Science Based Medicine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

There's no evidence flushing coffee into your rectum is safe or effective, despite what you may see on TikTok. The post Coffee enemas: This TikTok trend can be deadly first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Emergency Live

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Relief in International Waters: Advanced Health Care for Palestinian Civilians International solidarity makes waves and sails aboard the hospital ship Vulcano, which departed Nov. 7 from Civitavecchia (Italy). Its voyage to Cyprus is a humanitarian bridge stretched between Italian shores and the Middle East in turmoil, aiming to provide immediate medical care and relief to […] The post Humanitarian Missions at Sea: The Ship Vulcano at the Vault of the Middle East appeared first on Emergenc

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PDC Healthcare

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Uses Time-Expiring Visitor Badges to Improve Safety and Peace of Mind for Patients, Parents and Employees Visitor identification is vital to the security of all healthcare facilities, but perhaps the most important within children’s hospitals, where vulnerable, young patients are being cared for around the clock. We chatted with Candice Tate, […] The post How Visitor Identification Plays a Vital Role in Security at Children’s Hospitals appeared first on

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Core Medical Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Working with a healthcare staffing agency can offer several benefits for healthcare professionals.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A 60-something yo female presented w/ exertional chest pain for 3 days. She had a recent positive stress test about one week ago. Pain was 8/10 and constant. She has been experiencing progressively worsening exertional dyspnea and chest tightness mostly when climbing up flights of stairs since early September. She underwent exercise echocardiogram in mid October where she exercised for nearly 7 minutes on the standard Bruce protocol and had typical anginal pain and shortness of breath.

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EM Ottawa

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Your next patient is an 80-year-old male, who had been functioning well until about a month ago. He has a history of type II diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, and has been working full-time. Upon reading the triage note and assessing the patient, you discover a troubling recent medical history. Over the past few months, he […] The post Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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SheMD

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Have you ever joked “I wish I didn’t have to sleep so I could get all this done”? Missed a deadline or personal event because you just had too much going on? Wondered if you’re burnt out? Maybe you’re beyond that and you already KNOW you’re stretched too thin—your planner looks as chaotic as the staff lounge when there’s free food out, and you know you must cut back somewhere.

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Welcome back to the Sydney HEMS debrief! In this episode 8, we are joined by the extraordinary Dr Nat Kruit. Dr Kruit is a Sydney HEMS Consultant, Cardiac Anaesthetist, and ECMO Specialist. Given the increasing global chatter around ECMO, and to give it its full name, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is going to be the focus of this episode. Join us as Dr Kruit takes us through the physiology, patient selection, and retrieval considerations of this fascinating – and very specialised 

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Leadership 52