The Trauma Pro
APRIL 11, 2025
Backboards are made to get messy. Every time your friendly EMS provider brings you a patient, they invariably have to swab it down to give the next patient a reasonably sanitary surface to lie on. But sometimes the boards get downright nasty, and the cleanup job is a major production. Enter… the backboard washer. I saw one of these for the first time at a Level III hospital in Ohio.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 11, 2025
While at ACC, I received this text message from a former resident: Good morning Steve! Hope youre doing well. Just curious what you think of this? He writes: "To me, the downsloping ST in V2/V3 is always OMI until proven otherwise. Also looks hyperacute inferior." "I activated cath lab, cardiologist is not impressed. Trop pending." Smith : "It is diagnostic of OMI!
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NRC Health
APRIL 11, 2025
In this episode of the Beckers Healthcare Podcast, Erica Carbajal speaks with Jennifer Baron, Chief Experience Officer at NRC Health, and Kathryn Peisert, Editor in Chief & Senior Director at TGI, about the critical role of trust in shaping the future of patient experience. The post The trust factor: Elevating patient experience in 2025 and beyond appeared first on NRC Health.
Sensible Medicine
APRIL 11, 2025
There I was, enjoying a Wednesday morning clinic session, when my phone vibrated with a notification from the New York Times. 1 I looked down, wondering what disaster was afflicting the stock market, our country, or the planet, when instead I see: Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds. Instead of being annoyed, I had a couple of pleasant thoughts: 1.
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Sensible Medicine
APRIL 11, 2025
I liked my previous post on why I don’t think the shingles vaccine (actually our previous shingles vaccine, Zostavax, rather than the present one, Shingrix) does not prevent dementia, despite a Nature article and coverage pretty much everywhere to the contrary. I stand by my conclusions. However, a couple of astute readers, one in the comments and one email, called me out for a bit of an unintentional sleight of hand in the math.
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