Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 7, 2024

A 30-something presented with chest pain, palpitations, and SOB. He has had similar symptoms for 4 years, but has never been evaluated. Here is his presenting ECG, which was sent to me real time, along with the 2nd ECG below: Regular Narrow Fast without P-waves. PSVT. It is very difficult to tell if this is: 1) AVNRT or 2) orthodromic AVRT (Orthodromic AVRT = WPW with orthograde conduction down the AV node and retrograde up an accessory pathway) See Ken Grauer's discussion below in differentiati

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The Trauma Pro

MAY 7, 2024

Any trauma performance improvement professional understands the importance of undertriage and overtriage. Overtriage occurs when a patient who does not meet trauma activation criteria gets one anyway. And undertriage is the converse, where no activation is called despite criteria being met. As you may expect, the latter is much more dangerous for the patient.

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Life in the Fast Lane

MAY 7, 2024

Sheralyn Guilleminot and Mike Cadogan What Are the Best AI Detectors? We investigated to see which tools are the best detectors of artificial intelligence in medical writing. One tool was the clear winner, while others clearly struggled with accuracy!

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Emergency Live

MAY 7, 2024

Another Work Tragedy That Could and Should Have Been Avoided The Italian population is still reeling from the tragedy in Suviana, which claimed seven lives in an incident at a hydroelectric plant. But another sad event has struck the community of Casteldaccia, in Sicily (Italy). Five workers lost their lives yesterday during sewer maintenance. A […] The post Tragedy at work: 5 workers die in Casteldaccia appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Science Based Medicine

MAY 7, 2024

Perhaps if sheltered doctors cared more about health inequities, they wouldn't have treated a dangerous virus as nothing more than topic for an abstract, salon-style debate. The post Dr. Jeffrey Flier: Those Who Express Different Views on Health Equity Should Be Demonized, Not Heard first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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AED Leader

MAY 7, 2024

As a business owner or someone responsible for the safety of others, having an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on hand is crucial. AEDs are life-saving devices that can help restore a normal heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest. However, simply having an AED is not enough. It is equally important to ensure that the AED pads are in good working condition and ready to be used immediately.

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American Medical Compliance

MAY 7, 2024

The following Dementia Patient and Caregiver Needs Training for Healthcare Providers course educates healthcare providers on working with caregivers to support dementia patients. Informal, or unpaid, caregivers provide nearly 85% of all care offered to older individuals. Because of this, it is extremely important for healthcare providers and caregivers to be allies and provide the best quality care to the dementia patient in their lives.

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American Medical Compliance

MAY 7, 2024

The following FDA Report for Safer Medical Products for Healthcare Providers educates healthcare providers (HCP) on how to report medical device malfunctions, serious injuries, or deaths associated with medical devices to the FDA. Since December 13, 1984, the FDA Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulations have obliged companies that have received complaints about device malfunctions, significant injuries, or deaths caused by medical devices to notify the FDA.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 7, 2024

The previous post in this series covered test characteristics and other metrics (positive and negative predictive value) of diagnostic tests. It also dove a bit into clinical reasoning. This post covers receiver operator characteristic curves and common problems in diagnostic test articles: spectrum bias, work up bias, and issues with reproducibility.

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