Ken Grauer, MD
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a woman in her 60s — who was seen in the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) as part of her evaluation for trauma following a motor vehicle accident. She was hemodynamically stable — and did not have chest pain, lightheadedness or syncope. QUESTIONS: HOW would you interpret the rhythm in Figure-1 ? Is this " high -grade" AV block?
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The CHRISTUS Health-Texas A&M Spohn Emergency Medicine Residency Program announced Friday that its program will close in June 2026 after the current emergency medicine residents complete their training. An official reason for the closure was not immediately available from the hospital administration, but residents there said they were told the surprise move was likely because of financial reasons.
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Greater Sydney Area HEMS
OCTOBER 13, 2023
(Apologies – re-posting as yesterday did not arrange the podcast link correctly!) In the seventh episode of the Sydney HEMS Debrief series, Sydney HEMS CCP and Educator Jackie Buckthought shares a challenging case from her training. Jackie discusses how this case has affected her work flow, resilience, and more recently her perspective as an educator.
Science Based Medicine
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The title of this post is silly. Hitting kids in school is always bad, and there is very good reason to expect the same negative outcomes from school-based corporal punishment as are seen when kids are hit at home. The AAP recently recently released a policy statement calling for a national ban. The post Hitting Children in School: Bad? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
EMCrit
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Hello fellow nerds, let's take a look at the new American Association of Neurology (AAN) brain death guidelines. Instead of a tweetorial, I'll jot my thoughts here, so they're accessible to everyone. Disclaimer: the following discussion applies only to adult medicine. Most of these guidelines are consistent with the 2020 World Brain Death Project, so […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.
Emergency Live
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The devastating consequences of three natural events in India, Russia and Sumatra When the earth shakes, there are very few places that offer fair security. These are usually the open spaces, unless you are always in a valley at risk of landslides. In other cases, it is a good idea to seek protection within suitable […] The post Earthquakes: three seismic events that struck the world appeared first on Emergency Live.
The Trauma Pro
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The September issue of the Trauma MedEd newsletter is now available to everyone! This issue’s theme is Weird Stuff. In this issue, you will learn about: Syndrome Of The Trephined Whaaat? Stuff You Sterilize Other Stuff With May Not Be Sterile?? The Submental Intubation Chest Tube Size: Where Did The French System For Catheter Size Come From? To download the current issue, just click here!
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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
OCTOBER 13, 2023
This UK study randomized 90 trauma patients suspected of having major life threatening torso hemorrhage to receive standard resuscitative.
PHARM
OCTOBER 13, 2023
State prohibits the pseudoscientific diagnosis authorities have frequently cited to justify killings at hands of law enforcement — Read on amp.theguardian.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
OCTOBER 13, 2023
This large UK and US study looked at the addition of high dose cryoprecipitate to mass transfusion protocols and found: “Among pat.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2023
This ECG was texted to me with no other information, with this quote: "You will see this in the Queen of Hearts." I assumed it was in real time. The Queen said "Not OMI with low confidence" What do you think? The conventional algorithm said: SINUS RHYTHM ABNORMAL QRS-T ANGLE [QRS-T AXIS DIFFERENCE > 60] ABNORMAL ECG This was my response: "I am not certain that I agree with the queen on this one.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
OCTOBER 13, 2023
This excellent review article discussing damage control resuscitation in traumatically injured children highlights several points including: Click to view the rest
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
OCTOBER 13, 2023
This systematic review and analysis found in 1822 trauma patients treated with ECMO: -Overall 66% survival to discharge -VV ECMO was sig.
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