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How Often Should My Trauma Multidisciplinary Performance Improvement Committee Meet?

The Trauma Pro

Every trauma center is required to have two specific committees: a multidisciplinary trauma performance improvement committee (PI) and a trauma operations committee (ops). However, a common question is, “How often do my committees need to meet?” Let’s start with your PI committee. The answer, of course, is “it depends.” There is no cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all answer.

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Killer heat hits Mecca: how to cope with high temperatures

Emergency Live

Nearly 1,000 pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia due to extreme temperatures. Once again, high temperatures are having a dramatic impact on human health Mecca: The carnage of high temperatures During the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, a tragic heat wave hit Saudi Arabia killing nearly 1,000 people. The extreme temperatures, which exceeded 50 degrees, […] The post Killer heat hits Mecca: how to cope with high temperatures appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Pulse Diagnostics

Science Based Medicine

Perhaps the EKG of my bulldog. TCPM wouldn't have a clue what was going on. The post Pulse Diagnostics first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Global healthcare leader and lifestyle expert Doctor Mike announced as HUB24 keynote

NRC Health

Seize the opportunity to be motivated by Doctor Mike’s insights and forward-thinking vision to revolutionize healthcare one viewer at a time. Join us on this journey toward improved health, powered by data-driven solutions and collaborative efforts. The post Global healthcare leader and lifestyle expert Doctor Mike announced as HUB24 keynote appeared first on NRC Health.

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Medics were criticized for not activating the cath lab

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is the prehospital ECG from an 81 year old man with acute chest pain. You will need to click on it to enlarge it in order to see it well enough What do you think? The medics did NOT activate the cath lab. But the paramedic got "told off" by ER staff saying they should have called the Cath lab saying it’s an inferior MI". ECG: There is what appears to be STE in inferior leads with reciprocal STD in aVL.

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Podcast – Hybrid Closed Loop Insulin Pumps in the ED

St. Emlyn

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Listen to a podcast about looking after patients with hybrid closed loop insulin pumps and what might go wrong The post Podcast – Hybrid Closed Loop Insulin Pumps in the ED appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Case Judges Health Care Immunity Claims

Emergency Medicine News

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The 18 Best Online Ultrasound Course Providers

Life in the Fast Lane

Mike Cadogan The 18 Best Online Ultrasound Course Providers We made it easy to find the best online ultrasound course provider! Here are the top #FOAMed and paid options.

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Alzheimer's disease: the United States approves a new drug

Emergency Live

Green light to market a new Alzheimer’s treatment that can slow disease progression by up to 35% Alzheimer’s disease: some facts about the disease Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia that predominantly affects the elderly after age 65 and is characterized by a progressive decline in cognitive functions, starting with memory.

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Neuroimaging Cases 006

Life in the Fast Lane

Michael Gibbs MD Neuroimaging Cases 006 Subarachnoid haemorrhage. Neuroimaging case series. Images, text and cases collated by Teresa Crow MD (Emergency Medicine) and L.

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ECG of the Week – July 17th

EMergucate

The following ECG is from a 56-year-old lady who presented with chest pain and dyspnoea.

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The Silence Killer: Tinnitus and the Soundscape of Current Treatment

Clinical Correlations

By Carolyn Akers Peer Reviewed Roger Daltrey, co-founder and lead singer of The Who, had this to say of bandmate Pete Townshend’s famous penchant for bludgeoning Fender Stratocasters: “Pete wasn’t just smashing his guitar. He used to.

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Imaging Case of the Week 597

EMergucate

The chest x-ray is from an adolescent with high fever, productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. What can be seen?

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Placebo medicine: healing through psychology

Emergency Live

Placebo medicine plays a key role in drug research. It is also possible to employ it in the process of treating the so-called “imaginary sick” What is placebo drug? Placebo is a substance without specific active ingredients. It is administered as if it really had curative or pharmacological properties. This can improve the health of […] The post Placebo medicine: healing through psychology appeared first on Emergency Live.

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EM Cases Summit ’24 Registration Now Open!

Emergency Medicine Cases

Registration is now open for the 2024 International EM Cases Summit November 21-23. Registration includes 3 days of talks, panel discussions, interactive discussions, procedural demos, an ebook and access to all the talks for 3 months after the conference. We also offer small group virtual simulation sessions, symposiums on EM Flow, Rural EM and Global EM plus a pre-conference HEARTS ECG course!

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Salvia Haenkei: new weapon against aging

Emergency Live

A team of researchers has discovered a potential anti-aging weapon. Salvia Haenkei is a plant that can reduce the cells responsible for aging From the University of Padova and the Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine comes a revolutionary discovery. A team of researchers, led by Monica Montopoli and Andrea Alimonti, has identified Salvia Haenkei as […] The post Salvia Haenkei: new weapon against aging appeared first on Emergency Live.

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HiQuiPs: Dashboards Demystified Part 1 – Problem Identification

Canadian EM

You are working in an inner city emergency department (ED) and you notice that there are 10 patients who are waiting for their COVID-19 test results. You know that these patients are all experiencing homelessness but you have no idea if they were all exposed at one place, what symptoms they’re experiencing, and how best to inform your local public health department.