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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

ALiEM

2006 Oct;11(4):340-53. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. Bundle-branch block with short P-R interval in healthy young people prone to paroxysmal tachycardia. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00127.x.

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SGEM#344: We Will…We Will Cath You – But should We After An OHCA Without ST Elevations?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He heads curriculum and conference for the academic year and is passionate about resident […] The post SGEM#344: We Will…We Will Cath You – But should We After An OHCA Without ST Elevations? Defibrillation is the treatment of choice in these cases but does not often result in sustained ROSC ( Kudenchuk et al 2006).

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SGEM#360: We Care a Lot – The EmPATH Study

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

ED visits in the US for mental health conditions has increased by 44% from 2006 to 2014. Population: Adults presenting to a single academic tertiary referral ED in Iowa with suicidal ideation or after a suicide attempt – determined using administrative data. AEM February 2022.

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Ultrasound of the Month: Gallbladder Perforation

Taming the SRU

General surgery was consulted, and given the patient's significant comorbidities, he was transferred to a tertiary care academic center for further evaluation and management. 2006 Dec 28;12(48):7832-6. The following day, Interventional Radiology placed a percutaneous cholecystostomy tube. coli and rare budding yeasts.

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Episode 7: Sepsis

PHEM Cast

Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1295–8. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1299–303. Band RA, Gaieski DF, Hylton JH, Shofer FS, Goyal M, Meisel ZF. Arriving by Emergency Medical Services Improves Time to Treatment Endpoints for Patients With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock. 2011 Aug 30;18(9):934–40. 2014 Oct 28;:1–9.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Academic emergency medicine 12.9 2006 May;34(5):379-87. Performance of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale in Children with Blunt Head Trauma.” 2005): 814–819. Chung CY, Chen CL, Cheng PT, See LC, Tang SF, Wong AM. Critical score of Glasgow Coma Scale for pediatric traumatic brain injury. Pediatr Neurol. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.10.012.

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SGEM Xtra: This is My Life – Centralization of Rural Emergency Healthcare

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

2023 Apr Guest Skeptics: Dr. Louella Vaugh is an internist practising as a hospitalist physician at an academic centre in London, UK with a special interest in smaller, rural and remote healthcare. Reconfiguring emergency and acute services: time to pause and reflect. BMJ Qual Saf. BMJ Qual Saf. Her main job is working for a think tank.

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