Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In this EM Cases main episode podcast, we tackle the complexities of trauma airway management, including direct trauma to the airway. We discuss indications and timing of intubation, penetrating neck trauma, the head injured patient, the agitated patients and the soiled airway. The critical question is: when should we deviate from, delay or modify RSI, and how do we navigate the unique challenges presented by trauma airways and airway trauma?

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The Trauma Pro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Pediatric Readiness Score (PRS) is a new(er) metric that is now required for all US trauma centers verified by the American College Surgeons. There is no specific threshold that must be met, but the value must be reported for review at the time of the site visit. What is the PRS? It is a measure introduced by the National Pediatric Readiness Project.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Dr. Sara Alavian describes some of the challenges of providing palliative care in low-income/low resource settings and offers some simple solutions in this Global EM column. The post Global EM 6 Palliative Care in Low-Resource Settings: Challenges and Solutions appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EMergucate

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The ankle images are from a patient who has sustained a twisting injury to their ankle. What can be seen?

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Clinical Correlations

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By Enoch Jiang Peer Reviewed “Counseled patient on diet and lifestyle.” Over the past few weeks on my Ambulatory Care rotation, this phrase has rapidly shot to the top of my internal gestalt of a prototypical.

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NRC Health

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Cooper University Health Care has selected NRC Health to be its partner in building Human Understanding across its network through humanized healthcare solutions and data-driven insights inline with Cooper’s mission: “To serve, to heal, to educate.” The post Cooper University Health Care selects NRC Health as new patient experience partner appeared first on NRC Health.

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PHARM

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The potential emerging role of UAVs in prehospital care

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PHARM

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Protection of the cervical spine is recommended following multisystem injury. In 2021, Ambulance Victoria changed clinical practice guidelines to apply soft collars instead of semi‐rigid collars for suspected cervical spine injury. The aim of this … — Read on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On Tuesday, September 24th, 2024, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, 1 CEO of the Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk A/S, was grilled in the United States Senate over the pricing of the type II diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. A Danish CEO being questioned in this manner was headline news in Denmark. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

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PHARM

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Survival from refractory out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) without timely return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) utilising conventional advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) therapies is dismal. CHEER3 was a safety and feasibility study of pre-hospital deployed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for refractory OHCA in metropolitan Australia.

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