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Waiting Room Medicine

Life in the Fast Lane

Mike Cadogan Waiting Room Medicine With exponential Emergency Department over-crowding and spiraling waiting times, the Utopian College has produced a series of guidelines to assist fondling members.

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SGEM#458: Hurt So Good –Ketamine Can Make the Hurt so Good – If used as an Adjunct to Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: October 29, 2024 Reference: Galili et al. Low dose ketamine as an adjunct to morphine: a randomized controlled trial among patients with and without current opioid use. AEM Oct 2024. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY. He is the Vice Chair of the Emergency Department and Program Director of the EM residency program at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY, the safety net hospital for Nassau County.

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Quick Draw Anatomy for Medical Students – Joanna Fox

Critical Care North Hampton

“Quick Draw Anatomy for Medical Students” by Joanna Oram Fox is a unique educational book designed to help medical students learn anatomy through drawing. It provides step-by-step instructions on drawing, understanding, and interpreting key anatomical structures. Her fantastic methodology for learning by illustration really impressed us with her first book!

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Does First Pass Success Matter? | Best Fever Control

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed : In this NEAR database study, there was an independent association between increasing number of intubation attempts and risk of complications.

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NIPE

Mind The Bleep

The Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) or Examination of the Newborn (EON) is performed on every newborn baby within the first 72 hours of life by doctors and midwives. It is a screening tool used to identify congenital anomalies in babies as quickly as possible and make the appropriate referrals if needed. Whilst this is a top-to-toe examination, it focuses on the eyes, heart, hips and testicles.

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EM@3AM: Neurosyphilis

EMDocs

Authors: Jarvis Garner, MD (EM Resident Physician, UT Southwestern – Dallas, TX); Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, MD, MBA (Assistant Professor of EM/Attending Physician, UT Southwestern – Dallas, TX) // Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited review of clinical basic

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