The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 2, 2022

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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RebelEM

MARCH 13, 2024

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? Was there a clear-cut right or wrong answer?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 29, 2021

If you would like a copy of the slides from the presentation you can download them free open access at this LINK. According to a recent study in the Journal of Surgical Research [3] , 44% of all penetrating thoracic trauma patients presented to a non-trauma center (not a level 1 or level 2 ACS defined trauma center).

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SheMD

JUNE 4, 2023

Download UpToDate and Epocrates at the very least from the app store – these are great apps to quickly read up on a diagnosis or to answer questions about dosing. This means participating in research, hospital committees, and committees within your program. Know where to find the information. Get involved.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 10, 2016

And from our buddies at HEFT EM CAST: [link] A bit more detail covering some of the research in an easy to understand way. There are toolkits available to download, including one specifically written for the prehospital environment with the College of Paramedics, which summarises the recognition and management of sepsis.

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RebelEM

JUNE 5, 2023

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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Please download our Facilitator and Learner guides The post Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module appeared first on Don't Forget the Bubbles. Choking or gagging in the history now precludes this description being applied.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 3, 2014

Joseph Kreiselman’s portable concertina-like bellows was invented and deployed in the US military from 1943 followed by the UK’s Porton Resuscitator, postwar, from its secret chemical research facility and used industrially into the early 1960s. Evaluation: Manually Operated Resuscitators (1971) Emergency Care Research Institute.

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 4, 2022

As well, the volume of administration might be much lower than 500 mL, with previous research indicating that 4 mL/kg of crystalloid was an optimal volume needed to increase mean systemic filling pressure. Download his free textbook here.

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PulmCCM

MARCH 7, 2022

Readers and researchers genuflect before the p-value, thresholding the world into accepting or rejecting the null hypothesis; is this a false dichotomy? Download his free textbook here. Another criticism of randomized trials worth emphasizing is the statistical ontology upon which these studies typically found themselves.

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Download his free textbook here. Circulation research 1980, 46(3):363-372. Kenny is the cofounder and Chief Medical Officer of Flosonics Medical; he is also the creator and author of a free hemodynamic curriculum at heart-lung.org. References O'Rourke MF, Avolio AP: Pulsatile flow and pressure in human systemic arteries.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Download the central line checklist from John Hopkins here. Experienced proceduralists may have internalized most or all checklist steps into muscle memory and habit, but it’s worth using one until 100% adherence becomes almost automatic, and maybe after that, too. PSNet Preventing PICC Complications: Whose Line Is It?

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RebelEM

MARCH 23, 2023

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? Epub 2014 Jan 8. PMID: 24407777.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

Download article summaries GUYETTE ET AL Bossers ET AL RIVAS ET AL Authored by Kate Zimmerman DO, Katie Main MD, and Rebecca Bloch MD Edited and Posted by Jeffrey A. Global neurotrauma research challenges and opportunities. TXA does not increase the incidence of thromboembolic events such as DVT/PE, stroke, or MI.

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Mount Sinai EM

OCTOBER 10, 2024

These included signing out of social media sites, deleting these apps, turning their phone off, turning off social media notifications, disconnecting from wifi, and downloading an app blocker that blocks relevant social media sites, but none of them were compulsory. And Lambert et al. Whereas in Vally et al.,

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RebelEM

JULY 31, 2023

REBEL Cast Ep121: The Battle of the Blades – VL vs DL Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Article: Prekker ME, Driver BE, Trent SA, et al. Clinicians and research personnel were unblinded, potentially introducing bias in the study outcomes. among operators with over 100 prior intubations.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast. BMC Health Services Research. Identify low risk patients and send them home with PO antibiotics and close oncology follow-up in conjunction with your oncologist. Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2015, Pages 583-590 Perron T, Emara M, Ahmed S.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 9, 2020

CAEP is the national voice of emergency medicine (EM) in Canada and provides continuing medical education, advocates on behalf of emergency physicians and their patients, supports research and strengthens the EM community. Copies of our slides can be downloaded at this link.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

More research on this topic clearly needs to be done, but it is also essential that physicians begin openly discussing this topic, support their peers who are struggling with mental health issues and recognize the importance of asking for help when they themselves are suffering. Download article summaries sHANAFELT ET AL.

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RebelEM

DECEMBER 19, 2022

REBEL Cast Ep113 – Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Cheskes S, et al. I am hopeful this trial encourages future research on the subject matter so we can answer additional questions it has left us (ie. N Engl J Med.

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Dr. No

MARCH 6, 2022

The research is up to date and thorough, and contains age band and sex specific mortality rates by deprivation, from the most deprived area to the least deprived. The closest proxy Dr No has found is a study that reports age and sex specific mortality not by occupation or socioeconomic group, but by geography and deprivation, for 2017.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Patients were excluded from study if any of the following criteria were met: a negative diagnostic examination for SARS-CoV-2, vaccinated status, dyspnea secondary to another cause, uncontrolled psychiatric disorders, unwillingness to follow research guidelines and procedures, or pregnancy. Download his free textbook here.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

— have been inadequately studied as the current climate is hostile to vaccine safety research. Doshi Clean Copy 366KB ∙ PDF file Download Download Annual covid shots have one serious safety concern— myocarditis, and likely excess in cardiovascular mortality among young men.

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Mind The Bleep

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Picture from Research Gate ( The Measuring of the Head Circumference of Children [17]. The head circumference can be recorded using a measuring tape; take three measurements and take an average to avoid any error and plot the value onto a growth chart. Place the tape measure above the ears and the eyebrows.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 27, 2023

Yet, these rejected articles have been eventually published and been downloaded massively. In fact, “The median number of downloads for a rejected/removed article that was later accepted by a different server was 4142 vs 300 for articles submitted and accepted without rejection or removal.” Our paper is rock solid.

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