Why Are Women Leaving EM?: Female EPs who left the specialty were more than 12 years younger than male EPs who left
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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The First10EM monthly wrap-up for December 2023
First 10 EM
DECEMBER 31, 2023
This is the first edition of a new, recurrent post format. The First10EM monthly wrap up is a place for me to share updates about the website, about my academic life, and also interesting content, such as books, podcasts, and other FOAMed, that I have encountered in the prior month. It is sort of my […] The post The First10EM monthly wrap-up for December 2023 appeared first on First10EM.
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The Back Stories of the Opioid Crisis: What excuse did medicine have for forgetting that opioids are highly addictive?
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Top 10 emDOCs Posts of 2023
EMDocs
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Authors: Brit Long, MD ( @long_brit – EM Attending Physician, San Antonio, TX); Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MPrizzleER – Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine / Department of Emergency Medicine – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center); and Alex Koyfman, MD ( @EMHighAK – EM Attending Physician, UT Southwestern Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital) Thank you for everything you do and the great year!
A New Burnout for the New Year: Were the lost holidays, birthdays, and school events missed for emergency medicine worth it?
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Luton’s Tom Lockyer thanks ‘heroes’ who saved his life after cardiac arrest
AED Leader
DECEMBER 31, 2023
On 16 December 2023, soccer captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed during a match at Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth. He received CPR, was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the hospital, and was discharged after five days. Lockyer credits the “heroic actions of the players, staff, doctors, and paramedics” with saving his life and urges people to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Admin: ‘EPs are Replaceable Widgets’: An administrator who was told dedicated doctors would leave without change said, ‘We'll hire new ones.’
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Early Paracentesis Makes Sense for Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites: Some patients with SBP are asymptomatic or only present with encephalopathy or AKI
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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An interesting article on the evolution of resistance
The Evolution & Medicine Review
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Blumstein, D. T., Johnson, N. A., Katz, N. D., Kharpatin, S., Ortiz-Ross, X., Parra, E., & Reshke, A. (n.d.). Biological lessons for strategic resistance management. Abstract Biological resistance to pesticides, vaccines, antibiotics, and chemotherapies creates huge costs to society, including extensive morbidity and mortality.
Four Things to Hate about the AHA Poison Resuscitation Guidelines: The recommendations are vague, make incorrect statements about atropine, and misuse references
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Preparing for your First Renal SHO On-Call
Mind The Bleep
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Introduction So you’ve finally got your rota for your hotly anticipated renal rotation… and your first shift is out of hours. But worry not, for this guide will help you to prepare for that dreaded on-call. While medical on-calls are usually a medium-to-high, consistent workload, the renal on-call is typically either quite calm or really busy. Your patients are either stable or very, very sick!
Bringing Gout Care into the Modern Age: The CONTACT trial established naproxen as a front-runner against colchicine for acute management
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Elmer – Perils in Prognostication
University of Maryland CC Project
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS is an associate professor of emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his Batchelor’s degree in biochemistry from Swarthmore and his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at. Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS is an associate professor of emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Board Certification is Now the Norm: More EPs are getting board certified earlier in their careers, but it doesn't mean they're happier
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Ethics: Crisis Standards of Care Simulation
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Ethical dilemmas exist with decision-making regarding resource allocations, such as critical care, ventilators and other critical equipment, and pharmaceuticals during pandemics. Triage artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms based on prognostication tools exist to guide these decisions; however, implicit bias may affect the decision-making process leading to deviation from the algorithm recommendations.
Pediatric Cardiac Standstill Tough to Diagnose, Even with Ultrasound: It is difficult to know when to end resuscitation, but an US showing lack of cardiac motion may help
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Managing Diabetes Mellitus in the Emergency Department
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic medical condition that continues to increase in prevalence. Complications of DM, including diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state, often present in the emergency department requiring emergent management. Prompt assessment, diagnosis, evaluation of laboratory values, treatment, monitoring, and strict follow-up education are essential to the successful management of this complex disease.
Let's Play ‘Decipher the Dictation’: Speech-to-text software can lead to confusing—and hilarious—results
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of the HEART Score Calculated by Ambulance Nurses Versus Emergency Physicians
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Chest pain is a common complaint for consultation of emergency medical services worldwide. Currently, ambulance nurses (AN) base their decision to transport a patient to the hospital on their own professional experience. The HEART score could improve prehospital risk stratification and patient treatment. The aim of this study is to investigate the interrater reliability and predictive accuracy of the HEART score between AN and emergency physicians (EP).
Letter to the Editor: Consultants Who Don't Want to Treat Patients
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Finger Thoracostomy for Tension Pneumothorax
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Finger Thoracostomy for Tension Pneumothorax
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
One of the injuries associated with chest trauma is pneumothorax, a condition where air accumulates between the parietal and visceral pleura in the chest leading to collapse of the lung due to pressure. Left untreated, a tension pneumothorax may develop leading to cardiovascular collapse. This article reviews the development of a tension pneumothorax, discusses the clinical recognition of the diagnosis, and outlines the procedure for performing a finger (or simple) thoracostomy.
Odontoid/Dens Fractures
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Odontoid fractures remain the most common C2 fracture and of those individuals older than 65 years. The type of optimal management remains in question given comorbidities, risk of nonunion, and limitations in mobility when surgical fusion is the treatment selected. These fractures are of particular importance, given the high incident of morbidity and mortality following an odontoid fracture.
Managing Severe Beta Blocker and Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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It's Not a Spider Bite—It's MRSA!
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Although there is an increased awareness of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), there remains a bias of the public and health-care workers to blame spiders as a cause of skin and soft tissue infection when there is no valid incriminated evidence for this assumption. MRSA is a formidable infection and remains a threat to human health.
Reversing Anticoagulants in the ED: Not all agents are available in every ED, which must decide how to manage bleeding complications
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Priapism in a Young Adult With Sickle Cell Disease
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
This article presents a case study focusing on priapism in a patient with sickle cell disease, with repeated emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. The patient was successfully identified and treated by the ED nurse practitioner (NP) with aspiration of the corpus cavernosum. Priapism is a persistent penile erection that continues for an extended time.
Simplifying Peritonsillar Abscesses: Forgoing CT and I&D may not be the wrong answer for peritonsillar cellulitis and abscess
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Acute Hyperkalemia Management in the Emergency Department
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Symptoms: Abdominal Distension, Facial Swelling
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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Acute Hyperkalemia Management in the Emergency Department
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Acute hyperkalemia is characterized by high concentrations of potassium in the blood that can potentially lead to life-threatening arrhythmias that require emergent treatment. Therapy involves the utilization of a constellation of different agents, all targeting different goals of care. The first, and most important step in the treatment of severe hyperkalemia with electrocardiographic (ECG) changes, is to stabilize the myocardium with calcium in order to resolve or mitigate the development of a
Letter to the Editor: Kudos to Dr. Leap
Emergency Medicine News
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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An Evidence-Based Algorithm of Management of Heatstroke in the Emergency Department
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Annual rates of heat illness and heat-related deaths have been increasing across the United States as more regions of the country have been experiencing heat waves of extreme ambient temperatures of prolonged durations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heat illnesses have become the leading cause of weather-related deaths.
Kruser – The Role of Language
University of Maryland CC Project
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Jacqueline Kruser, MD MS is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Wisconsin. In her lecture today, she talks about the role of the language in the intensive care unit, using examples of specific phrases such as “goals of. Jacqueline Kruser, MD MS is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Wisconsin.
Guest Editorial: Emergency Nurse Practitioner Scope and Standards of Practice
AENJ: Current Issue
DECEMBER 31, 2023
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