St. Emlyn

JUNE 1, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Journal club review of an RCT on the use of nebulised ketamine use in the emergency department. Yet another route for ketamine? Or maybe not?? #FOAMed @stemlyns The post JC: Is nebulised ketamine an option in the ED? appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

Emergency Department 85

Emergency Department 85

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 1, 2024

Reference: Tavender E, et al. Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Date: May 29, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Caleb Ward is a pediatric emergency medicine attending and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Children’s National Hospital and The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC.

Pediatrics 81

Pediatrics EMS Emergency Department Research 81

EMDocs

JUNE 1, 2024

We always work hard, but we may not have time to read through a bunch of journals. It’s 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: What’s the Best Target in the Neck for US Guided Central Access Spoon Feed This was a network meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials comparing 5 different central venous catheterization (CVC) approaches.

Emergency Department 64

Emergency Department Ultrasounds Pediatrics Wellness 64

Life in the Fast Lane

JUNE 1, 2024

Jennifer Davidson, Parvathy Suresh Kochath, Georgina Beech and Leon Lam CT Case 061 A 36-year-old female presents with sudden onset right sided facial drop, right hemiparesis and dysarthria.

Stroke 52

Stroke Radiology Radiology 52

JournalFeed

JUNE 1, 2024

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 27-31, 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 : A retrospective study of 60 patients who received a fixed-dose ketamine of 250 mg by EMS observed that 6 were intubated in the ED.

Airway Management 52

Airway Management EMS Outcomes Hospitals 52

Life in the Fast Lane

JUNE 1, 2024

Gary Zhang and Mike Cadogan Thomas sign Thomas's sign: Silver, aluminium or metallic coloured stools. Caused by the combination of cholestatic (acholic) pale stools secondary to CBD obstruction and the black-tar colour malaena.

52

52

PHARM

JUNE 1, 2024

‘Max said he was going to die – and those were his last words.’ — Read on 7news.com.au/news/melbourne-family-say-son-max-mckenzie-15-should-have-survived-anaphylaxis-c-14842755.

Anaphylaxis 40

Anaphylaxis 40

EMCrit

JUNE 1, 2024

intro: the challenge of procedural sedation in critical illness Procedural sedation for critically ill patients is a minefield for several reasons: Patients are already physiologically unstable. Procedures are emergent (a factor widely associated with greater complications). Time constraints often prevent a complete pre-anesthetic evaluation (e.g., medical history and laboratory studies may be unknown).

131

131