The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 27, 2021

Date: July 24th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brain Goldman is an Emergency Medicine physician who works at Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto. He is the host of CBC radio show White Coat Black Art and the podcast The Dose. He is also the author of the bestselling books The Night Shift, Secret language of Doctors, and the Power of […] The post SGEM Xtra: Star Trek Made Me A Better Physician first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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JournalFeed

JULY 31, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of July 26-30, 2021. We cover pediatric DKA, preventing and treating delirium, myocarditis in adults and children, and how to get a better glottic view.

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PHEM Cast

JULY 27, 2021

Some useful videos: Hopefully you found the podcast interesting, but since this is quite a visual topic we have put together some videos to demonstrate some of the pathologies discussed and what they look like on ultrasound: How does ultrasound work? Want to know how to use ultrasound? This is a whole 45 minute introductory lecture. Although a face-to-face course is really required before you start on patients!

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 27, 2021

In this main episode podcast we discuss the conservative management of large spontaneous pneumothorax, when a pigtail chest tube with Heimlich valve is indicated, detection of persistent air leak, removal of chest tube, surgical indications for spontaneous pneumothorax, management pitfalls and more. The post Ep 158 Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EMergucate

JULY 26, 2021

The frontal chest x-ray is from a 79 year old septic patient with cough and dyspnoea. What can be noticed? What group of organisms need particular attention with this x-ray appearance?

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Ultrasound Gel

JULY 19, 2021

The GEL Jr. team is back with another great use for pediatric POCUS! You might not have known that you can actually use ultrasound to confirm that your endotracheal tube is in the right place! But how good is it?? [link] [link] The GEL Jr. team is back with another great use for pediatric POCUS! You might not have known that you can actually use ultrasound to confirm that your endotracheal tube is in the right place!

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 31, 2021

Date: July 29th, 2021 Reference: Azizi et al. Optimal anatomical location for needle decompression for tension pneumothorax: A multicenter prospective cohort study. Injury 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency physician in the Air Force in Ohio. This is Bob’s 14th episode cohosting the SGEM. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE […] The post SGEM#339: I Don’t Need this Pressure On – Chest Wall Thickness at Needle Decompression Site first appear

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Thinking Critical Care

JULY 17, 2021

So it is with gradual amazement and a great sense of accomplishment that we have witnessed the remarkable interest that our field of acute care has taken in VExUS. This has also been tempered by the humility of experience, as all of us have seen fads come and go, and also because an interventional approach based on VExUS is not yet evidence-based, as the studies remain to be done, some being underway.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

JULY 17, 2021

Background Renal colic is a commonly encountered diagnosis in the emergency department that is known to cause significant pain. In clinical practice, the initial goal is prompt pain management while simultaneously working to confirm the suspected diagnosis. Because of the severity and acuity of the pain associated with renal colic, opioid pain management has often been used.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 13, 2021

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Arun Sayal on the nuances of assessment for scaphoid fractures, Justin Morgenstern on the evidence for therapeutic hypothermia post-arrest and the TTM2 trial, Sarah Reid on HEADS-ED mental health screening tool for children, youth and young adults, Andrew Petrosoniak on pelvic trauma and pelvic binder tips and pitfalls, Michelle Klaiman on what we need to know about Kratom and Anand Swaminathan on why femoral lines are often a great central line choice.

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Board Bombs

JULY 11, 2021

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: [link] This week Iltifat and Blake are reunited in Alabama on the Bayou. When faced with kayaking, camping, and gators, it’s time for us to review myths and proper treat drowning and submersion injuries. Want to experience the greatest in board studying?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 17, 2021

Date: July 14th, 2021 Reference: Pernica et al. Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia: The SAFER Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2021. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew (Andy) Tagg is an Emergency Physician with a special interest in education and lifelong learning. He is the co-founder of website lead of Don’t Forget the Bubbles (DFTB).

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JournalFeed

JULY 17, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of July 12-16, 2021. We cover high risk pediatric bruising, urine concentration and UA accuracy, atrial fibrillation management, shorter NPO time for formula fed infants, and TTM2, which showed normothermia was as good as hypothermia post-arrest.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 10, 2021

Case submitted by Dr. Mike Runyon, written by Meyers, Grauer, and Smith A child between the ages of 5 and 10 was brought in by parents for new onset recurrent episodes that were interpreted as most likely panic attacks. Before arriving at that diagnosis, the providers wanted to make sure all other diagnosable causes were ruled out. An ECG was ordered and is shown below.

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Trigger Lab

JULY 8, 2021

Istruzioni per il lettore: nel testo si riportano accorgimenti maturati nella mia piccola esperienza (quindi perfettamente opinabili), unita a dati emersi dalla letteratura. Qualsiasi impostazione ventilatoria è su indicazione e condivisione medica (per gli amanti delle diagnosi infermieristiche si tratta di un problema collaborativo). Non si discuteranno le prestazioni, tipologie di interfaccia e modelli di … Leggi tutto NIV, come iniziare?

