NIOSH Science Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Some occupations are known to have higher rates of suicide than others (see related blogs). Job factors – such as low job security, low pay, and job stress – can contribute to risk of suicide, as can easy access to lethal means among people at risk—such as medications or firearms. Other factors that can influence the link between occupation and suicide include gender, socioeconomic status, the economy, cultural factors, and stigma.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Since the pandemic healthcare has undergone a remarkable transformation. Before COVID dropped in as our latest wicked problem, technology was upending everything we do. I’ve been thinking a lot about the burnout, confusion, uncertainty, and exhaustion that we’re facing. I’ve been thinking about the conditions that define healthcare. When we talk about these challenges that we’re facing there’s a tendency to blame isolated issues — we believe that our problems can be solved with targe

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The following ECG is from an 83 year old lady who has presented with new renal impairment following a fall (Na 134 K5.4 Ur 12.4 Cr 164 from a baseline of 110).

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Ultrasound Gel

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

GEL Jr coming in hot with the latest in neuro-ocular sonography - optic disc elevation! That's right - not optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), the actual elevation of the disc as seen on ocular ultrasound. Super cool new idea - lets how how it pans out in this pilot study! [link] [link] GEL Jr coming in hot with the latest in neuro-ocular sonography - optic disc elevation!

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Trigger Lab

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A cura di Susanna Ciraci infermiera terapia intensiva neonatale fondazione poliambulanza di Brescia La ventilazione oscillatoria ad alta frequenza (High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation, HFOV) rappresenta una strategia ventilatoria protettiva non convenzionale ampiamente utilizzata in neonatologia.

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Board Bombs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: [link] They say you can't pick your friends but you can pick their noses- wait, that's just wrong! Let's pick the pearls (hehe) of presentation, diagnosis, and management of epistaxis. Want to experience the greatest in board studying?

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JournalFeed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of September 20-24, 2021. We cover EM workforce projections, ETCO2 for OHCA in PEA, NSAIDs and non-union risk, IM droperidol vs olanzapine for agitation, and IM ketamine vs midazolam/haloperidol for agitation.

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The x-rays show a posteriorly dislocated left shoulder. The frontal shoulder x-ray shows 3 signs of posterior shoulder dislocation.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Date: September 16th, 2021 Reference: Sippola et al. Effect of Oral Moxifloxacin vs Intravenous Ertapenem Plus Oral Levofloxacin for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis. The APPAC II Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rob Leeper is an assistant professor of surgery at Western University and the London Health Sciences Center.

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Medical Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

One of the greatest fears underlying the COVID-19 pandemic has been that the healthcare system would be overwhelmed with the sheer numbers of patients, and others needing care would have to be turned away. Now that the Delta variant is surging in California and other areas of the country, some hospitals have been forced to ration care. Despite the crowding in hospitals the pandemic has caused, you can still receive treatment if you have been injured in an accident.

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ED ECMO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Crew, We are proud to announce the world’s first ECPR textbook. We partnered with ELSO and 25 of the world’s leaders in ECPR and resuscitative ECMO to create an awesome resource for both in depth learning and on shift quick reference.

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JournalFeed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of September 13-17, 2021. We cover balanced fluids in the PICU, crystalloids for TBI patients, DKA fluid-dropping sodium-AMS, BaSICS part1, and BsSICS part 2.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In this EM Quick Hits: Walter Himmel on new diseases associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, Leeor Sommer on the evolution of epiglottitis - adult epiglottitis clinical pearls, Sarah Reid on how to pick up HSP, Anand Swaminathan on an approach to management of heat stroke, Justin Morgenstern on the association between pediatric Bell's palsy and leukemia.

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A 50 year old male presents to ED after being found in a park.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Date: September 8th, 2021 Reference: Desch et al. The TOMAHAWK Investigators. Angiography after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation. NEJM 2021. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Stephen Meigher is the EM Chief Resident training with the Jacobi and Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program. He heads curriculum and conference for the academic year and is passionate about resident […] The post SGEM#344: We Will…We Will Cath You – But should We After An OHCA Without ST Elevat

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EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

EMplify - September 2021 Announcements: Be on the lookout for an announcement regarding the new EB Medicine app, coming to an App Store near you this month !! Also, this month use code SB25 and get a $25 Starbucks gift card when you subscribe at ebmedicine.net ! Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in the Emergency Department Authors: Tazeen Abbas, MD Abbas Husain, MD, FACEP Physiology review Terminology Differentiating Causes: PALM-COEIN Structural: Polyp, Adenomyosis, Leiomyoma, Malignancy/Hyperplasia No

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Board Bombs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: [link] Time for a magic trick. What causes headache, vision changes, hemiplegia, vomiting, and even abdominal pain?? Migraines. Really? Let’s talk about the greatest neurologic mimicker- how to treat them, and which ones need further workup.

