Emergency Medicine Journal

JULY 24, 2023

We aimed to determine the association between the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and OHCA outcomes and bystander resuscitation efforts among the working-age population. We compared characteristics and outcome differences of the arrests between three prepandemic years (2017–2019) and the pandemic year 2020. PAD use decreased from 4.0%

Resuscitation 52

Resuscitation Outcomes CPR Hospitals 52

JournalFeed

MAY 30, 2020

Here is the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of May 25-29, 2020. We cover severe Kawasaki-like illness in children related to COVID-19, anaphylaxis guidelines for 2020, NT-proBNP + Canadian Syncope Rule, best practices for academic medicine remote work, and the FRESH RCT.

Anaphylaxis 52

Anaphylaxis Best Practices Academics 52

Ken Grauer, MD

MAY 31, 2024

The November 10, 2020 post — for PTA. The October 17, 2020 post — for a 70-year old woman with " Artifactual VT ". The April 6, 2023 post — excessive baseline artifact misdiagnosed as AFib ( instead of sinus rhythm with AV Wenckebach — as in Figure-4 in this post ). The March 17, 2023 post — for PTA.

Shock 414

Shock EKG/ECG Seizures 414

Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

Working through a case of a regular WCT Rhythm in this 80-something woman — See My Comment in the May 5, 2020 post on Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog. Another case of a regular WCT Rhythm in a 60-something woman — See My Comment at the bottom of the page in the April 15, 2020 post on Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog.

EKG/ECG 392

EKG/ECG Hospitals Wellness 392

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 4, 2021

The presentation is available to watch on YouTube, listen to on iTunes and all the slides can be downloaded (McGill 2020 Part 1 and […] The post SGEM Xtra: EBM Master Class – McGill University Grand Rounds 2020 first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. They titled the talk “Evidence-Based Medicine Master Class”.

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Academics 40

Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 22, 2024

Working through a case of a regular WCT Rhythm in this 80-something woman — See My Comment in the May 5, 2020 post on Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog. Another case of a regular WCT Rhythm in a 60-something woman — See My Comment at the bottom of the page in the April 15, 2020 post on Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog.

EKG/ECG 257

EKG/ECG Wellness 257

Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 9, 2023

Luoto, 2020 ] Increase resistance can be related to pre-hepatic , intra-hepatic , or post-hepatic etiologies. Luoto, 2020 ] Increase resistance can be related to pre-hepatic , intra-hepatic , or post-hepatic etiologies. Banc-Husu, 2023 ; Luoto, 2020; Carneiro de Moura, 2018 ] Basics are best (always)! 2020 May;70(5):628-634.

Pediatrics 152

Pediatrics Head Injuries Airway Management Administration 152

Ken Grauer, MD

MARCH 27, 2024

Working through a case of a regular WCT Rhythm in this 80-something woman — See My Comment in the May 5, 2020 post on Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog. Another case of a regular WCT Rhythm in a 60-something woman — See My Comment at the bottom of the page in the April 15, 2020 post on Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog.

EKG/ECG 469

EKG/ECG Wellness 469

Ken Grauer, MD

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The importance of the new OMI ( vs the old STEMI ) Paradigm — See My Comment in the July 31, 2020 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog. The August 22, 2020 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog — which illustrates another case of dynamic ST-T wave changes that resulted from a repolarization variant.

EKG/ECG 381

EKG/ECG EMS Hospitals 381

Critical Care North Hampton

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Welcome in! We are back again… take a look at what we dug up for you! News Matt’s paper compendium Blogs Top POCUS Intriguing! Top Tweets Top Infographics Top resource News Our education portal moves from strength to strength. We talk IV fluid safety with Dr Ashley Miller ICYMI! NW-POCUS returns! Yes, our FUSIC course is.

Research 52

Research 52

Critical Care North Hampton

AUGUST 11, 2020

It’s hot, COVID is beginning to tickle the belly of the NHS again… but what else is going on in Critical Care?? Best Papers Best Blogs Best Tweetorials Best Sites Best Infographics and POCUS Best Videos Best Papers! Matt’s Top Picks! Matt Bigwood takes us through his top picks of Critical Care Reviews papers.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 5, 2024

This is true of hard ticks , which carry the majority of bacteria and viruses which can infect humans (Rochlin 2020) This is not true when the infectious agent is carried by a soft tick. Rochlin 2020) Shares many of the same symptoms as African tick-bite fever. In the US, outbreaks have been linked to rental cabins near national parks.

CDC 161

CDC Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Wellness 161

CasesBlog

MAY 21, 2020

Among the longevity apps, LifeExtend is the clear winner as of May 2020. The app is evidence-based, has helpful references and it is free: [link] It is backed by the physician/entrepreneur Don Brown (LifeOmics) and the University of Indiana, so it is not going away next year.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 7, 2023

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults. 2020 Apr 28;4(8):1554-1588. DeBaun MR, Jordan LC, King AA, Schatz J, Vichinsky E, Fox CK, McKinstry RC, Telfer P, Kraut MA, Daraz L, Kirkham FJ, Murad MH. 2019001142.

