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NFTI And STAT: Can They Replace The Cribari Grid?

The Trauma Pro

And its correlation with outcomes varies. This may be helpful for future triage-related research. The most important one is that it relies only on the Injury Severity Score (ISS) to judge whether some type of mistriage occurred. The ISS is usually calculated after discharge, so it can only be applied after the fact.

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SGEM#363: View Master – Virtual Reality Immersion Tool to Reduce Pediatric Anxiety

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and is a pulmonary embolism and implementation science researcher. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. Lauren won the 2021 SAEM FOAMed Excellence in Education Award.

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REBEL Reflections Episode 5: Thinking in Bets – Making Better Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts

RebelEM

REBEL Reflections Episode 5: Thinking in Bets – Making Better Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Think back to the last time someone asked you a difficult question regarding a patient on shift. How sure were you about your decision? How would the hemodynamics respond to RSI?

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REBEL Cast Ep117: Low Dose vs Standard Dose Take-Home Buprenorphine From the ED

RebelEM

This study investigated whether it is feasible to initiate buprenorphine/naloxone in the form of “take home” packages containing low-dose and standard-dose inductions. REBEL Cast Ep117: Low-Dose vs Standard-Dose Take Home Buprenorphine From the ED Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Moe et.

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Cardiac testing and outcomes in infants after an ALTE, Hoki et al, Archives of Disease in Childhood 2012 showed significant cardiac disease was present in <1% of patients presenting with ALTE (although cardiac abnormalities were found in 4% overall). Choking or gagging in the history now precludes this description being applied.

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Episode 7: Sepsis

PHEM Cast

And from our buddies at HEFT EM CAST: [link] A bit more detail covering some of the research in an easy to understand way. This was the same principle as in the Rivers trial: the standard care group is the ‘control’ group against which changes in outcome for the ‘intervention’ group are compared. Link to the Sepsis-3 guideline.

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REBEL Cast Ep115 – Phenobarbital vs Lorazepam in Alcohol Withdrawal

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REBEL Cast Ep115 – Phenobarbital vs Lorazepam in Alcohol Withdrawal Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Clinical question : Is a phenobarbital-based or lorazepam-based alcohol detoxification protocol associated with a lower hospital length of stay compared to Ativan for alcohol withdrawal?