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How Long Should EM Residency Be? New Studies Shed Light

ACEP Now

2,3 In the 2021-2022 academic year, categorical (non-combined) EM residency lengths included 221 (80 percent) PGY 1-3 and 55 (20 percent) PGY 1-4 programs. A fourth year of EM training offers additional supervised clinical and academic experience. Residency length has varied since the inception of the specialty of emergency medicine.

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Sniffing out Sepsis - Vibes vs Scoring Systems?

Taming the SRU

Population Patients were adult (18 or older) patients at a single academic emergency department who were triaged to a resuscitation bay and were not classified as a trauma, STEMI, stroke, cardiac arrest, or active labor. Importantly, only patients triaged to resuscitation bays were enrolled. sensitivity, 84.9% sensitivity, 87.2%

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The SQuID Protocol: SQ Insulin in DKA?

RebelEM

Background: DKA is traditionally treated with fluid resuscitation, electrolyte replacement, and intravenous infusions of insulin. The SQuID Protocol (Subcutaneous Insulin in /diabetic Ketoacidosis): Impacts on ED Operational Metrics. A more optimal, and promising, solution may be the use of SQ insulin in mild to moderate DKA.

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Multisystem Trauma in Children, Part Two: Massive Transfusion, Trauma Imaging, and Resuscitative Pearls

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Resuscitative Pearls Our goal here is damage control. Otherwise, resuscitate, identify the bleeding source, and slow or stop the bleeding with blood products or surgery. How Children are Different in Trauma In adults, we speak of “permissive hypotension” (also called “balanced resuscitation” or “damage control resuscitation”).

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Episode 19: Surgical Airway

PHEM Cast

Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine , 22 (8), 908–914. Cricothyrotomy performed with the Melker set or the QuickTrach kit: procedure times, learning curves and operators’ preference. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine , 21 , 43.

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Episode 25: Tension pneumothorax 2

PHEM Cast

Pleural decompression and drainage during trauma reception and resuscitation. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine , 11 (2), 211–213. Journal of Special Operations Medicine : a Peer Reviewed Journal for SOF Medical Professionals , 13 (4), 53–58. link] Givens, M.

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How Long Should an Emergency Medicine Residency Be?

ACEP Now

2,3 In the 2021-2022 academic year, categorical (non-combined) EM residency lengths included 221 (80 percent) PGY 1-3 and 55 (20 percent) PGY 1-4 programs. A fourth year of EM training offers additional supervised clinical and academic experience. Residency length has varied since the inception of the specialty of EM. government.