Downeast Emergency Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to overdose deaths and taxed constrained Emergency Department (ED) resources, it has also clarified the important role that emergency physicians have in expanding access to life-saving medications to treat opioid use disorder. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Hawk, et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 12, 2024

A national survey of children’s experiences and needs when attending Canadian pediatric emergency departments. June 2024 Date: Oct 1, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew (Andy) Tagg is an Emergency Physician with a special interest in education and lifelong learning. Reference: Ma K et al. He is accompanied by his worried parents.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 11, 2020

Date: April 9th, 2020 Reference: Kline et al. Randomized trial of therapy dogs versus deliberative coloring (art therapy) to reduce stress in emergency medicine providers. You wish you […] The post SGEM#289: I Want a Dog to Relieve My Stress in the Emergency Department first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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EM Updates

JUNE 15, 2021

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is Brooklyn’s largest hospital, an academic quaternary care center with, in normal times, 711 total beds, 66 intensive care beds, and an Emergency Department that treats approximately 120,000 patients per year. On March 9, the first patient with a novel coronavirus infection was admitted to MMC.

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ACEP Now

JULY 11, 2024

Deaths from drinking increased 25 percent from 2019 to 2020 and another 10 percent in 2021. The percentage of suicides while intoxicated with alcohol has increased, particularly among women, and traffic fatalities in 2020 were at their highest point in over a decade. 2020:8;279. problem drinking has reached a steady state.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Date: January 27th, 2020 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Richelle Cooper is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Maia Dorsett is an Emergency and EMS Physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center. ” Where does emergency medicine fit into the RCA initiative?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The patient was rushed to the nearest emergency department (non-PCI facility) for stabilization. On arrival in the emergency department, invasive blood pressure was 35/15mmHg and the patient was in profound cardiogenic shock with severe confusion secondary to brain hypoperfusion. There is now some flow in the LMCA!

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ALiEM

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Intermediate-risk patients may be further stratified based on recent stress testing or coronary angiogram findings plus a modified HEART or Emergency Department Assessment of Chest Pain (EDACS) score. Let’s apply the ESC 2020 0/1 hour pathway [2], with some modifications based on the 2022 ACC guidelines [1]: Figure 1.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study. During the COVID-19 pandemic , we noticed a change in the type of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Arch Dis Child.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Date: February 11th, 2020 Reference: Yeh et al. Case: A 32-year-old woman with no previous medical history calls you while a passenger on a […] The post SGEM#284: Might as Well Jump, but We would Recommend a Parachute first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: February 11th, 2020 Reference: Yeh et al.

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PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The therapy was approved for emergency use in 2020 by FDA after an observational study of 10 patients showed likely benefit (yes, 10, which should remind us of our collective desperation). patients infected with the Wuhan/Delta variants in 2020-2021). Only it turns out, it did help. Or could, anyway.

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Northwestern EM Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Written by: Diana Halloran (NUEM ‘24) & Andrew Long (NUEM ‘25) Edited by: Nick Wleklinski (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : John Bailitz, MD Introduction The Emergency Department is a challenging work environment for a variety of reasons. Any team member of the resuscitation may lead the hot debrief.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Tachycardia may be present both from many medications or drugs, as well as withdrawal. Let’s use the example of the well appearing patient, without significant comorbidities. Disposition of sinus tachycardia depends on many factors, however the well-appearing asymptomatic patient does not require admission for tachycardia alone.

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Taming the SRU

MAY 13, 2024

The patient is a well-appearing male who is awake, alert, and oriented. There is also a well-appearing, healed surgical scar. There is also a well-appearing, healed surgical scar. The skin is warm and well perfused with brisk capillary refill. Respiratory and cardiovascular exams are normal. BMP : Na 136, K 4.3,

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

And now we’re here at our destination, the place we know and love, the emergency room to talk about what we should be doing for the growing volume of children with mental health problems boarding in the emergency department. It’s stressful for the ED clinical staff as well. This has a downstream effect.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for millions of Emergency Department visits annually. While moderate and severe TBI is often managed on an inpatient basis, patients presenting with mild TBI, or concussion, are often managed solely by Emergency physicians.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 22, 2020

Date: August 18th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of Clinical Exam, Labs, Imaging Accuracy and Biases. Reference: Carpenter et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 19, 2023

