Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

What does our philosophy have to do with RFK Jr and MAHA?

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PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation are highly prone to developing severe weakness and long-term disability. Although early mobilization and physical therapy for vented patients would intuitively seem to have indisputable benefits, early mobility programs have failed to consistently show improvements in meaningful patient-centered outcomes (e.g, increased functional independence or exercise ability after ICU discharge).

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Hospitals Outcomes 105

American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Defined by the World Health Organization as the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines, vaccine hesitancy is influenced by complex factors including misinformation, cultural beliefs, and fear of adverse effects. To help address this growing concern, pediatric immunization training equips healthcare providers with the skills, knowledge, and empathy necessary to effectively address vaccine hesitancy.

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Pediatrics Administration CDC Research 87

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Authors: Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD (EM Attending Physician, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA); Mai Saber, DO (EM Attending Physician, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ); Rachel Bridwell, MD (EM Attending Physician, Charlotte, NC) // Reviewer: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Hello and welcome back to ECG Pointers, a series designed to make you more confident in your ECG interpretations.

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EKG/ECG EMS Emergency Department 79

EM Ottawa

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Urine drug (or toxicologic) screens are a fairly standard tool used in addictions, psychiatry and the Emergency Department (ED), often employed to detect substance use in patients presenting with altered mental status, trauma, psychiatric or abnormal behaviour. Yet, the reliance on these screens is fraught with inaccuracies, clinical irrelevance, and significant ethical concerns, particularly from […] The post Blurred Lines: The Ethical Pitfalls of Urine Drug Screens appeared first on EMOt

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Psychiatric Emergency Department 76

St. Emlyn

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Emergency medicine is shaped by our ability to respond effectively to both routine cases and extreme, high-stakes incidents. While civilian incidents dominate prehospital care, the intersection of civilian and military […] The post Podcast – Care in the Hot Zone with Claire Park at Tactical Trauma 2024 appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Military Emergency Department 80

ECG Guru

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This ECG comes from Germany, where unfortunately recording is still often done at 50 mm/s. Nevertheless, I believe that you can easily recognize the important changes in this ECG, even if you are not familiar with this recording format. The first two beats are the limb leads, the other beats are the precordial leads.

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EKG/ECG 60

ECG Guru

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It is not uncommon for several different abnormal changes to occur simultaneously in an ECG, as in this Holter ECG strip.

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EKG/ECG 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This was texted to me by a paramedic while I was out running one day: "54 yo male chest pain started at 1pm. History of diabetes type II and stent placement in 2018. I’m seeing hyperacute T waves III, aVF, down sloping depression I and aVL. Thoughts?" What do you think? I responded: "Definite inferior OMI. And Right Ventricular. Activated the Cath Lab.

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Academics EKG/ECG Wellness 115

ECG Guru

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Especially in the social media, one sees again and again similar EKGS like the one shown here with the question: What type of AV block is present here? 2nd degree AVB block type I (Wenckebach) or type II (Mobitz)? It is neither one nor the other! Here, a PAC can be seen under the blue arrow, which is not conduced because the AV node is still refractory (the refractory period of the AV node depends on the preceding heart rate).

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EKG/ECG 52