Sat.May 07, 2022 - Fri.May 13, 2022

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Docusate for Cerumen Impaction? I Sh*t You Not

Critical Care Now

Reading Time: 5 minutes Ruben Santiago Emergency Medicine Pharmacist and medication hustler at a level I trauma center in Miami, FL. Interests include trauma, toxicology, and infectious diseases. The Pre-brief When we think of lysing things in the emergency department (ED), we think of alteplase busting up a blood clot in either ischemic stroke or in patients experiencing a massive pulmonary embolism.

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PharmD Pearls: ED Antibiotics First Dose, IV or PO?

Cook County EM Blog

Written by: Clara Lee, PharmD; PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Reviewed by: Joanne C.

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EM Quick Hits 38 ACS in Older Patients, Rural Neonatal Resuscitation, Hemophilia, Hiccups, ECG Computer Interpretation

Emergency Medicine Cases

On this month's EM Quick Hits: Christina Shenvi on ACS in older people, Nour Khatib on rural NRP, Jess McLaren on how not to get fooled by ECG computer interpretation, Brit Long on hemophilia recognition and workup, Maria Ivankovic on persistent and intractable hiccups from EM Cases Summit 2021. The post EM Quick Hits 38 ACS in Older Patients, Rural Neonatal Resuscitation, Hemophilia, Hiccups, ECG Computer Interpretation appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Episode 69 – Cellulitis and Other Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD interviews Kyle Howarth, MD and Joby Thoppil, MD, PhD – two of the authors of the May, 2022 EMP article on Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Listen to the discussion to hear more about the emergency department management of cellulitis and necrotizing skin infections. Episode 69 – Emergency Department Management of Cellulitis and Other Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections ( [link] ) EMplify – May 2022 Episode Outline: 1.

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Felipe Teran

Ultrasound Gel

In the first of our new series of author interviews, hosts Zach Risler and Mike Prats interview the illustrious Felipe Teran. They discuss Felipe's take on our coverage of the Quantitative LV Function in PEA article (ep 119) as well as thoughts on ultrasound and cardiac arrest research in general. [link] In the first of our new series of author interviews, hosts Zach Risler and Mike Prats interview the illustrious Felipe Teran.

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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Northwestern EM Blog

Written by: Maren Leibowitz, MD (NUEM ‘23) Edited by: Nick Wleklinski, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Zachary Schmitz, MD (NUEM '21) Expert Commentary This is an awesome, focused review of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). NMS is hard to diagnose because it's rare. There is no gold standard with respect to its definition, and it requires a medication history (which we typically don't do very well in the emergency department).

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Advice from a Resident: Virtual Interviewing and Transitioning to Residency

Downeast Emergency Medicine

Interviewing and beginning your career in medicine comes with challenges! Dr. Sarah Bunting, MD is a PGY-1 emergency medicine resident at Maine Medical Center. Listen in to hear her advice on transitioning from medical school to residency, virtual interviewing, and what to look for in a residency! TAKE HOME POINTS: 1. COVID has impacted all medical training.

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Airway POCUS | ECPR vs. ACLS

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 2-6th,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. Airway POCUS Spoon Feed: Upper airway ultrasound (UA-US) may eventually help us predict if a patient will have a difficult laryngoscopy ahead of time.

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Imaging Case of the Week 505

EMergucate

The following facial x-ray (OM) is from an adult patient who has been punched in the face.

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Lab case 362

EMergucate

77 year old lady referred by GP for shortness of breath on exertion.

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Lab case 361 interpretation

EMergucate

Question 1: For synovial fluid analysis.

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