RebelEM

APRIL 29, 2024

CVC vs PIV The critically ill patient is often associated with pathology that makes IV access difficult such as shock state, hypovolemia, obesity, IV drug abuse, end-stage renal disease, cardiac arrest, as well as other conditions. 2012 PMID: 21893125. Resuscitation. 9 Zhang W et al. Medicine (Baltimore).

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 17, 2016

Taken from Weingart & Levitan 2012. References Wilmalasena Y, Burns B, Reid C, Ware S., 2012; 59(3): 165-175. video cast from Emergency Medicine colleagues in the States discussing and demonstrating techniques for optimal bag-valve-mask ventilation. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2015; 65(4): 371-376. Weingart SD, Levitan RM.

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RebelEM

JULY 20, 2023

EMS radios in for a burn patient and to anticipate a difficult airway. The patient is horribly burned. She was smoking with her home O2 on and has severe mixed partial and full thickness burns to the chest, neck, face, and airway. INTRODUCTION You’re moonlighting in a remote access hospital. They’re rolling up now.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Kit Carney and Dr. Kristen Humphrey discuss gun violence, its impact on our patients and their families, as well as practical tips on advocating for safe storage of firearms, and how we can support victims of violence. Quinlan, Michele Burns Ewald, Beth E. Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423. 2012-2481 Haasz, M.,

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Well … no. More health care professionals are burned out or disengaged. Patients have become more complex, hospitalists’ workload frequently exceeds what they consider safe, and nonphysician providers are seeing more (and sicker) patients with no physician involvement. Societal trust has declined.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. However, PCT can be elevated in severe trauma, such as burns or surgery [5,25]. Raised inflammatory markers BMJ 2012; 344 :e454 doi:10.1136/bmj.e454 Gabay C, Kushner I. 2012 Jul 23;2(1):32. Oncotarget. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23208.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

2012 Jan 13;61(RR-1):1-20. Infants can get a cervical spine injury during breech delivery or, unfortunately, during non accidental trauma as well. Hopefully they will find it helpful as well. Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011. MMWR Recomm Rep.

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