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 13, 2021

Eight patients presented with potentially ischemic symptoms and T-wave inversions. Which had occlusion MI, which were reperfused and which were reoccluded? Jesse McLaren helps you discover the nuances of Wellens syndrome and T-wave inversions on this month's ECG Cases blog. The post ECG Cases 23 – Wellens syndrome, reperfusion and reocclusion MI appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Board Bombs

JULY 5, 2021

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: emrapidbombs.supercast.tech All aboard the TRALI, its time for TACO Tuesday. Wow how often can you fit the entirety of our podcast in one catchy sentence?? Let’s dig into these commonly tested transfusion reactions. Want to experience the greatest in board studying?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 3, 2021

Date: July 1st, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the #FOAMed project called First10EM.com. Reference: Dankiewicz et al: TTM2 Trial Investigators. Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. NEJM 2021 Case: A 58-year-old man collapsed in front of his family. When paramedics arrived, they found him to be in […] The post SGEM#336: You Can’t Always Get What You Want – TTM2 Trial first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to E

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JournalFeed

JULY 10, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of July 5-9, 2021. We cover the impact of pharmaceutical company payments on physician prescribing behavior, NoPAC RCT on TXA for epistaxis, a point-counterpoint on LP vs no LP after negative head CT for potential SAH, and the STYLETO RCT on using an ETT stylet vs none in critically ill patients.

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EB Medicine

JULY 2, 2021

EMplify – July 2021 Announcements: Be on the lookout for an announcement regarding the new EB Medicine app, coming to an App Store near you this month !! HIV- An Interview With Dr. Daniel Egan See the EB Medicine Article @ [link] Why HIV? 2018 , 1,2 million people living with HIV, almost 40k new infections People living with HIV visit the ED 3 x per year on average HIV infected patients accounted for 6 in 1000 ED visits in 2017 New Transmission of HIV, Figure 1 What does acute infection look li

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EMergucate

JULY 4, 2021

The ankle x-rays are from a 21 year old with painful & swollen right ankle and inability to weight bear after fall from a height. What can be seen?

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Emergency Medicine Ireland

JULY 26, 2021

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’ll look at everyone’s favourite yeast – Candida. Firstly, remember the distinction between yeasts and moulds. Yeasts, like Candida species are single celled critters whereas moulds like aspergillus are. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’ll look at everyone’s favourite yeast – Candida.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

JULY 19, 2021

Patients and physicians who have the devices listed below and use the mylife Cloud and/or mylife Mobile Application should update to the current version of the application and update account passwords ASAP. The app is not sufficiently protecting usernames and passwords making their data vulnerable to exposure/hacking. [link]. mylife website: [link]. mylife Diabetescare devices: Ypsomed mylife YpsoPump.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JULY 1, 2021

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JournalFeed

JULY 3, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of Jun 28-Jul 2, 2021. We cover POCUS for diverticulitis, postpartum hemorrhage, impact of physicians age and gender on patient perception, procalcitonin vs MASCC score for febrile neutropenic patients, and parsing ST elevation from benign early repolarization or early STEMI.

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Board Bombs

JULY 25, 2021

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: [link] "Everybody counts or nobody counts". The motto of Harry Bosch is strong in this episode as we discuss how to best manage patients with opioid overdose in the ED. How to best approach these patients and promote staff and patient safety, and how to recognize opioid overdose.

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EMergucate

JULY 3, 2021

The lateral neck x-ray shows- There is significant widening of prevertebral soft tissue space anterior to upper cervical vertebrae (C1-C5).

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Emergency Medicine Ireland

JULY 5, 2021

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we look at anaphylaxis. Oh’s Manual 67 forms the basis for most of this. In many ways this is fairly straightforward. You give adrenaline and they get better. However. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we look at anaphylaxis. Oh’s Manual 67 forms the basis for most of this.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 10, 2021

Date: July 1st, 2021 Guest Skeptic #1: Dr. Chris Carpenter is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis and a member of their Emergency Medicine Research Core. He is a member of the SAEM Board of Directors and the former Chair of the SAEM EBM Interest Group and ACEP Geriatric Section. He is […] The post SGEM#337: Amazing GRACE-1 How Sweet the Guidelines – Recurrent, Low Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medic

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EMergucate

JULY 6, 2021

You have been asked to review an ECG for a 57 year old lady who has presented with chest heaviness … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

JULY 27, 2021

You are reviewing the ECG of a 65 year old man who has presented with a one week history of chest tightness and shortness of breath.

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EMergucate

JULY 3, 2021

The elbow x-rays show a displaced fracture of the medial epicondyle and an elbow effusion in this skeletally immature patient.

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EMergucate

JULY 14, 2021

47 y/o male presented with upper abdominal pain. A routine ECG was performed. Describe and interpret the ECG?

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EMergucate

JULY 18, 2021

The frontal chest x-ray is from a 58 year old with left sided pleuritic chest pain. What can be seen?

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EMergucate

JULY 31, 2021

The chest x-ray shows a peripheral pleural based irregular pulmonary opacity in the left upper lobe.

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EMergucate

JULY 7, 2021

A 4 week old is brought to ED post cardiac arrest – the child was found in her cot not breathing. The parents performed CPR immediately and on arrival the child had ROSC.

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EMergucate

JULY 5, 2021

A 4 week old is brought to ED post cardiac arrest – the child was found in her cot not breathing. The parents performed CPR immediately and on arrival the child had ROSC.

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