The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 18, 2025

Date: January 7, 2025 Dr. Dara Kass Guest Skeptics: Dr. Dara Kass is an emergency medicine physician, public health leader, and advocate passionate about equity and healthcare reform. She founded FemInEM, promoting gender equity in emergency medicine, and champions organ donation reform after donating part of her liver to her youngest son. Dr. Kass is dedicated to expanding reproductive healthcare access and educating the public on healthcare policy.

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Ken Grauer, MD

JANUARY 18, 2025

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from an older woman who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) because of a syncopal episode. She was asymptomatic at the time this ECG was recorded. QUESTIONS: How would YOU interpret the ECG in Figure-1 ? Is there AV block? If so What kind? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( To improve visualization I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

I was texted this case by Ankur Kalra , an interventional cardiologist at the University of Indiana. He also did his cardiology fellowship at my institution, Hennepin County Medical Center. He runs the Parallax podcast, and he inteviewed me on that Podcast this year. He says the podcast had over 3000 downloads and "It's our season 6 topper" Here it is: Ep 121: OMI/NOMI: A Paradigm Shift in Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis With Dr Stephen Smith By the way, also don't miss this new OMI review artic

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EMDocs

JANUARY 18, 2025

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: When to Start Norepinephrine for Septic Shock? Spoon Feed In a meta-analysis of patients with septic shock, starting norepinephrine earlier had no mortality benefit, though heterogeneity and bias limit clinically rel

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Mind The Bleep

JANUARY 18, 2025

Congratulations on securing your FY1 position! This is an exciting milestone in your medical career. As you prepare for this new journey, one of your key tasks will be navigating the Skilled Worker Visa application process (previously known as the Tier 2 General visa). This guide will walk you through the steps to make your application process as smooth as possible. 1.

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JournalFeed

JANUARY 18, 2025

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 13-17, 2025. 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 : When compared to working solo as an emergency physician (EP), productivity is positively influenced by the presence of senior residents, minimally affected by junior residents, and negatively impacted or neutral with medical students.

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