Wed.Mar 12, 2025

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Ninth Law Of Trauma

The Trauma Pro

Okay, heres another one! But it’s a doozy. Its the most important one I live by. It ensures that you dont get bogged down by habit, custom, dogma, ignorance, or just plain laziness. Question everything! If someone ever says, but thats the way I/we always do it, or thats what the policy says, or even I read a good paper/chapter on this, take it with a really big grain of salt.

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2025 - COVID-19 Vaccine Variant Target: Who Should Choose?

Sensible Medicine

As of Aug 30, 2024, the US FDA has granted approval for Comirnaty (Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) and emergency use authorization for Novavax for use in fall 2024 COVID-19 vaccine programs. 1,2 Moderna and Pfizer have manufactured mRNA vaccines targeting the KP.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant, a descendent of the JN.1 strain, whereas the Novavax recombinant protein platform targets the JN.1 variant.

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ECG Pointers: WPW doesn’t usually cause a problem, right?

EMDocs

Authors: Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD (EM Attending Physician, APD, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA); Scott Mitsko, PharmD (Emergency Pharmacy Resident, Geisinger Wyoming Valley); Molly Rinkevich, PharmD (Emergency Pharmacy Resident, Geisinger Wyoming Valley) // 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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Knee Pain

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the March 2025 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Management of Knee Pain Common Etiologies of Knee Pain Risk Factors and Statistics Infectious Causes of Knee Pain Pre-Hospital Care and EMS History and Physical Exam Imaging Guidelines Ottawa Knee Rule and X-Ray Necessity Imaging Modalities for Knee Effusion Ultrasound for Tendon Injury and Arthrocentesis CT and MRI in Knee Injury Diagnosis Lab Tests for Septic Knee

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Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, HIV Awareness and Prevention Training

American Medical Compliance

This Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, and HIV Awareness and Prevention Training educates healthcare providers on how these diseases spread, their symptoms, and effective prevention methods. Providers will learn infection control measures tailored to each disease and standard techniques to reduce transmission risks in healthcare settings. Understanding these practices helps them protect themselves, their patients, and colleagues, ensuring a safer healthcare environment.

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Vitamin A Does Not Treat or Prevent Measles

Science Based Medicine

It didn’t take long for concerns about RFKs unscientific ideological approach to healthcare to manifest. We are in the middle of a measles outbreak – the exact kind of situation for which we need a strong federal response. The person in charge of that response, RFK Jr., is a notorious anti-vaccine crank who is not a scientist or healthcare expert, even though […] The post Vitamin A Does Not Treat or Prevent Measles first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Standard Training

American Medical Compliance

This Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Standard Training gives healthcare providers essential skills in chemical classification and hazard communication. They will learn GHS core elements, including standardized labels, classification criteria, and hazard pictograms. This knowledge helps them identify hazards quickly, follow safety regulations, and protect themselves and patients.