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Closing Velocity And Injury Severity

The Trauma Pro

Trauma professionals, both prehospital and in trauma centers, make a big deal about “closing velocity” when describing motor vehicle crashes. How important is this? So let me give you a little quiz to illustrate the concept: Two cars, of the same make and model, are both traveling on a two lane highway at 60 mph in opposite directions.

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A Prompt for a Reflection

Sensible Medicine

Two of my favorite pieces of writing are my children’s essays in response to the famous University of Chicago supplemental essay questions that are part of the application for undergraduate admission. 1 My son answered: “So where is Waldo, really?” My daughter answered: “In 2015, the city of Melbourne, Australia created a "tree-mail" service, in which all of the trees in the city received an email address so that residents could report any tree-related issues.

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Bird is the Word

Science Based Medicine

Something H5N1 this way comes. Perhaps. The post Bird is the Word first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Consider Alpha-gal Syndrome in Patients with Delayed Allergic Reactions after Tick Exposure

Emergency Medicine News

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Q&A: How to balance brand building and performance marketing in healthcare

NRC Health

Matt Hollenkamp, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations for St. Elizabeth Healthcare shares his insights on strategy and metrics and how NRC Health’s Market Insights tool can measure four key marketing elements identified in a recent Harvard Business Review article about brand building and performance marketing. The post Q&A: How to balance brand building and performance marketing in healthcare appeared first on NRC Health.

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HiQuiPs: How do we evaluate virtual care?

Canadian EM

You are a resident coming in to see a patient who has come into the ED complaining of a new, sudden-onset, 9/10 pain headache. You run a CT scan and rule out any hemorrhage or stroke, referring them to the Stroke Prevention Clinic for a consultation. The patient asks if they can receive a virtual appointment for the future, as they live quite far away and would much prefer it.

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ECG of the Week May 22nd

EMergucate

The following ECG is given to you by your waiting room nurse who has assessed a 50-year-old man in the waiting room.

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Imaging Case of the Week 593

EMergucate

This chest x-ray if from an adult who is febrile and tachypnoeic. What can be seen?

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An EP's Favorite Foreign Bodies

Emergency Medicine News

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