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EM Quick Hits 51 – Methylene Blue in Septic Shock, TMJ Dislocation, Crohn’s Disease, Analgesia for Renal Colic, Inhaled Steroids for Asthma, Hypocalcemia in Bleeding Trauma Patients

Emergency Medicine Cases

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ACEP Opioid | PERT and COVID | SMART for Sepsis | AHA Rx-Induced Rhythm | POCUS Shoulder Dislocation

JournalFeed

We cover the new ACEP opioid policy statement, PE response teams during COVID-19, a SMART balanced fluid trial spin-off in septic shock, an AHA statement on drug-induced arrhythmia, and use of POCUS for shoulder dislocation.

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Episode 22 - Electrical Injuries in the Emergency Department An Evidence-Based Review

EB Medicine

Jeff: And unlike past issues covering more common pathologies, like, say, sepsis, this month’s team reviewed much more literature than just the past 10 years. Mechanical injury can be a result of forceful muscular contractions, and trauma can manifest as fractures, dislocations, and significant muscular injuries.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.9.23

Taming the SRU

doxycycline Consider a splint/cast window to allow direct monitoring mainly used for fracture blisters and/or open wounds yet takes away from the strength of the splint/cast Case #3 43yo with FOOSH injury and closed wrist deformity, yet no x-ray machine is available to you Least likely injuries to need an x-ray in a resource-limiting setting?

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NIPE

Mind The Bleep

Swab any discharge and discuss with a senior about starting antibiotics as infection in a baby can quickly lead to sepsis. Hips The main condition that is screened for in the NIPE is Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) in which the hip joint is abnormally formed increasing the risk of hip dislocation.