Pediatric Education

MARCH 16, 2025

Patient Presentation A 34 month-old male came to the emergency room with a history of acute choking/coughing and the mother was worried he has swallowed a coin. She had left him unattended for a couple of minutes and found him playing with her purse. She used both choking and coughing to describe him seeming to have an acute problem with something in his mouth.

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Pediatrics Radiology Radiology Operations 59

Board Bombs

MARCH 16, 2025

Measles is making a comeback! Learn how to recognize key symptoms, prevent misdiagnosis, and manage MMR infections in the emergency department. Stay prepared for this highly contagious disease. Measles is making a comeback! Learn how to recognize key symptoms, prevent misdiagnosis, and manage MMR infections in the emergency department. Stay prepared for this highly contagious disease.

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Emergency Department 52

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

MARCH 16, 2025

Some patients require transfer with medical equipment that we may not deal with frequently, or at least in the context of an inter-hospital environment. Examples of such equipment include external ventricular drains (EVDs) and temporary pacing wires. Our very own Dr Ruan Vlok spoke at the Greater Sydney HEMS Education Day on 9th October 2024 about just this subject, and the talk(s) are now on our YouTube channel.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals 52

Mind The Bleep

MARCH 16, 2025

We’ve partnered with Doctors Paycheck to provide a comprehensive webinar on Understanding Resident Doctors’ Pay. The session aims to equip doctors with essential knowledge about their salary , common pay errors, and strategies to optimise their take-home pay. They’re also offering our audience an exclusive code for 20% off their calculators at the end of this article – the calculators are well worth checking out because it makes spotting errors really easy!

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Documentation/Coding Hospitals Wellness 52

EM Literature of Note

MARCH 16, 2025

Keep up with interesting things I read on the other site: COVID-19 Vaccines Safe in Pregnancy Buy My [Unnecessary Medical Scam] Here! The Agent General Practitioner Clinical Trial Enrollment Via AI That Citation Doesnt Say That! Were Paying Well Over $2.5B A Year To Publish Physicians + AI = You Dont Have to Review for Free? Sensitivity Limitations of D-dimer Testing The Dismal Outcomes of Prehospital Thoracotomy Chelation and Vitamins Arent Magic The MC-MED Data Set Stanfords New Clinical LLM B

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Ultrasounds Outcomes Wellness 57