EMCrit
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
All things Sleep--you will add years to your life if you sleep well, so the time investment to listen to this podcast may be well worth it EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Case submitted by Magnus Nossen MD, written by Pendell Meyers A previously healthy man in his 40s presented to the ED with epigastric abdominal pain off and on for several days. Vitals were within normal limits. It is unclear whether he had active pain at the time of the first ECG: What do you think? Here is PM Cardio's Queen of Hearts interpretation (AI ECG interpretation trained by Meyers, Smith, and PM Cardio team using thousands of cases and their outcomes): The output number ranges from 0 t
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American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The HIPAA Regulations and Cybersecurity Training for Dental Healthcare Personnel course educates employees and management on how to be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This course also outlines the privacy and security laws that prevent security breaches and ultimately, keep patient information safe from cyber-attacks.
NRC Health
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The NRC Health 2023 Pediatric Collaborative is truly a can’t-miss experience, with exceptional presentations that will stir innovative ideas for attendees to bring back to their larger PX and marketing teams. The post Pediatric Collab Preview: Patient experience strategy and infrastructure from the ground up appeared first on NRC Health.
The Bottom Line
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
In critically ill patients, does a higher dose of protein compared to usual dose protein, improve time-to-discharge-alive from hospital up to 60 days?
RebelEM
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Take Home Points: Suspect glaucoma in any patient with an acute change in vision and get an intraocular pressure measurement First line treatment in acute angle closure glaucoma is a topical beta blocker Consider giant cell arteritis in patients with unilateral headache, jaw claudication and change in vision Don’t wait for the biopsy to start steroids in giant cell arteritis as this therapy is vision saving REBEL Core Cast 96.0 – Acute Vision Loss I Click here for Direct Download of the Po
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The Employees Returning to Work Infection Control Compliance (ICC) course is designed to educate employees on how to protect themselves and others and mitigate community transmission of infectious diseases. What You’ll Learn What it means to be infection control compliant How to develop an Infectious Disease Preparedness Response Plan How to identify symptoms of COVID-19 and testing procedures The impact of COVID-19 on workplaces What to do if you are sick What to do if an employee is sic
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EMergucate
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Chest x-ray from a 20 year old with cough. What can be seen? Answer will be posted later.
Core Ultrasound
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
In this intro video, we demonstrate the use of ultrasound imaging to identify fractures. Ultrasound-guided fracture identification is a minimally invasive technique that allows for quick and accurate diagnosis of fractures, without the need for radiation or contrast agents. Additionally, it can be used during reductions to assist in identification of adequate alignment without the need for a C-arm!
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Banner Health had to pay a $1.25 million settlement due to a cybersecurity breach that resulted from a hacking incident. As a result, almost 3 million people had their information exposed. This was a violation of HIPAA requirements based on the security rule. The purpose of the security rule is to protect consumers’ health information from cybersecurity threats like this one.
Stop and Think
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
A recent report on incidental findings from a cardiac monitoring study bolsters my view that modernity is shredding our health. The paper is a re-analysis of one of the most important cardiac trials of the decade—the LOOP trial. First LOOP, then the new study. In LOOP, more than 6000 older patients (age 75) without atrial fibrillation—but with high-stroke-risk features--were randomized to having an implantable loop recorder (ILR) vs standard Danish primary care.
EMergucate
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Question 1: PH = 7.43 that is with in normal range, more toward alkalotic spectrum HCO3 = 39.9, that is elevated so we have metabolic alkalosis. Next we need to check the compensation process.
Board Bombs
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: emrapidbombs.supercast.com. You’ve heard of Planet Earth. You’ve heard of UTIs. Well, we were able to hire Sir David Attenborough for this rare episode where we discuss UTI: Infections Down Under. We have the ultimate koala-fications to tell you about presentations, diagnosis, why CT should not be routinely done, and tips/tricks on antibiotics.
JournalFeed
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Feb 13-17, 2023. 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. Time IS Muscle Spoon Feed Patients with STEMI or STEMI equivalent who were treated within goal treatment times had significantly lower in-hospital mortality.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
Date: February 17, 2023 Reference: Gettel et al. Rising high-acuity emergency care services independently billed by advanced practice providers, 2013 to 2019. AEM Feb 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. He is also an avid FOAM supporter/producer through various online outlets including TheSGEM.
EMergucate
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
The right costophrenic angle is obliterated suggestive of an effusion on the right.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
21-year-old college softball player presents for evaluation of Left hand/wrist pain following batting practice. She states her pinky is.
Taming the SRU
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
EMS Grand Rounds with Dr. Connelly - R4 Case Follow up with Dr. Broadstock - R1 Clinical Knowledge: Vitamin Deficiencies WITH Dr. de Castro - Lecture R3 Small Groups Tox,Tasks,Rashes WITH Dr. Fabiano, Dr. Kein, and Dr. Martella4 - Palliative Medicine Consultation WITH Dr. Kiser EMS Grand Rounds WITH Dr. ConnelLy What I learned in my time with Sydney HEMS The area of NSW is nearly twice the size of Ohio Staffing model Rotor wing Fixed wing Clinical Capabilitis Limb Escaratomies Peripheral nerve b
Ken Grauer, MD
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
T he ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a 60ish year old man on arrival to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ). The presenting complaint was chest pain — and the patient collapsed soon after arrival in the ED. QUESTION: A cardiologist interpreted the rhythm in Figure-1 as VT ( V entricular T achycardia ). Do YOU agree with this cardiologist ? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case — obtained from a 60ish year old man who collapsed in the ED shortly after this tracing was recorded. ( To improve v
EMergucate
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
The wrist x-ray shows At first glance, the frontal wrist x-ray reveals a radial styloid fracture.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Given my previous post on APRV (11/6/2022) and while I take issue with many of the author's statements, I wanted to share a very well re.
Ken Grauer, MD
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a previously healthy 30-ish year old man — who presented to medical attention for vasovagal syncope. Based on this initial ECG — the patient was transferred to a PCI-capable center: Do YOU agree with the need for transfer? Hospital evaluation for this patient was negative for an acute coronary syndrome ( ie, CT coronary angiogram was normal — troponin was not elevated — and Echo was negative, with no sign of pericardial effusion ).
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