The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Date: December 15, 2024 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Chris Carpenter, Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic. Today, were sleighing through the holiday season with a special episode filled with statistical cheer, a dash of skepticism, and a hint of eggnog-flavoured nerdiness. This is an SGEM Xtra like the one we did on What I Learned from Top Gun. Its fun to mix it up and not do a structured critical appraisal of a recent publication and have a more philosophical chat.

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JournalFeed

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 16-20, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : This article breaks down patient selection, setup, special considerations, and step-by step instructions to manage awake intubations, a rarely utilized but essential technique in emergency airway management.

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ECG Guru

DECEMBER 21, 2024

This strip shows normal sinus rhythm at a rate of 95 bpm. The isoelectric line shows the effects of the patient's breathing. Placing the limb electrodes on the limbs rather than on the chest will eliminate this artifact.

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Ken Grauer, MD

DECEMBER 21, 2024

I was sent the ECG shown in Figure-1 initially without the benefit of any history? How would you interpret this tracing? What is YOUR differential diagnosis of this tracing? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( To improve visualization I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ). == The Obvious Concern: I immediately realized the reason that I was sent this tracing: ==> there is ST elevation in the anterior chest leads!

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 21, 2024

We always work hard, but we may not have time to read through a bunch of journals. Its time to learn smarter. Originally published at JournalFeed , a site that provides daily or weekly literature updates. Follow Dr. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: Early Shock Better VF Outcomes in OHCA Spoon Feed For every minute of delay to shock in ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest, the proportion of successful first shocks decreases by 6%.

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Maria Yang, MD

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The twelfth instance of the word mental in Project 2025 is on page 876, still in the section about the Federal Trade Commission: Other conservatives are more skeptical concerning the effect of online experience on the young, comparing the concern about social media to concern about video games, television, and bicycle safety. They point out, as does Cato fellow Jeffrey A.

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