Stroke 130

Stroke Pediatrics Seizures Sepsis 130

Critical Care North Hampton

AUGUST 26, 2020

Let’s go… the best picks of the hard work everyone is doing! Navigate: News Best papers Best blogs Best Infographics Websites Best POCUS Best Videos Best Tweetorials Image of the week Top resources News! We opened our ICU education portal! We will be expanding this on a weekly basis with loads of new topics. Best Papers.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2024

Ever since COVID-19 first emerged in 2020, evidence-free claims that it had arisen due to a "lab leak" have proliferated. A recent paper argues that this conspiracy theory has been very harmful to science. I argue that it's more than just lab leak that is harmful.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 11, 2023

2020 Oct 24;12(10):e11141. Coli Proteus species Non-Abscess infection: Staphylococcus aures = the most common Pseudomonas aeruginosa and others still may be seen Perichondritis of the Ear: Presentation Redness , Pain , and Swelling of the pinna Typically spares the lobule ! Can Fam Physician. 2022 Sep;68(9):661-663. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6809661.

Burns 130

Burns Pediatrics EMS Outcomes 130

EMergucate

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A 59 year old woman presents to her local nursing post with sudden onset palpitations and presyncope. She is a hour from your hospital, her vital signs are as follows;

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Hospitals 52

EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The following ECG is obtained from a 70 year old female who has presented with thoracic back pain and fever. She has also noted reduced exercise tolerance over the preceding three days.

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG 52

EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

You have been handed over a 58 year old male patient who presented yesterday with a seizure on a background history of alcohol dependence. He also has a history of depression and GORD. He has never…

Seizures 52

Seizures EKG/ECG 52

Science Based Medicine

APRIL 7, 2024

Jay Bhattacharya March 2020: "If it’s true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified."

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Mount Sinai EM

AUGUST 7, 2024

Ultimately, given the heterogeneity of studies in terms of timing & application and definition of cardiac motion, ultrasound is considered an adjunct to CPR with a class 2b recommendation in the 2020 AHA guidelines.

Ultrasounds 235

Ultrasounds CPR Documentation/Coding COPD 235

EMergucate

AUGUST 5, 2020

A 50 year old female presents to ED complaining of chest pain. The patient is well known to the department, with frequent presentations with chest pain. Recent MPS shows mild reversible inferior ch…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Wellness 52

EMergucate

AUGUST 4, 2020

A 50 year old female presents to ED complaining of chest pain. The patient is well known to the department, with frequent presentations with chest pain. Recent MPS shows mild reversible inferior ch…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Wellness 52

Science Based Medicine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Doctors who repeatedly predicted herd immunity in 2020 and 2021, mocking and berating those who disagreed, now treat herd immunity as a taboo phrase. The post When Did “Herd Immunity” Become a Taboo Phrase? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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EMergucate

JUNE 21, 2020

The following ECG is from a 52 year old male with a history of bipolar mood disorder and cardiomyopathy. He presents to ED complaining of increasing shortness of breath and leg swelling. The patie…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG 52

EMergucate

JULY 15, 2020

The below ECG is from a 69 year old male who presented to ED with general malaise and fatigue. The patient is has a background of metastatic colon cancer and depression.

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG 52

EMergucate

JUNE 9, 2020

Following is an ECG of a 73 years of male patient with a history of IHD with 3 stents presenting with intermittent mild central chest pain. You are shown this ECG. Describe the abnormalities and yo…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG EMS 52

EMergucate

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You see a 26 year old man who has presented with left sided chest pain. He self discharged 3 weeks ago from the cardiology ward. His ECG is as below.

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG EMS 52

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 6, 2024

The first two weeks of March 2020 were jolting. Although he initially rejected it, by April 2020, he recommended community cloth masking to slow the coronavirus (an intervention for which we now have randomized data showing it doesn’t work). In other words, if policies actually work, this method is able to prove that they work.

Infectious Diseases 144

Infectious Diseases Research Outcomes 144

EMergucate

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A 50 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a two week history of progressive limb weakness, … Continue reading →

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Emergency Department 52

EMergucate

APRIL 28, 2020

Following is an ECG of a 62 years of age Vietnamese man who has presented with an 8 hour history of intermittent left sided chest pain. He looks well from the end of the bed and his haemodynamics a…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Wellness EMS 52

EMergucate

APRIL 7, 2020

Following is an ECG of a 25 years old man with a four day history of left sided chest pain and its 0400 hours in the morning. He’s in a mild discomfort but looks well from the end of the bed …

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Wellness EMS 52

EMergucate

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A 85 year old female presents after a syncope. Below is the patients ECG: Describe and interpret the ECG On … Continue reading →

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG EMS 52

EMergucate

MARCH 10, 2020

Following is an ECG of a 67 years of age man complaining of intermittent palpitations that lasts for two hours over the past two days with associated shortness of breath on exertion and chest tight…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG EMS 52

EMergucate

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Following is an ECG of a 74 years of age man with a 3 day history of intermittent moderate central chest pressure with associated dizziness. He looks mildly uncomfortable with normal hemodynamics.…

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG EMS 52

EMergucate

JUNE 30, 2020

The following ECG is taken from a 27 year old female who has presented following an intentional overdose of an unknown quantity of escitalopram and alcohol.

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