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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

The reason I think orthopedists have done so well because they’ve been involved, they’ve been politically engaged, they’ve used their assets to preserve their assets. DR. PECK: Right here in Indiana and District 9, I have several critical access hospitals that are part of the consolidation effort of other systems.

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10 Tips for New Attending Emergency Physicians

ACEP Now

My current practice is a hybrid of academic and community sites, and I have worked in myriad community hospitals from busy ones to single coverage critical access hospitals. You are well prepared for this. Lead your room well. If the resuscitation does not go as well as you wanted, learn from it and move on.

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Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

RebelEM

Heterogeneity was 0% for the primary outcome, and overall heterogeneity was low for secondary outcomes, which increases external validity. While clinically relevant and heavily debated, the primary outcome is disease-oriented and not patient-oriented. Investigators assessed publication bias depicted as a funnel plot.

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Journal Club - Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Downeast Emergency Medicine

The primary outcome was enrollment in and receiving addiction treatment at 30-days post-randomization. Additional outcomes included self-reported days of illicit opioid use, urine testing for illicit opioids, HIV risk, and use of addiction treatment services. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2021; 78(3): 434-442.[

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

4] We also know that severe TBI is commonly associated with the development of intracranial hemorrhage where the presence and volume of blood are associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.[5] Association between prehospital tranexamic acid administration and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury. JAMA Neurol.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

He appears well and is triaged to an ESI 4. Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. She was doing well, but recently has had the “stomach flu” with a couple weeks of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. More on this below as we work through a few cases….

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

ACEP Now

Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state. A rural ED staffed by a well-trained EP is an essential resource in small communities that may be otherwise lacking in readily available healthcare resources.