The Trauma Pro

AUGUST 6, 2024

Early availability of blood is a key component in the successful resuscitation of severely injured trauma patients. All trauma centers have implemented massive transfusion protocols (MTP) to ensure rapid delivery of blood products to the trauma bay. Unfortunately, locating the blood bank in some remote corner of the basement is common practice, as far from the trauma bay as possible.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Written by Magnus Nossen with Edits by Grauer and Smith The ECGs in today’s case are from 3 different patients all presenting with new-onset CP ( Chest Pain ). All ECGs were recorded by EMS, and transferred to a PCI capable center for evaluation. For 2 of the 3 patients — the cath lab was activated based on the ECG. One of the patients was lucky to have expert ECG interpretation by the Queen Of Hearts AI model.

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St. Emlyn

AUGUST 6, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed The latest St Emlyn's monthly podcast with all the best from the blog in June 2024. The post Podcast – June 2024 Monthly Round Up – Nebulised Ketamine, Risky Intubations, Better Presentations, DSED, Preoxygenation and more appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 6, 2024

Vinay and I started talking about and writing about churnalism about 5 years ago. He gets full credit for the term, which I initially resisted but later embraced. We thought we’d be able to write a book about churnalism – sort of a follow-up to Ending Medical Reversal – but that book was not meant to be. When Sensible Medicine got off the ground, it seemed like a perfect home for the chapters we had already written and a place to put ongoing coverage of the topic.

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NRC Health

AUGUST 6, 2024

In his upcoming presentation at HUB24, Dr. Beeson will outline a tested method for systemic skill-building that targets team engagement and patient experience goals. The post A pathway to patient connection and team collaboration appeared first on NRC Health.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 6, 2024

About 17,000 new infections, an increase of 26% from the previous week Summer 2024 remains a period of relative calm regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, but the latest data show a slight increase in cases. According to weekly monitoring by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) and the Ministry of Health, there have been about 17,000 […] The post Covid-19: Resumption of infections in Italy appeared first on Emergency Live.

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NRC Health

AUGUST 6, 2024

In his upcoming presentation at HUB24, Dr. Beeson will outline a tested method for systemic skill-building that targets team engagement and patient experience goals. The post A pathway to patient connection and team collaboration appeared first on NRC Health.

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EMergucate

AUGUST 6, 2024

The following chest x-ray is from an adolescent with jaundice and lethargy. What can be seen? With thanks to Dr.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 6, 2024

Scientists have identified six subtypes of depression, each relating to the alteration of a brain circuit For decades, depression was considered a single disorder with a single cause and cure. However, a recent research conducted at Stanford University is revolutionizing our understanding of this complex mental condition. Scientists have identified as many as six distinct […] The post 6 types of depression: recent research from Stanford University appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Canadian EM

AUGUST 6, 2024

Hilary Weatherby is a Registered Nurse working as a Patient Safety & Quality Improvement (QI) Specialist. Hilary helps teams apply QI methodology to organization-wide projects and reviews patient safety events for the purposes of continuous quality improvement across a large, downtown Toronto, hospital system. You are a medical student seeing patients on a medicine unit at your local community hospital.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 6, 2024

Three interventions in a few hours: one death and two rescues A day of routine administration has turned into a race against time for the rescuers of Pesaro. Three separate interventions in a few hours have put to the test the operational capabilities of the Harbour Office. Among the victims, one death. A broken life […] The post Tragedy in Pesaro: a day of relief appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 6, 2024

Ambulances without doctors and nurses. The CISL denounces an untenable situation in emergency-urgency The emergency-urgency in Calabria is collapsing. The alarm is being raised by CIOSL FP, which denounces an unsustainable situation characterized by staff cuts, lack of resources and inefficient organization. A serious situation Ambulance services without doctors on board, overcrowded operating rooms and […] The post Emergency-urgency in Calabria: risk of staff shortages appeared first on E

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 6, 2024

The regional Civil Protection has decided to extend the weather alert until Monday, August 5 at 14:00 An exceptional heat wave is putting a strain on Campania. Due to the high temperatures and persistent humidity, the regional Civil Protection has decided to extend the weather alert until Monday 5 August at 14:00. Coastal municipalities under […] The post Extreme temperatures in Campania: weather alert from the Civil Protection appeared first on Emergency Live.

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