Board Bombs
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
You've survived Thanksgiving, now survive managing a pediatric airway obstruction by foreign body. This case will make you wish your in-laws came back to visit for Christmas. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind at here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 241.
Ken Grauer, MD
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
I was sent this tracing — and told that providers thought that the rhythm was 3rd-degree ( ie, complete ) AV block. Do YOU agree? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today’s case. NOTE: The tracing in Figure-1 is an 8-lead rhythm strip ( and not a complete 12-lead ECG ). This offers the advantage of providing 8 leads with simultaneously-recorded viewpoints of the same 7 beats that we see in this tracing.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
Written by Jesse McLaren, with edits from Meyers Four patients presented with chest pain or shortness of breath, and ECGs labeled ‘inferior STEMI’. Using principles of hyperacute T waves, do any have inferior occlusion MI? Patient 1 : 60 year old with shortness of breath Patient 2 : 40 year old with chest pain Patient 3 : 65 year old with chest pain Patient 4 : 55 year old, prior inferior MI, with chest pain See this recent post on the new and evolving science of hyperacute T waves, including 1.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
Date: November 10, 2024 Reference: Couper et al. The Paramedic 3 Trial: A randomized clinical trial of drug route in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. October 31, 2024 NEJM Access to the SGEM Podcast episode at this LINK. Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter is a PA currently practicing in critical care after having attended the University of Washington's MEDEX program.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health
AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!
Thinking Critical Care
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
So over the years I’ve learnt invaluable stuff from each and every one of the colleagues I’ve managed to build a network with, and certainly I have learnt – and unlearnt – a lot from this guy. Here, Rory and I discuss the concept of interfaces that a group of us painstakingly crafted over the last year. So I hope this starts to spark some interest.
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