Northwestern EM Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Written by: Dean Hayes (NUEM 27) Edited by: Andrew Long (NUEM 25 ) Expert Commentary by: Rafael Lima, MD A mid 20s male presents to the ED after seizure-like activity. Per the patient's partner at bedside, he had a 2-3 minute convulsive episode and the description is consistent with a likely seizure. The patient has never had a seizure before and is A&Ox4 upon arrival to the ED with reassuring examination.

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EMCrit

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

EMCrit RACC-Lit for January 2025 All the literature goodness! EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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St. Emlyn

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Emergency medicine demands constant practice, yet many clinicians experience skills fade due to lack of exposure. Nathalie Pattyn explores how this decline occurs, why its a systemic issue rather than an individual failure, and what changes are needed to maintain competency. The post Podcast – Skills Fade with Nathalie Pattyn at Tactical Trauma 24 appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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The Trauma Pro

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Missed injuries (or delayed diagnosis in polite conversation) are the bane of any trauma program. Trauma professionals want to know that theyve identified all significant injuries in their patients so no future harm will occur due to them. But what exactly is a missed injury? The definitions tend to vary a bit, which is why their incidence varies so widely in the literature (1 – 39%).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Written by Willy Frick A middle aged man was inspecting the food in his (closed) oven when he felt a few moments of light-headedness. He subsequently woke up on the ground, unsure how long he had been unconscious. He presented for evaluation where inpatient workup including monitoring on telemetry was unremarkable. He was discharged with an event monitor and electrophysiology follow up.

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Stop and Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We featured today a guest post from Dr. Kuma Folmsbee on saving primary care. I loved it because it centered on the core mission of doctoring: helping people who are asking for our help. Medicine excels when we treat illness. Medicine is much trickier when we try to help people who complain of nothing. We also had a podcast discussion about the MAHA movement and other things.

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Science Based Medicine

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

If confirmed, Kennedy will keep trashing science and will continue exploiting the trashed science he helps create for his own benefit. The post The Trashing of Science by Robert F Kennedy Jr first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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