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EM Quick Hits 30 Scaphoid Fracture, Therapeutic Hypothermia, HEADS-ED, Pelvic Trauma, Kratom, Femoral Lines

Emergency Medicine Cases

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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115. Live from the Bayou! Drowning & Submersion injuries

Board Bombs

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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Physician Payment and Rx | NoPAC TXA RCT | LP or No LP for SAH? | STYLETO RCT

JournalFeed

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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A child with biphasic T waves in V1-V2

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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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ECG Cases 23 – Wellens syndrome, reperfusion and reocclusion MI

Emergency Medicine Cases

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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ECG of Week – 14th July 2021 – Interpretation

EMergucate

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

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SGEM#337: Amazing GRACE-1 How Sweet the Guidelines – Recurrent, Low Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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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Lab case 333

EMergucate

68 year old man presented to ED with fever and shortness of breath.

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