RebelEM

JANUARY 29, 2024

JACCC Cardiovasc Interv 2015. in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 PMID: 26315743 Tapson VF et al.

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EM Curious

JULY 1, 2015

ER Cast Part 1 Part 2 SMACC-stalgia SMACC CHICAGO 2015 PEARLS [PODCAST]: Missed SMACC Chicago and want to hear what all the buzz was about? Check out this video at the new CORE EM website regarding the tongue blade test to assist with your decision making. Or maybe just want to reminisce on the great time you had at the conference?

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2015 prospective, cross-sectional study of 78 Thai patients published in the International Journal of Rheumatic Disease demonstrated a sensitivity of 59% and specificity of 84% for PCT with a cut-off of 0.5 2015 Mar;18(3):352-9. They recommended synovial fluid analysis as essential to the diagnosis [30]. Int J Rheum Dis. 2018.09.070.

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PHEM Cast

JULY 14, 2016

An injury involving only the anterior column is considered to be stable, as will an isolated fracture of a spinous or transverse process. Elsevier Ltd; 2015 Apr 1;46(4):528–35. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock. 2015 May;78(5):943–8. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 25;349(26):2510–8. A systematic review. Smyth M, Cooke MW.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

2015 Apr;22(4):441-6. Epub 2015 Mar 16. The most common injuries seen in these younger patients are growth plate fractures and ligamentous injuries. You more often will see vertebral body and arch fractures as opposed to the growth plate fractures and ligamentous injuries in the younger children. Acad Emerg Med.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Depending on the height of the child and the height of the car, the initial impact will cause a femur fracture, a pelvic fracture, or direct abdominal trauma. They used REBOA for refractory hemorrhagic shock due to either blunt or penetrating injury. 2015 Jan;50(1):177-81. 2015 Oct 19. Brenner et al. J Surg Res.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Nachi: Each year, in the US, approximately 10,000 patients present with electrical burns or shocks. Thankfully, fatalities are declining, with just 565 in 2015. Pay attention to the entry and exit sites, as the pathway of the shock is predictive of the potential for myocardial injury and arrhythmia. That’s -- high.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In fact, one of my surgeon grandfather's ortho buddies (perhaps with the help of some lunchtime martinis) took a look at the x-rays of my Boxer's Fracture and snapped it back into place without any analgesia or procedural sedation, casted me, and sent me home. Committee on Shock. Still no pain medicine. Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct).

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EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

Consider valvular injury in any patient who appears to be in cardiogenic shock, has hypotension without obvious hemorrhage, or has pulmonary edema. In those with severe injury, you may note refractory hypotension secondary to cardiogenic shock. The latter also recommend ED thoracotomy in those with refractory shock.

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EB Medicine

JUNE 6, 2019

Nachi: And as a brief aside, before we continue… Missed appendicitis is one of the three most common causes of emergency medicine malpractice lawsuits - with MI and fractures being the other two. You can also use the shock index, which as a reminder is simply the HR/SBP. In one study, a SI > 0.7 Jeff: As for the lactate.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

How should pelvic fractures be identified in unstable trauma patients? Pelvic fractures can involve disruptions in any of the bony or ligamentous structures of the pelvic ring. Due to the round shape of the pelvic ring, multiple fractures typically occur concurrently. 2 Vertical shear fractures are also unstable.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Some are simple comfort measures such as splinting (fracture or sprain), applying cold (acute soft tissue injury) or heat (non-traumatic, non-specific pain), or other targeted non-pharmacology. Long-bone injuries Fracture pain should be addressed immediately with splinting and analgesia. Intravenous infusions of ketamine at 0.1 – 0.3

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

2015) reported a sensitivity of 98.9% for detecting major injuries Abnormal CXR Rapid deceleration mechanism Presence of a distracting injury Chest wall tenderness Sternal/thoracic spine/scapular tenderness There are limited decision-making rules for thoracic spine imaging Yet a study (Inaba et al.,

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

23 Blunt carotid injury is more likely in patients with at least one of the following: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤ 6, fracture of petrous bone, presence of diffuse axonal brain injury, and LeFort II/III fractures. 23 BCVI should be suspected with any high-energy trauma or any fractures of the maxilla or mandible. 10) Beume, L.

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