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Awake Proning | PPE Works | NSAIDs Fx Non-Union | CAR-T Problems | Trauma to the Cardiac Box

JournalFeed

Here is the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of July 6-10, 2020. We cover awake proning; PPE works; NSAIDs, COX-2 and fracture non-union; CAR-T for the ED; and penetrating trauma to the cardiac box.

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Episode 40 - COVID-19: An Interview with Colby Redfield, MD-Tent Triage, Telemedicine, PPE, and EMS

EB Medicine

EMplify April 2020 – Colby Redfield, MD Contact us: emplify@ebmedicine.net 1-678-336-8466, ext. PPE (16:30) Reusing N95s Using elastomeric full and half face respirators CDC, FDA, Osha 4. PPE (16:30) Reusing N95s Using elastomeric full and half face respirators CDC, FDA, Osha 4. 128 COVID-19 Topics: 1. 128 COVID-19 Topics: 1.Triage

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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid secondary contamination. PMID: 31795625; PMCID: PMC6895471 Emergency Management of Severe Burns Course Manual, 18th Edition, January 2020, UK Version for The British Burn Association, Australia and New Zealand Burn Association Ltd 1996. Acute Crit Care. doi: 10.4266/acc.2019.00647.

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Episode 38 - COVID-19 Update: An Interview with Andrea Duca, MD

EB Medicine

COVID-19 Update 03-18-2020 - An interview with Andrea Duca, MD, Emergency Physician in Bergamo, Italy Time Stamps: 01:29 Dr. Andrea Duca introduction. 14:46 Do you put on new PPE as you go room to room? 15:21 What PPE do you currently use? 14:46 Do you put on new PPE as you go room to room?

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SGEM#327: MAGNUM PA – Nebulized Magnesium for Pediatric Asthma

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JAMA Nov 2020 Case: A four-year-old girl with a known history of asthma presents to your emergency department (ED) after a one-day history of runny nose and cough. You don the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) wondering if this is COVID. Her usual triggers are upper respiratory infections and cats.

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Preparation for Emergency Infectious Outbreak in your ED – Coronavirus

Emergency Medicine Cases

Although the mortality rate in patients with Coronavirus in this outbreak is less than 1% (which pales in comparison to Ebola or SARS), historically these types of outbreaks have occured every 5-6 years (SARS 2003, HINI 2009, Ebola 2014, Coronavirus 2020), so they are somewhat predictable and we should know how to prepare for them in our EDs.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel. A Randomized Clinical Trial. Over the past seventeen […] The post SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?