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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

EMJ; 2005: 22-24. pdf Equipment required for resuscitative thoracotomy: Surface anatomy: Appearance of pericardial clot A foley catheter being used to fill a cardiac wound – note how easily this could be pulled out. Traumatic Cardiac Arrest. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2015. 108(1): 11-16. Wise et al. Hunt et al.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" [Coroners Society] King Richard I (the Lionheart) needed vast sums of money for the Third Crusade, operation of the kingdom, and for his ransom fro m Duke Leopold of Austria. All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

A recent success by the ACEP was averting a decrease of our reimbursement for our 99284 E&M codes, saving an estimated $200 million for emergency physicians in 2023. If ACEP is already doing this, why be a member? ACEP has a voice for all, but its reach is limited by resources. The themes that are evident today are not new or unexpected.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Farrington] Rebuilding of outdated hospitals put emergency rooms on ground level with nearby X-ray service, and, ideally, sometimes closer to the Blood Bank and the Operating Rooms. EMS in America: The Foundation Documents. Abridged article published in February/March 2005 EM Resident. Touchstone, Mike. Accessed 2/29/2016.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. Myocardial infarction in an adult resulting from coronary aneurysms previously documented in childhood after an acute episode of Kawasaki’s disease.

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EM@3AM: Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications

EMDocs

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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Growing Need for Women Safety in India

Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

Of these, about 7 lahks, or 30 per cent, were reported under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the report says. For starters, several states have launched and currently operate the 181 and 112 emergency helpline numbers to provide relief to women in distress, whether it is in a public place, at home or even at their workplace.