Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Written by Pendell Meyers A teenager was involved in a motor vehicle collision and presented to the Emergency Department via EMS altered and potentially critically ill. 2003, May). He was intubated for altered mental status. Chest trauma was suspected on initial exam. Myocardial contusion in an 8-year-old boy. Cramer, M.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Our state chapter members and leaders are uniquely positioned to follow EMRA’s lead in partnering with local EM residency programs to improve communication of ACEP’s value to EM-bound medical students and EM residents by hosting residency visits or local events relevant to our shared mission.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. Association of limited English proficiency and increased emergency department waiting room lengths of stay. Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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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.

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 14, 2024

8) “Ultrasound may decrease the emergency surgery rate of incarcerated inguinal hernia” by Chen et al. (1) between January 1994 and December 2003, the utility of ultrasound in aiding reduction of incarcerated inguinal hernias was examined. EM@3AM: Hernia.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine , vol. 4, 1 July 2009, p.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 29, 2024

Authors: Sameer Desai, MD (EM Attending Physician, University of Kentucky); Omar Abbas Ahmed Malik, MBBS (Patients’ Aid Foundation, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center) // Reviewed by: Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine in St. 2003 Oct 28;61(8):1047-51. Ann Emerg Med.

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RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Noninferiority trials, covered here on REBEL EM , are helpful when the experimental treatment offers a distinct advantage over the standard treatment. Studies funded by pharmaceutical companies are four times more likely to have favorable results than studies from other sources (Lexchin 2003). Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio.

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EM Curious

JULY 24, 2015

EMS appears with a patient who just wiped out big time on the ice. A Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Three-in-one Femoral Nerve Block Versus Parenteral Opioids Alone for Analgesia in Emergency Department Patients With Hip Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(6), 584–591. doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01163.xdoi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000000101

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 21, 2021

J Trauma 2003; 54:444-453 Mort TC. Emergency tracheal intubation: complications associated with repeated laryngoscope attempts. Association Between Repeated Intubation Attempts and Adverse Events in Emergency Departments: An Analysis of a Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Int J Emerg Med 6, 38 (2013).

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Police officers have poor hit probability, ricochets may occur, suppressive fire may be used (“keep ‘em pinned down”), or even ‘spray and pray.” Ballistic injuries in the emergency department. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30. Being a health care worker does not protect you from fire coming your way.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Authors: Rachel Kelly, MD ( EM Resident Physician, Stony Brook University Hospital); Robert Nocito, MD (EM Attending Physician, Stony Brook University Hospital) // Reviewed by: Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University in St. Int J Emerg Med. Eur J Emerg Med. Emerg Med J. 140.11.1122.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

How does that apply to the role of the board certified emergency physician? Fundamentally, I believe every patient coming to an emergency department is best served by care delivered by board certified emergency physicians. When those same fundamentals done right achieve great success, they aren’t little at all.

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EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. link] The post EM@3AM: Erysipelas appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. She notes increasing redness on her right arm with some associated pain and swelling. Rosh Review Website Link References Bonnetblanc, J.-M., M., & Bédane, C. Williams, O.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

in 2010 EM Clinics of North America (full text link) For an Exhaustive Review of Syncope and its full management outside the ED environment, go to the 2009 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines (full text pdf). The ROSE (Risk Stratification of syncope in the emergency department) Study.

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RebelEM

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Managing reent-onset atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 2011; 57(1): 31-2. Ann Emerg Med 2015; 65(5): 532-9. JACC 2003; 41: 255-62. Cardioversion of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 33(4): 379-88. J Emerg Med 2015.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

leaving the nail in place and just trephinating for drainage) ( Seaberg 1991 , Roser 1999 , Batrick 2003, Dean 2012 ). Management of simple nail bed lacerations and subungal hematomas in the emergency department. Emerg Med J. 2003 Jan;20(1):65. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2024

Use pacesetting to get quick results from a highly motivated and competent team Use coaching to help an employee improve performance and develop long-term strengths Social EM Grand Rounds: Interpersonal and community violence WITH drs. Victims of IPV are likely to seek care at emergency departments at higher rates than the general population.

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