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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. Ann Emerg Med. His name is Ben. Burgart, A.M.

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Choosing Wisely – Radiographs in children with respiratory symptoms

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The parents of 9-month-old Josie bring her into the Emergency Department with coryzal symptoms and difficulty breathing. A secondary analysis of a nationwide study of Emergency Department attendance in America from 2006 to 2008 found that CXRs increase the average length of stay by 27 minutes. Am J Emerg Med.

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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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A 45-year-old outdoor enthusiast presents to the emergency department with fever, headache, myalgias, and malaise. BioMed Research International, 2020, 1-10. Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 6(1), 31. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby; 2006:384-418. No rash is identified. link] Fan, L., Li, C., & Zhao, H.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Borgialli DA, Mahajan P, Hoyle JD Jr, Powell EC, Nadel FM, Tunik MG, Foerster A, Dong L, Miskin M, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Acad Emerg Med. Academic emergency medicine 12.9 2006 May;34(5):379-87. Ann Emerg Med. PMID: 1933914. 2005.10.012.

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Paediatric Appendicitis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

7-year-old Tilly is brought to your emergency department at 11 p.m. Abdominal pain in children is common, accounting for over 1 in 20 attendances to paediatric emergency departments [1]. Clinical scoring tools have improved diagnostic performance in assessing suspected appendicitis in the emergency department.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

John Brown PhD is a Professor of Health Services Research in Ireland who has been studying rural healthcare issues since 2012. There have been many “temporary” rural emergency department closures during the past last year. It was a stepped-wedge reconfiguration of the entire Danish emergency healthcare system.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital. As a community “pit doctor,” I believe I have a good understanding of the needs of emergency physicians. Emergency physicians that seek a network of colleagues may be inclined to join ACEP.