The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 17, 2019

Case: You are taking care of a 56-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a Jones fracture. Some have identified the 2001 Joint Commission making pain the fifth vital sign in an attempt to address the oligoanalgesia issue as part of the opioid misuse problem. Volkow et al. JAMA 2011).

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Academics Fractures Outcomes 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Case: It’s a busy night in the emergency department, your next patient is a well appearing 70-year-old man, presenting after a mechanical fall from standing with loss of consciousness. It was a classic EM paper published in the Lancet back in 2001 by the Legend of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ian Stiell.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Seizures EMS 52

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. Potential causes include: -Trauma: Blunt or penetrating thoracic injuries, rib fractures, esophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome). Image licensed under CC Attribution 3.0

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COPD Pediatrics Emergency Department Ultrasounds 79