Sat.Oct 05, 2024

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SGEM#455: Harmony 5000 – Prehospital Detection of Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: October 2, 2024 Reference: Paxton et al. Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large-vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients: Results from the EPISODE-PS-COVID study. AEM Sept 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate.

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EMCrit 385 – Eye Trauma I – Retrobulbar Hematoma, Orbital Compartment Syndrome, and Paracanthal Decompressions

EMCrit

When you need to temporize orbital compartment syndrome, there is markedly easier way than Lateral Cantholysis EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Interfaces w/Sara Crager! #FOAMed #FOAMcc

Thinking Critical Care

Here, Sara Crager takes a few minutes to discuss the hemodynamic interfaces with me. Over the next months, I’ll be picking the brains of my co-authors for the fantastic angles they can all bring to our “Trilogy in 4 Parts” (creative title by of course @EMnerd) which we all feel can be a really useful mental model for both learners and veterans and even better for patients!

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Cefepime > Tazo? | Mental Practice Towards Perfection

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 30 – Oct 4, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : In adult patients with sepsis, empiric use of vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam compared to vancomycin and cefepime, when anti-anaerobic coverage was not clinically indicated, was associated with a 5% increase in mortality.

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EM@3AM: ESBL-Producing Organisms and Their Management

EMDocs

Authors: Devin Morris, MD (EM Resident Physician, UT Southwestern – Dallas, TX); Samia Farooqi, MD (Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern – Dallas, TX) // Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA), Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited review of clinical basics.

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