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SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA

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Date: May 23rd, 2019 Reference: Joseph et al. JAMA Surgery March 2019. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency physician in the US Air Force in Virginia. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS PODCAST DO NOT […] The post SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JAMA 2019 The Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT) Guest Skeptics: Dr. Christopher Patey is an Assistant Professor with Memorial University Medical School in St. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. A Randomized Clinical Trial.

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ToxCard: Chronic Organophosphate Toxicity

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Make sure to dispose of clothing appropriately and wear PPE to prevent personal exposure. Limit exposure with PPE if returning to the exposing environment. He was educated on wearing appropriate PPE or avoid his work environment altogether to reduce further low dose, high frequency organophosphate exposure.

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ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

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Decontamination and Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) This prevents ongoing exposure to the patient and ED staff. Dispose of clothing appropriately and wear PPE to prevent personal exposure. Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report. BMC Res Notes. 2013; 6:524.

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Breaking down barriers

Don't Forget the Bubbles

In the emergency department, we were working our way through tonnes of PPE, masks, aprons, and gloves. Rewind to Spring 2019. Amidst tonnes of PPE, hot zones, cold zones, cancelled clinics and social distancing, mental health presentations to the ED were exploding – lockdown was devastatingly affecting our young people.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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HIV Prevention and Treatment: The Evolving Role of the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. IPC for Marburg Virus Disease (MVD): PPE Part 1:PPE Basics What, When, and Why to Use PPE. Measles: Contemporary considerations for the emergency physician. Can J Surg J Can Chir. 2006;49(1):51-57. link] ACEP.