Downeast Emergency Medicine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Emergency medicine (EM) was first recognized as a specialty by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1972. Since that time, EM residencies have grown and evolved to provide academic support and training for graduating medical students interested in pursuing a career in the field. Since its early days of small and scattered residency programs, EM has burgeoned to nearly 3,000 residency positions according to the 2021 Report on Residents published by the Association of American Medical College

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Critical Care North Hampton

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’ve been delivering Tweetorials on various aspects of ultrasound over the year. So, here’s a festive Tweet (sad!), for you. All in one post! Enjoy and happy scanning… look after yourselves. Jump links: Heart Lung Diaphragm Liver Gastric Aorta DVT Airway JW HEART 1/13 Today’s Tweetorial for you! We look at basic cardiac #POCUS views?

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In this Part 1 of our two-part series on acute heart failure, Anton is joined by Dr. Tarlan Hedayati and Dr. Bourke Tillman to answer such questions as: how does PoCUS compare with clinical assessment and CXR in diagnostic accuracy for acute heart failure? How do we best integrate PoCUS in the our assessment and management of the patient with acute heart failure?

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Medical Law

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Trauma to the head is common in motor vehicle, bicycle accidents, and falls. A person may suffer injury to the brain that goes undetected by medical professionals, with symptoms that begin to appear during the first 72 hours after the injury. This condition, known as subtle brain injury (SBI), can have life-altering consequences for victims and their families.

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Dr. No

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Covid — the perfect public health emergency that just keeps on giving. Each new scariant is only ever one step away from the next new scariant — an endless flow of new worries, Fergie forecasts and government responses, forever clogging up the mainstream media, like logs in a log jam. Behind the puppetry, for an authoritarian government hell bent on passing draconian laws and regulations with the minimum of scrutiny, covid is the perfect enabling epidemic, because it allows the government to get

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JournalFeed

DECEMBER 11, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of December 6-10, 2021. We cover patient-centered diagnostic excellence, alteplase before endovascular stroke treatment, steroids for pediatric retropharyngeal abscess, LP for febrile seizure, and the new AHA chest pain guideline.

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Critical Care North Hampton

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Here is another in our review series, and one with the most reviews we’ve ever had! 6 clinicians rate the device. There are 2 detailed reviews from myself and then the fantastic Philipe Rola (he of VExUS fame and top Ultrascoundrel). We then get overall thoughts from us all (Myself, Philipe Rola, Segun Olusanya, Adrian.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Date: December 10th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Carly Eastin is an Associate Professor, Division of Research and Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She is also the Chair of the SAEM Evidence Based Healthcare and Implementation (EBHI) Interest Group. Carly was a guest skeptic on the SGEM two years […] The post SGEM Xtra: Change the World – Honoring Dr.

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