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SGEM#177: POCUS – A New Sensation for Diagnosing Pediatric Fractures

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Point-of-care ultrasound for non-angulated distal forearm fractures in children: test performance characteristics and patient-centered outcomes. Point-of-care ultrasound for non-angulated distal forearm fractures in children: test performance characteristics and patient-centered outcomes. Acad Emerg Med May 2017.

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ALiEM AIR Series | Procedures Module

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Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index. We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Back Yard Football Injury

ALiEM

In patients with suspicion of clavicular fracture or dislocation, the presence of dyspnea, stridor, dysphagia, or hoarseness should raise genuine concern for a compressive mediastinal syndrome that may require emergent closed or surgical relocation attempts. View other cases from this Clinical Image Series on ALiEM.

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Is the D-Dimer Useful in High-Probabilty Pulmonary Embolism?

RebelEM

The patient has a history of a provoked PE after a tib-fib fracture 15 years ago. A recent publication in Academic Emergency Medicine attempts to shed light on this area. Clinical Scenario: A 45-year-old man with malignant melanoma presents with right-sided pleuritic chest pain for 3 days.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Enigmatic Traumatic Hip Pain

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The patient reported a history of falls resulting in shoulder, rib, and left hip fractures in the past. Occult femur fracture Occult fractures are defined as fractures that cannot be detected by standard radiographic examination until weeks after the injury either due to lack of displacement or limitations of the imaging study.

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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

Absolute contraindications of prone positioning are severely increased intracranial pressure as positioning of the head in prone position can partially obstruct cerebral venous drainage, as well as unstable spinal fractures because the manipulation while repositioning a patient may lead to further injury (Guerin et. 2020; Koulouras et.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: What’s Coming Out of Your Eye?

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Laboratory Data CT Orbits/Sella w/ IV Contrast : No acute orbital fracture. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. Visual acuity: able to count fingers. Extraocular movements intact.