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ECG Video Blog #407 (292): Why the Patient Died?

Ken Grauer, MD

== CLICK HERE — for a V ideo presentation of this case! (22:3 0 min. ) Below are slides used in my video presentation. For full discussion of this case — See ECG Blog #292 — == The 2 ECGs shown in Figure-1 were obtained from a man in his 30s — who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) with chest pain that began several hours earlier. ECG #2 was recorded 1 hour after ECG #1.

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The Absence of Suicide from Obituaries

Sensible Medicine

My father was an avid reader of obituaries. Once, when I was a teenager, I told him that his habit of reading them every morning with his cappuccino was weird. At the time, I considered anything I didn’t understand weird, and the word “morbid” wasn’t part of my lexicon. My father, never one to take the bait from his occasionally irksome son, explained that reading obituaries was an excellent way to learn recent history.

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Network Five: Emergency Medicine Conversations

Life in the Fast Lane

Pramod Chandru Network Five: Emergency Medicine Conversations Network Five Emergency Medicine Conversations Episode 28 - an insightful interview with Dr Indika De Lanerolle on Sri Lankan emergency medical services, training, challenges and much more!

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PulmCrit wee – Loading dose pharmacokinetics for antibiotics

EMCrit

A loading dose may be used to rapidly achieve steady-state pharmacokinetics. For drugs with a long half-life, this accelerates the attainment of therapeutic levels: For most drugs with single-compartment pharmacokinetics, a loading dose may be calculated using the following formula: (discussed further here) The graph below illustrates how this equation works: If (dosing interval)/(half life) […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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Grand Rounds Recap 11.15.23

Taming the SRU

R1 diagnostics & Therapeutics: ear emergencies - r4 case follow-up - r2 CPC R1 diagnostics & Therapeutics: ear emergencies WITH DR. lewis Otologic complaints make up millions of ED visits per year. The feared complications of most external ear complaints are dangerous infections or permanent deformities known as “cauliflower ear." Auricular hematomas should be drained and compressed when patients present with less than 7 days of symptoms.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare Staffing: The Transformative Power of Technology

Core Medical Group

Staying ahead of the curve is crucial for staffing and recruiting agencies. Technology has emerged as a game-changer, reshaping traditional methods and offering innovative solutions to meet the evolving demands of the healthcare industry. This blog explores the ways in which technology is transforming healthcare staffing, backed by actual facts and research.

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RSV Seasons is Here, so Where is Our Beyfortus?

Science Based Medicine

RSV season is here. So far it's better than last year, which was the absolute worst, but it should have been much better. The roll out of a safe and effective drug that dramatically reduces risk of severe disease was botched, and we still don't know why it happened. The post RSV Seasons is Here, so Where is Our Beyfortus? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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The Value Behind Human Understanding in Healthcare

NRC Health

In this podcast, Shannon from Gundersen Health System and Casey from M Health Fairview discuss the importance of Human Understanding in healthcare and share strategies for implementing it within their organizations. The post The Value Behind Human Understanding in Healthcare appeared first on NRC Health.

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