Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What my elective entailed I undertook a four-week Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) elective with the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. Pre-hospital medicine is not always glamorous! This entailed two day shifts on the helicopter and one night shift on the critical care car each week.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Alternatively, they may have fallen off the monkey bars, so we offer some painkillers, do an X-ray to confirm the fracture, and apply a cast. Let’s break it down: Less than 50% of normal fluid intake in a 24-hour period Children who are sick generally don’t eat or drink, so dehydration is a legitimate concern.

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Mind The Bleep

JUNE 18, 2023

It is a very common presentation or comorbidity to see in community services and general hospital. environmental factors, pain, infection, dehydration, electrolyte disturbance, head injury, medication etc) Does the individual have capacity? The symptoms of BPSD are listed below. What can I use in an emergency?

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ACEP Now

MARCH 11, 2025

Musculoskeletal complications include osteopenia with increased risk for long bone fractures. A blind weight should be obtained post-void with the patient in a hospital gown only (to prevent hidden weights), and the patients back to the weight display. Dr. Helman is an emergency physician at North York General Hospital in Toronto.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Morbidity and mortality of hospitalized patients after the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. The incidence of a similar condition, traumatic rhabdomyolysis, is estimated to be around 0.074%. The incidence of a similar condition, traumatic rhabdomyolysis, is estimated to be around 0.074%. 1997;42(3):470-475; discussion 475-476. Am J Emerg Med.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric journal club reading list from Anke Raaijmakers, working with Professor Jaan Toelen and his team at the University Hospitals in Leuven. Original clinical studies Distribution and pattern of hand fractures in children and adolescents. Can’t get enough of Bubble Wrap? JAMA Pediatr.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Bhana, MD (EM Resident Physician, University of Massachusetts/UMass Chan Medical School); Clarence Kong, MD (Pain Fellow, Eastern Virginia Medical School – Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University); Mani Hashemi, MD (EM Attending, HCA Florida Mercy Hospital); S.M. 6 Clinical course can last weeks to months. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

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