Fri.Nov 15, 2024

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If You Sanewashed RFK Jr., Or If You Sanewashed Doctors Who Did, You Own the Next 4 Years

Science Based Medicine

When RFK Jr. does to the U.S. what he did to Samoa, doctors will say they are horrified, that they love vaccines, blah blah blah. But it will be too late. The post If You Sanewashed RFK Jr., Or If You Sanewashed Doctors Who Did, You Own the Next 4 Years first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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PulmCrit Wee: Why MedTwitter should move to Bluesky

EMCrit

Medtwitter was great. We met amazing people and exchanged ideas. There were endless arguments about electrolytes and intubation. But the strength of Medtwitter was never the platform – it was the people. Twitter has been deteriorating for years. For example, the algorithm is horrific, the blocking feature has been largely removed, posts from paid users […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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239. Torsades & Charcuterie

Board Bombs

We're seeing a lot of "bespoke" things lately. but there's only one true bespoke cure for Torsades. Let's cover this HARD board-style question. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind at here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 239. Torsades & Charcuterie.

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Procedure: Radial Arterial Line

Life in the Fast Lane

James Miers and Daniel Gaetani Procedure: Radial Arterial Line Emergency Procedure: Radial Arterial Line, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Emergency medicine Australasia

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ECG Blog #456 — Acute MI or Something Else?

Ken Grauer, MD

Today's case was contributed by Dr. Magnus Nossen ( from Fredrikstad, Norway ). Dr. Nossen was at his computer — reviewing ECGs from patients recently admitted to his group's hospital service. He came across the ECG shown in Figure-1 — obtained from a woman in her 70s who was admitted to the hospital for new CP ( C hest P ain ). QUESTION: How would YOU interpret the ECG in Figure-1 ?

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BECTS (Benign Epilepsy with CentroTemporal Spikes) Seizures / Benign Rolandic Epilepsy of Childhood

Pediatric EM Morsels

Seizures are super scary for a parent to witness, but not all seizures mean danger. There is actually a diagnosis of seizures that has “ BENIGN” in the name! Have you ever had that feeling of falling that rapidly wakes you from sleep? While it’s unlikely that you were having Benign Epilepsy with CentroTemporal Spikes (BECTS) seizures or a benign Rolandic seizure, that tenuous state between sleeping and waking is a time when some odd neurologic things can happen, including BECTS.

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Low Back Pain

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the November 2024 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Management of Patients With Low Back Pain: A Review of Current Evidence Prevalence and Importance of Back Pain in the ED Differential Diagnosis and Serious Pathologies Patient Expectations and Management Strategies Missed Serious Pathologies and Their Implications Conflicting Evidence and Treatment Protocols Pathologies Causing Low Back Pain Mechanical and Infe

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Lightning Talks

Ultrasound Gel

GEL x SCUF back again! This year at the annual meeting of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, the GEL team interviews several up-and-coming leaders in POCUS about a variety of fascinating topics. [link] GEL x SCUF back again! This year at the annual meeting of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, the GEL team interviews several up-and-coming leaders in POCUS about a variety of fascinating topics.

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The Word “Mental” in Project 2025. (ii)

Maria Yang, MD

The second instance of the word “mental” in Project 2025 is on page 6, just a few paragraphs after its first appearance in the foreword: This resolve [“Every threat to family stability must be confronted”] should color each of our policies. Consider our approach to Big Tech. The worst of these companies prey on children, like drug dealers, to get them addicted to their mobile apps.