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JournalFeed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of August 30 - September 3, 2021. We cover ondansetron impact in children, a case of pediatric ROSC post withdrawal of care and ethical issues, C. difficile testing in babies, how to really change physician behavior, and the landmark AAP guidelines for febrile neonates/infants.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In Geriatric Trauma Part 2 we answer questions such as: what are the indications for transfer to a trauma center in older patients with rib fractures and why? Can we accurately prognosticate older trauma patients in the ED? How can we best engage family members in goals of care discussions for the older trauma patient? What are the risk factors for elder abuse that we need to be aware of in the ED?

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Thank you for those that participated in today’s Simulation.

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ER Nurses

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In the hardest hit regions of COVID-19, mostly due to bad public health policies, redeployment of nursing staff is one tool to staff ICUs. ER nurses are often the first to moved. But the skills aren't interchangeable. Each discipline has very specific competencies. Care suffers when different disciplines need to extend themselves. Here's another thread on the subject.

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University of Maryland CC Project

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Dr. Ajeet G. Vinayak, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Georgetown University presents on right ventricular physiology and acute right heart syndromes.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Date: September 20th, 2021 Reference: Litell et al. Most emergency department patients meeting sepsis criteria are not diagnosed with sepsis at discharge. AEM 2021. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jess Monas is a Consultant in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona. She is also an Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Mayo […] The post SGEM#346: Sepsis – You Were Always on My Mind first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Emergency Medicine Ireland

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. There’s not a huge amount of notes on procedural stuff that I accumulated for the exams but I did collect some interesting bits on bronchoscopy, particularly because it was so. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. There’s not a huge amount of notes on procedural stuff that I accumulated for the exams but I did collect some interesting bits on bronchoscopy, particularly because it was so novel to

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] The relative simplicity of extending one’s finger onto the tissue overlaying a major artery belies the complicated forces generating an arterial pulse. Descriptions and physiological elucidations have been put forth across the decades, yet even today the machinations relating cardiac contraction to a waxing and waning arterial wall are a bit obstruse.

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Important studies/ research papers relevant to Emergency Medicine

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EM Literature of Note

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A couple months back, this little report – MaRISS – was published with minimal fanfare in Stroke. Considering the effort necessary to fund and conduct a prospective study, it’s rather remarkable these data are so uninformative. The stated purpose of this study: “The objective of this study is to describe multidimensional outcomes, identify predictors of worse outcomes, and explore the effect of thrombolysis in this population.” Reading between the lines – and considering the st

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University of Maryland CC Project

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Dr. Anantha K. Mallia, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital presents on critical care ultrasound and the volume resuscitation dilemma as part of the DC5 lecture series.

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JournalFeed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of September 6-10, 2021. We cover discharging intermediate risk HEART score patients, efficacy of COVID vaccines, CXR vs POCUS for CHF, POCUS for ectopic, and the DOREMI RCT milrinone vs dobutamine.

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Trigger Lab

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A cura di Enrico Bulleri Quantificare lo sforzo inspiratorio può essere utile in molti aspetti dell’assistenza alla persona in ventilazione meccanica.

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] “He walked away across the room, his cowboy boots echoing like pistol shots." -Sylvia Plath Background Implicit in resuscitation is speed. Throughout training we are zealously instructed that ‘time is tissue’ for all manners of compromised perfusion. We envision spendthrift mitochondria chewing through oxygen without regard to withering supply; as such, when confronted with signs and/or symptoms of dwindling blood flow, our therapeutic refl

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EMergucate

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The left shoulder x-rays are from a 30 year old who has sustained injury to their shoulder post fall.

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Emergency Medicine Ireland

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Sometimes the tasty morsels are exam sized snippets of my knowledge on a given topic. More frequently they are literally all I know on the subject. Today’s topic of parenteral. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Sometimes the tasty morsels are exam sized snippets of my knowledge on a given topic.

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University of Maryland CC Project

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Dr. Chee Chan, a Pulmonary Critical Care physician and Medical Director of the Medical Intermediate Care Unit at MedStar Washington presents an interactive discussion on shock as part of the DC5 lecture series.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Date: August 31st, 2021 Reference: McLean et al. Interphysician weight bias: A cross-sectional observational survey study to guide implicit bias training in the medical workplace. AEM Sept 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Case: You are working in the emergency department […] The post SGEM#343: Doctors are Doctors So Why Should It Be, You and I Should Get Along So Awfully – Weight Bias in

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NIOSH Science Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Home healthcare workers provide healthcare services to millions of Americans who need assistance at home. Home healthcare workers work closely with patients and often are in close contact with the public while they provide healthcare services to patients. Both situations can pose increased risks for exposure to workplace violence [1],[2]. The issue of violence in home healthcare will likely increase as the industry is projected to grow dramatically in the coming years.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a ransomware awareness alert for the upcoming holiday weekend. The FBI and CISA have observed a trend of increased attacks around U.S. holidays. Businesses are more vulnerable when there are fewer workers in the office or workers are more distracted than usual before a long weekend.

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