Olivia, a previously well 13-year-old girl, is referred to the paediatric ED from the Ophthalmology ED. Trends and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Patients Presenting to an Ophthalmology Emergency Department with an Initial Diagnosis of Optic Nerve Head Elevation. 2020 and Hyde et al. Clin Ophthalmol.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? Well-meaning providers who are not highly fluent may contribute to miscommunication and diagnostic errors. Providers should respect and utilize this mode of communication, as well as document the patient’s request for a non-certified interpreter.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Johnson, MD ( Community EM, Salina Regional Health Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra, MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, EM-CCM); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 40-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department (ED) with left leg pain and swelling for the past 5 days.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 12, 2024

30 to discuss violence in the emergency department and encourage elected officials to pass the SAVE Act , bipartisan legislation that ACEP helped develop and strongly supports to protect physicians and health care professionals in the workplace. This is a daily situation in emergency departments across the country.”

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Date: October 9th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. He is also one of the world’s leading researchers on pain management in the emergency department, specifically the use of ketamine.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Kang, MD, FACEP, “ACEP supports the Commission’s proposal to categorically ban non-compete clauses, and we urge it to finalize the regulation as proposed to help address the current anti-competitive conditions faced by many emergency physicians that limit their right to freely practice medicine in their communities.” Published June 14, 2023.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

prescriptions annually per 100 persons in 2020. 1 The emergency department remains an important frontier for work in judicious prescribing, but opiate analgesia remains a valuable tool for the initial treatment of a variety of presentations. In this respect, the conclusion is absolutely true.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting." For review of ECG findings expected with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy — Please see My Comment at the bottom of the page in the March 25, 2020 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 29, 2023

Another core element of emergency department (ED) and pre-hospital care is the assessment for potential spinal injuries [1,2]. This has evolved due to recognition of some of the adverse effects of immobilization as well as limitations to its benefits. We have also covered concussions ( SGEM#112 , SGEM#331 , and SGEM#362 ).

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 27, 2024

The parent trial was conducted from October 2020 to July 2022 in the capital region of Denmark. In this study, the authors aim to assess the hemodynamic effects of prehospital high-dose glucocorticoid treatment in resuscitated comatose OHCA patients. Hill, J.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 8, 2023

Case: A 57-year-old woman with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and type-2 diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency department (ED) with fever, cough, myalgias, headache and congestion. There was a large unblinded RCT of over 3,000 patients published in the Lancet in 2020.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

7-year-old Tilly is brought to your emergency department at 11 p.m. Abdominal pain in children is common, accounting for over 1 in 20 attendances to paediatric emergency departments [1]. Tilly is normally fit and well, with no significant past medical history. by her father. She is obviously uncomfortable.

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ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

Case Introduction: Child with abdominal pain Wendy is a 7-year-old girl who comes into the emergency department with redness, swelling, and pain on her left calf. They may be well-circumscribed or may have irregular borders. Well-circumscribed abscess with heterogeneous debris C. 97.4%) 85.4% (78.9-90.2%)

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Disparities in the emergency department management of pediatric migraine by race, ethnicity, and language preference. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. AEM September 2022. AEM September 2022.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 13, 2020

Date: June 9th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an Emergency Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. AEM […] The post SGEM#295: Teacher Teacher – Tell Me How to Do It (Diagnose a PE) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. AEM June 2020. Reference: Westafer et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Date: October 29th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Martha Roberts is a critical and emergency care, triple-certified nurse practitioner currently living and working in Sacramento, California. She is the host of EM Bootcamp in Las Vegas, as well as a usual speaker and faculty member for The Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME).

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Orso 2020] One pediatric study in this systematic review, and the intubated patients had worse outcome than non-intubated Early airway protection = lower rates of complications (in TRAUMA), but this is not always true with medical patients. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Date: September 11th, 2020 This is an SGEM Xtra episode. I have discussed burnout and wellness a number […] The post SGEM Xtra: The Water is Wide first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: September 11th, 2020 This is an SGEM Xtra episode.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

A 25-year-old Venezuelan male presented to a Chicago area emergency department (ED) in early November 2023. He noted spending about five days walking through a jungle, as well as traversing rivers. Discussion As the refugee crisis continues, and asylum seekers visit emergency departments all over the U.S.,

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Using Maryland state law as a guide, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA) lobbied for passage of federal protections beginning in the mid-1990s. 1997: Congress enacts the PLP for Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans via BBA ’97.

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