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

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There have been many “temporary” rural emergency department closures during the past last year. In Ontario alone there have been approximately 160 emergency departments (ED) temporarily closed since the beginning of 2022. It was a stepped-wedge reconfiguration of the entire Danish emergency healthcare system.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) is a bedside modality that can assist Emergency Physicians (EPs) in differentiating PE from other causes of cardiac arrest. 4, 2006, pp. 10,11 Vid 1.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

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Comparison of the MASCC and CISNE scores for identifying low-risk neutropenic fever patients: analysis of data from three emergency departments of cancer centers in three continents. Application of the MASCC and CISNE Risk-Stratification Scores to Identify Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients in the Emergency Department.