The Trauma Pro

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In my last post, I described the Pediatric Readiness Score and its components. Today, I’ll explain why maintaining a high score may benefit your trauma center and what it costs to do so. Research groups at the Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Utah combined multiple data sources to estimate current levels of ED pediatric readiness, the cost to achieve it, the number of pediatric deaths in emergency departments, and the number of potential lives saved if readiness is m

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Science Based Medicine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Yesterday, Dr. David Gorksi invited us to come up with questions for Senators to ask our future public health leaders. Here are mine. The post Questions For Senators to Ask Drs. Marty Makary and Jay Bhattacharya first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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St. Emlyn

DECEMBER 3, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed In this podcast, Liz Crowe discusses the effect bad behaviour has on teams and ultimately patient safety. The post Podcast – ECMO in Trauma with Chris Bishop at Tactical Trauma 24 appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This was written by one of our fine residents, who will soon be an EMS fellow: Michael Perlmutter Case A mid-50s male came to the ED with a burning sensation that was acutely worse while at home. He had recently returned from overseas travel where these symptoms had been intermittently bothersome over the preceding weeks and had been attributed to heartburn.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A 26-year-old male with a past medical history of eczema presented to the Emergency Department with a rash for two days. The patient stated he first noticed a rash on his right arm that rapidly spread to his face, chest, and left arm. He reported having similar rashes before but never to this extent. The patient stated he was given Bactrim and amoxicillin about one month ago for another rash, though he was unsure of the diagnosis.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Can’t get enough of Bubble Wrap? The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric Journal Club reading list from Professor Jaan Toelen (University Hospitals Leuven) and Dr Anke Raaijmakers (Sydney Children’s Hospital). This comprehensive list is developed from 34 journals, including major and subspecialty paediatric journals. We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 3, 2024

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Ross Prager on TEE in cardiac arrest, Justin Morgenstern on nebulized ketamine for analgesia in the ED, Hans Rosenberg & Krishin Yadav on standardizing cellulitis management, Mathew McArther on latest studies on subcutaneous insulin protocols in DKA, Jennifer C. Tang on documenting differential diagnoses medicolegal tips.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this month's ECG Cases Jesse McLaren takes us through 6 cases highlighting important mirror concepts in ECG interpretation including: which leads are reciprocal to each other, how to identify which is the main ST/T change and which is the mirror, reciprocal changes highlighting subtle inferior, lateral and posterior OMI, ST elevation in aVR as a mirror to widespread ST depression and more.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving professional landscape, staying informed and prepared is more crucial than ever. To meet the diverse needs of organizations and their staff, we are excited to introduce a selection of new online training courses designed to enhance safety, compliance, and overall workplace effectiveness. From cybersecurity awareness to infection control in dental settings, these courses provide comprehensive training to help you build a safer, more secure, and compliant work env

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Core Medical Group

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This year's Core Cares Wrapped is here! See how our team has given back in 2024 and how we practiced this fundamental value this year.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The x-ray is from a toddler with fever and abdominal pain. What can be seen? Answer will be posted later.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Evidence, trust, and clear-thinking are core beliefs here at Sensible Medicine. What struck me most when I read this essay from electrophysiologist, Dr. Joseph Marine, was his change in attitude regarding the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. There is much to learn from the public health handling of the pandemic. How the current leaders lost the confidence of respected doctors is surely one of the most important lessons for the new health team.

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PulmCCM

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Maintaining a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 65 mm Hg has been advised for patients with sepsis and other forms of vasodilatory shock. In practice, treating teams often exceed this target by a significant margin, such as in patients with more severe organ failure or pre-existing hypertension. This strategy is likely pursued out of concern that lower MAP targets would produce suboptimal perfusion in some (or most) patients.

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