Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Written by Jesse McLaren, comments by Smith A 55 year old with a history of NSTEMI presented with two hours of exertional chest pain, with normal vitals. Below is the triage ECG, with a computer interpretation (Marquette 12 SL) of “normal” which was confirmed by the over-reading cardiologist. What do you think? Should this patient continue to stay in the waiting room, without interruption of the physician to interpret the ECG, because the computer interpretation is normal?

EKG/ECG 101

EKG/ECG Emergency Department Outcomes Documentation/Coding 101

EM Literature of Note

JANUARY 27, 2024

A brief post collating a few bits of my various work published across the interwebs … The Annals of Emergency Medicine Podcast continues to summarise the meatiest articles from each month, featuring a cycle of new co-hosts, as well: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Soundcloud Naturally, there are continuing Journal Club features, covering the following articles: Zone 1 endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta vs resuscitative thoracotomy for patient resuscitation after severe hemorrha

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EMDocs

JANUARY 27, 2024

We always work hard, but we may not have time to read through a bunch of journals. It’s time to learn smarter. Originally published at JournalFeed , a site that provides daily or weekly literature updates. Follow Dr. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: Do Febrile Neonates with COVID-19 Need a Full Workup? Spoon Feed This systematic review and meta-analysis of almost 4,000 febrile infants ≤ 90 days old diagnosed with COVID-19 indicated that these patients have a lo

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EMCrit

JANUARY 27, 2024

a ton of hemodynamic stuff. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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JournalFeed

JANUARY 27, 2024

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 22-27, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: Chair placement near the bedside is a simple intervention that increased the likelihood of physician sitting during patient encounters and yielded higher patient scores in satisfaction and communication.

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Science Based Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2024

It's the pump! But you knew that. The post Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera. Chapter 8b first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2024

Femur Tibia Humerus Ulna: Long bones Scaphoid Lunate Trapezium Hamate: Bones of the wrist Trigeminal Facial Occulomotor Abducens: Cranial nerves Left Right Third Fouth: Ventricles Read more

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2024

You know the routine, group the 16 words into 4 groups of 4. I’ll post the answer at 4 PM CST. It will be on the site but it won’t be sent by email.

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