ECG of the Week – 10th August 2022 Interpretation
EMergucate
AUGUST 10, 2022
You are reviewing a 16 year old girl who has taken an estimated 66-222mg/Kg overdose of her grandmothers SR Theophylline … Continue reading →
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Statin Use in Young People: A Missed Opportunity? - Clinical Correlations
Clinical Correlations
AUGUST 10, 2022
By Akshay N. Pulavarty MPH Peer Reviewed A quick look into the medicine cabinet of anyone sixty or older will likely reveal a statin. Primary prevention with high-intensity statins has substantially reduced the risk of atherosclerotic.
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ALERT – Phishing Campaign
Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA
AUGUST 10, 2022
These phishing emails are targeting healthcare providers. The email has a subject of “(Victim Organization) (Date) Business Review” and utilizes a Secure Message theme. Inside of the email is a malicious link that takes the recipient to an Evernote site that looks like it belongs to the Victim Organization. On that site is an HTML download that is Trojan malware that steals usernames and passwords and other sensitive credentials and information.
Monkeypox Outbreak Facts
American Medical Compliance
AUGUST 8, 2022
Recently, monkeypox has been announced as an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization. However, many are unfamiliar with what the virus is and why this outbreak is so concerning. Scientists have been apprehensive about a monkeypox outbreak for over a decade, and this concern is becoming relevant as more and more cases are reported worldwide.
Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health
AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!
Imaging Case of the Week 516
EMergucate
AUGUST 9, 2022
The following ankle x-rays are from a 12 year old with ankle pain & swelling following fall off a horse.
Valvular Emergencies
EB Medicine
AUGUST 6, 2022
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Adam Sigal, MD and Stephanie Costa, MD - the authors of the August 2022 EMP article on Managing Acute Cardiac Valvular Emergencies in the Emergency Department. Listen to the discussion to hear more about the emergency medicine approach to valvular emergencies. Managing Acute Cardiac Valvular Emergencies in the Emergency Department EMplify - August 2022 Episode Outline: Why Valvular disease?
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SGEM Xtra: The SGEM Goes to Eleven – for Kids
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
AUGUST 7, 2022
Date: August 7th, 2022 Host Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. You might remember him from the SGEM episodes on febrile infants, aseptic meningitis, and community acquired pneumonia. This is an SGEM Xtra episode. Season 10 is coming to an end. We want to thank all our listeners […] The post SGEM Xtra: The SGEM Goes to Eleven – for Kids first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
ECG of the Week – 10th August 2022
EMergucate
AUGUST 9, 2022
You are reviewing a 16 year old girl who has taken a 120mg/Kg overdose of her grandmothers theophylline tablets.
Face-to-Face Intubation | Playing DRESS-up
JournalFeed
AUGUST 6, 2022
The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 1-5th, 2022. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Face-to-Face Intubation Spoon Feed: Upright face-to-face intubation had minimal difference in time to intubation or laryngeal views obtained when compared to supine intubation on cadavers, but there were some limitations with this study and further investigation into this technique a
OCR’s COVID-19 Enforcement Discretions
Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA
AUGUST 9, 2022
Throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency that began in January of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights has issued several notifications of enforcement discretion for certain aspects of the HIPAA rules. This means that, for the topics covered, the OCR will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the HIPAA rules as long as the covered entity or business associate has made a good faith effort to comply.
COVID-19 Booster Updates
American Medical Compliance
AUGUST 12, 2022
Cases of COVID-19 are still occurring across the United States due to more contagious Omnicron variants. Doctors and scientists worry about the effectiveness of current vaccines in protecting older populations against Omnicron infections. Therefore, experts are highly recommending booster vaccines. Current COVID-19 boosters are safe and effective. They help to reduce the severity of several Omicron variants, including the new BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants.
Lab case 375
EMergucate
AUGUST 8, 2022
18-year-old girl presented after a large quantity of weight losing pills. Her blood gases showed the following: PH = 7.
Lab case 374 Interpretation
EMergucate
AUGUST 7, 2022
This patient’s blood test showed high K level with low Mg and Ca levels.
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