EMCrit

JANUARY 1, 2024

background and general concept My research project in fellowship was the construction of a mathematical model to convert VBG values into ABG values. The fundamental concept for the model was pretty simple: we can approximate the respiratory quotient (RQ) of tissue in the hand as being constant. This indicates that changes in oxygen content and […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 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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Stop and Think

JANUARY 1, 2024

My friend Dr. Andrew Foy had this idea: during rounds in the hospital with learners, Foy noticed that many things get done (drugs prescribed, tests ordered) as a matter of culture or history. As in…we do this because that is what we do. It’s what everyone does. Well, that can be a problem. Established patterns of practice don’t just come from thin air.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

This was contributed by Co-editor Emre Aslanger, an interventional cardiologist in Turkey. @AslangerE A 65-year-old gentleman presented to the emergency department after experiencing two recent ICD shocks in the preceding hours. His medical history includes hypertension, a decade-long battle with diabetes, ischemic heart disease, a coronary bypass graft surgery ten years ago, a diagnosis of congestive heart failure for the last five years, and a prior ICD implantation five years ago.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 1, 2024

Establishing reliable vascular access is absolutely critical for ED patients requiring resuscitation, airway management, or medication administration. However, in at least 10% of patients, blind insertion of a peripheral IV may be unsuccessful for a variety of reasons including obesity, edema, IV drug use, surgical scars, dialysis, burns, and others (1,2).

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Science Based Medicine

JANUARY 1, 2024

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been a very useful paradigm for assessing evidence in medicine. However, like any other framework, it can be misused, particularly when fundamentalist EBM methodolatry leads to its inappropriate application to questions for which it is ill-suited, a misuse that has been weaponized against public health during the pandemic.

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Life in the Fast Lane

JANUARY 1, 2024

Conor O'Reilly and Neil Long Bluebottle Jellyfish Bluebottle Jellyfish are not actually a single organism but are made up of zooids. These bluebottles cause thousands of stings each year on Australian beaches and hot water usually provides relief. Major systemic envenoming does not occur (unlike other Physalia stings in other parts of the world).

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Life in the Fast Lane

JANUARY 1, 2024

Oliver Flower Optimal Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Mark Weedon takes us through the increasingly utilised concept of an optimal cerebral perfusion pressure (CPPopt) for each unique patient.

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Board Bombs

JANUARY 1, 2024

Let's ring in the New Year's with a rapid fire of high yield cardiac board pearls! Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 206. Rapid Holiday Board Blitz. January 2nd, 2024. Accessed [date]. Let's ring in the New Year's with a rapid fire of high yield cardiac board pearls!

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ECG Guru

JANUARY 1, 2024

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First 10 EM

JANUARY 1, 2024

I love when people use science to investigate the many simple assumptions we make about the world. Not every trial needs to look novel (mostly read “me too”) drugs or fancy procedures. I also have a child in the age range for croup, and we are in our winter viral season in Canada, so this […] The post Cold air for croup (An RCT) appeared first on First10EM.

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Pediatrics EMS 121

ECG Guru

JANUARY 1, 2024

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