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Journal Club - Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Downeast Emergency Medicine

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to overdose deaths and taxed constrained Emergency Department (ED) resources, it has also clarified the important role that emergency physicians have in expanding access to life-saving medications to treat opioid use disorder. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Hawk, et al.

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First10EM Journal Club: February 2024

Broome Docs

As is always the case – the papers we discuss are free to download by just clicking the links in the sections below… so don’t trust me, go read them for yourself! MRIs may be warranted in a small subset of patients, but those MRIs do not need to occur in an emergency department. 2023 Mar 30;110(4):432-438.

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The Doc Side of the Loon

ACEP Now

Well, it happens that my interest in birding seemed to parallel a simultaneous growth in the practice of mindfulness in medicine. Now let me take it one step further and tell you why emergency physicians in particular make excellent birders. It has brought me a wealth of joy. But, you might be asking, why should you care?

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Immunodeficiencies Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Case 1 focuses on a case seen in the emergency department and explores the common parental query of a “weak immune system” in a young child who has had several recurrent upper respirator tract infections back-to-back but is otherwise well. A 3 year old boy is brought to emergency department and treated for viral induced wheeze.

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Massive Hemoptysis

EM SIM Cases

Koo works as an Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Health and Georgetown University. He has experience using simulation to train combat medics, resistive team dynamics, and emergency medicine residents alike.

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REBEL Cast Ep120: Etomidate vs Ketamine for RSI in the ED?

RebelEM

Background: Standard rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in the emergency department involves administration of an induction agent and a neuroblocking agent in quick succession. Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Knack SKS et al. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 3: Pharmacologic Management

EMDocs

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:53 — 27.3MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Pharmacologic Management In episode 1 of this series, we discussed differentiating organic vs psychiatric causes of agitation in children. Document what you gave and why, as well as the impact.