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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

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Factoring such, an order to transfer the patient immediately by ground or air EMS is the only actual support per se these non-physicians receive. Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state.

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Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

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Regardless of the cause, a thoracostomy is often required for treatment (Currie 2007 ). Pigtail catheters are placed via guidewire with seldinger technique which is strikingly similar to central venous access and may increase procedural competency. 2007 Nov;83(985):722]. World J Surg. 2018;42(1):107-113. Postgrad Med J.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

Case 2 19 year old seizure A 19-year-old male is brought into your emergency department via EMS for witnessed seizure-like activity. Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. The seizure abated with rectal diazepam given by the squad. Marmarou, Young, Aygok. Neurosurg Focus.