EM SIM Cases

JUNE 11, 2024

Why It Matters This case highlights an uncommon, but clinically and academically important toxidrome. Organophosphate poisoning is a well-known (but rare in developed nations) toxidrome with specific antidotes available for patient treatment and survival. This case allows for its recognition and treatment to be reviewed.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning PPE Academics Resuscitation 52

Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2024

Imagine if your cancer doctor took money from Karyopharm and then prescribed the toxic poison selenexor (studied in the unethical trial Boston) over safer and cheaper alternatives. I am underpaid as an academic, so need the money This one fascinates me the most. To my knowledge, the first example didn’t happen.

Academics 145

Academics Poisoning Research Wellness 145

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It is okay to progress at your own pace. Anterior fat pads can be normal Galeazzi injuries are a radial shaft fracture with an ulna dislocation whereas Monteggia injuries are ulna fractures with radial dislocations Scaphoids injuries are prone to avascular necrosis due to variable blood supply r2 cpc: Acute Salicylate toxicity WITH drs.

Dislocations 74

Dislocations Fractures Poisoning Academics 74

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Academic emergency medicine 12.9 Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Aug;23(8):878-84.

Head Injuries 246

Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

Finally, in what serves as a bit of idle academic curiosity, a re-examination of the rate of intracranial hemorrhage after thrombolysis found starkly different statistics than those typically used in discussions with patients. Effect of noninvasive airway management of comatose patients with acute poisoning: a randomized clinical trial.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Research Airway Management Stroke 40

PulmCCM

DECEMBER 3, 2023

academic centers received an additional sigh breath every 6 minutes. This review in poisoned patients suggested early intubation was associated with lower rates of aspiration pneumonia, but most others did not. Could there be benefit from simulating the natural episodic physiologic sighs we all perform during spontaneous breathing?

Poisoning 64

Poisoning Hospitals Outcomes Academics 64

Medagadget

JUNE 12, 2023

I began to read academic papers I had never heard of, about electrical signalling in development and wound healing – not in niche publications but places like Nature. How do you envision that the incorporation of bioelectricity into undergraduate or graduate academic curriculum would ideally look like to you?

Research 78

Research Academics Documentation/Coding Poisoning 78