (at least based on the funding of the emergency departments I work in), but it will be an interesting field to watch over the coming years.

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Emergency Department Radiology Radiology 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and prior inferior OMI status post DES to his proximal RCA 3 years prior presented to the emergency department at around 3 AM complaining of chest pain onset around 9 PM the evening prior. link] Stone, G. Brodie, B.

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EKG/ECG Documentation/Coding Wellness Emergency Department 131

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Ben Lawton is a paediatric emergency physician in Brisbane Australia. He divides his time between a tertiary children’s hospital and a community hospital that is busy enough to have its own paediatric emergency department. He is part of the Don’t Forget the Bubbles team.

Dehydration 40

Dehydration Pediatrics Hospitals Academics 40

ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

An 18-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Ackee fruit poisoning: an outbreak investigation in Haiti 2000–2001, and review of the literature. Since the onset of illness, she had been unable to tolerate any oral intake. Am J Trop Med Hyg.

Poisoning 40

Poisoning Administration Urgent Care Documentation/Coding 40

EM Updates

MARCH 24, 2021

The primary tool for emergency airway management then became the traditional laryngoscope , a device little improved since the 1940s, until the advent of video laryngoscopy in the early 2000s which changed everything.

Operations 52

Operations Airway Management EMS Wellness 52

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Correlation and agreement between arterial and venous blood gas analysis in patients with hypotension-an emergency department-based cross-sectional study. Int J Emerg Med. The role of venous blood gas in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Emerg Med. Emerg Med J.

Emergency Department 98

Emergency Department Resuscitation COPD Shock 98

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2017

Nonfatal Choking on Food Among Children 14 Years or Younger in the United States, 2001–2009. Am J Emerg Med. Emergency department management of foreign bodies of the external ear canal in children. Pediatrics. 2013;132(2):275-281. doi:10.1542/peds.2013-0260. Committee on Injury V. Pediatrics. doi:10.1542/peds.2009-2862.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics CPR Operations Resuscitation 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

The ROSE (Risk Stratification of syncope in the emergency department) Study. 2009.09.049 Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a clinical decision rule (CDR) to predict 1-month serious outcome and all-cause death in patients presenting with syncope to the emergency department.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

What They Did: Investigators performed a retrospective cohort study in the Emergency Department at the University of Michigan between July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1359-67. Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med. PMID: 11794168.

Sepsis 108

Sepsis Outcomes Administration Shock 108

Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S.,

Psychiatric 89

Psychiatric Seizures Emergency Department Pediatrics 89

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 3, 2025

This systematic review examined 15 observational studies from around the world, exploring the relationship between increasing air pollution levels and the rate of hospitalisations and emergency department visits for respiratory illnesses in children. Among pollutants, PM2.5 was the most extensively studied in 14 of the 15 papers.

Hospitals 88

Hospitals Emergency Department Research Forensics 88

Taming the SRU

JUNE 12, 2023

Although not every person seeks health care for these injuries, the majority of those that do end up in the emergency department. In 2008, this led to greater than 316,000 emergency department (ED) visits and about 9,500 hospitalizations [1]. Annals of Emergency Medicine. In the United States, approximately 4.5

Infectious Diseases 103

Infectious Diseases Emergency Department Administration Academics 103

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

2001 12 found similar results among a cohort of critically ill patients. One of the hallmarks of sepsis care, based on the Rivers 2001 17 trial and still recommended by the latest SCCM guidelines is early detection of sepsis and initiation of early resuscitation. Orthostatic vital signs in emergency department patients.

Dehydration 75

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 75

EMDocs

JANUARY 22, 2025

Is there an ideal observation period in the emergency department after reversal with naloxone? Prehosp Emerg Care , 2009, 13(4):512-5. Endo Pharmaceuticals, Chadds Ford, PA, 2001. Ann Emerg Med. Acad Emerg Med. One-Year Mortality of Patients After Emergency Department Treatment for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose.

Seizures 97

Seizures Administration Emergency Department Poisoning 97

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Unported from wikimedia commons, File:2001 Heart Position in ThoraxN.jpg - Wikimedia Commons accessed 10/25/24 Epidemiology and etiology Pneumomediastinum is uncommon. When should I get a consultant involved in the emergency department? West J Emerg Med. left image: coronal view of structures within the mediastinum.

COPD 79

COPD Pediatrics Emergency Department Ultrasounds 79

PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Learn how to recognize and manage cases in the emergency department, ask the right questions to uncover inhalant use, and provide critical resources for prevention and support. Whether youre a seasoned pediatrician or new to emergency medicine, this episode offers essential insights into tackling this hidden epidemic.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Poisoning Wellness Burns 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vision loss carries a high degree of morbidity and is associated with higher all-cause mortality, 4 and it is our role as emergency providers to recognize potentially reversible causes of such adverse outcomes. 5 Epidemiology Onchocerciasis is endemic in 31 African countries but is also problematic in Brazil, Venezuela, and Yemen.

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Infectious Diseases Emergency Department EMS Administration 74