The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 6, 2024

National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. July 2023 Date: Dec 11, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rachel Hatcliffe is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Are general emergency departments ready to care for children?

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St. Emlyn

AUGUST 4, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Background Smoking is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide.

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The Bottom Line

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In trauma patients with exsanguinating haemorrhage, does the use of the REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta) device with standard care in the emergency department, compared with standard care alone, impact 90-day-mortality?

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Ken Grauer, MD

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For full discussion of this case — See ECG Blog #220 — == The long lead II rhythm strip shown in Figure-1 was obtained from an 51-year-old man who presented to the ED ( Emergency Department ) with "palpitations" that began 1 hour earlier. HOW would you interpret this tracing? Clinically — What would YOU do?

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First 10 EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

I definitely talk to people about smoking, but aside from brief counseling and occasionally prescribing nicotine replacement for […] The post Smoking cessation in the emergency department (The COSTED trial) appeared first on First10EM.

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Taming the SRU

MAY 27, 2024

Shortness of breath is one of the most common complaints presenting to emergency departments. A less common but more emergent scenario is the presentation of a patient to the emergency department with a large pleural effusion causing hypoxia and respiratory distress.

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Emergency Department Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology 86

Emergency Medicine Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

The Emergency Department (ED) represents a potentially valuable opportunity to deliver a smoking cessation intervention if it is sufficiently resourced. Background Supporting people to quit smoking is one of the most powerful interventions to improve health.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Patients who present to the ED usually have their BP measured as part of their routine triage assessment. BP measurements suggesting hypertension (≥140 systolic or ≥90 diastolic 1 ) are a frequent incidental finding, unrelated to the patient’s presenting complaint, but require follow-up.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 29, 2024

On a busy day shift in the emergency department, our seasoned triage nurse comes to me after I finish caring for a hallway patient, “Hey, can you come see this guy in the triage room? This is the essence of emergency medicine. The post Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department appeared first on ACEP Now.

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AENJ: Current Issue

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Additionally, many countries are experiencing increased demands in the form of emergency services, with long waiting times and severe crowding in emergency departments. Many countries have a wide variation in educational requirements, resulting in a lack of adequate advanced practice nursing training and regulation of practice.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Toxicology Special Interest Group has produced guidance to support emergency medicine clinicians with the recognition and treatment of people experiencing CHS. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is an episodic syndrome of cyclic vomiting in the context of the prolonged use of cannabis.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

He is the Vice Chair of the Emergency Department and Program Director of the EM residency program at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY, the safety net hospital for Nassau County. It has become a favourite medication in emergency departments for procedural sedation as well as a useful behavioural takedown medication.

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The Trauma Pro

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Research groups at the Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Utah combined multiple data sources to estimate current levels of ED pediatric readiness, the cost to achieve it, the number of pediatric deaths in emergency departments, and the number of potential lives saved if readiness is maintained. The range was 2.9%

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Research Hospitals 113

Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

Background and introduction The ED is often perceived as noisy. Excessive noise has deleterious effects on health and productivity. This study evaluated if a package of noise-reducing interventions altered workload, physical complaints, productivity and room acoustics. Methods This was an observational pre-post implementation study.

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The Trauma Pro

AUGUST 15, 2024

You’ve just received a young male who had been stabbed under his right arm in your emergency department. He’s awake, talking, and very friendly. He met your trauma activation criteria, so you are cruising through the full evaluation. Lines in, blood drawn, clothes off. He wonders aloud if all this is really necessary.

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St. Emlyn

MAY 24, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed JC: Review of an RCT of serratus anterior plane blocks in the emergency department for chest/rib injury. Is this now a standard of care? stemlyns #FOAMed The post JC: Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for rib fractures in the ED. St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 7, 2024

Lucky for us, in 2020 there were some updates made to the NIH Asthma Management Guidelines and we’re going to discuss which ones can help us in the Emergency Department! You’re probably asking yourself… is this really important for us in the Emergency Department to know? No more SABA !

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Wellness EMS 206

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Background The WHO recognises patient safety as a serious public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic affected adult EDs (AEDs) and paediatric EDs (PEDs) differently. We compared the culture of safety in the adult AED and PED before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A quasi-experimental study was performed.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 2, 2023

Today we are talking about a rare disease called FPIES (food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome) and how you might encounter these patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department. You may not make the diagnosis, but detecting the clues is important for the family!

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Dehydration Shock Pediatrics Emergency Department 189

St. Emlyn

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Creating a learning culture in the emergency department (ED) fosters psychological safety, open communication, and continuous improvement. Learn practical steps to build a strong learning culture in your ED, promoting growth and collaborative excellence in emergency medicine.

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First 10 EM

MARCH 25, 2024

There is little doubt that the use of testing has increased dramatically in emergency medicine during my career. Between 2001 and 2010 the use of CT in emergency departments increased 3-fold (and the use of MRI increased 9-fold, but for some reason it is still almost impossible for me to get one done.)

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Emergency Department 134

The Trauma Pro

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The practice at many centers is to bring all transfer patients in through the emergency department. Bringing Patients To Your Emergency Department Patients can be reassessed to see if they meet any of your trauma activation criteria. Access to certain critical services may be more rapid from the emergency department.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 19, 2024

Trauma season is at hand and like all other pediatric emergency departments in the country, we find our ED breaking ( pun intended ) at the seams with orthopedic injuries. We see all different flavors of upper extremity injuries.

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Fractures Pediatrics Best Practices Outcomes 286

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. EMJ Nov 2023. EMJ Nov 2023.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

APRIL 2, 2024

In this ECG Cases blog, Jesse McLaren and Rajiv Thavanathan explore how ECG and POCUS complement each other for patients presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath or chest pain. The post ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EKG/ECG Emergency Department EMS 125

Emergency Live

JANUARY 30, 2024

How Emergency Department Triage Optimizes Healthcare The Essence of Emergency Department Triage Triage in the Emergency Department (ED) is a fundamental process for managing the urgency of care in a high-pressure environment with limited resources.

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Emergency Department 97

EM Ottawa

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Historically, it has been used more frequently in the ICU than in Emergency Departments, likely due to provider comfort. […] The post Is there a Precedence for Precedex in the ED? It offers a unique profile of sedation without respiratory depression, making it an attractive option in various clinical scenarios.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 15, 2024

We encounter seizures commonly in the Emergency Department. While they can be dramatic and devastating, we have learned to become comfortable with the wide variety that may present in children. From the simple febrile seizure to the complex seizure, we know how to stabilize and how to evaluate.

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Seizures Pediatrics Psychiatric Emergency Department 258

EB Medicine

MAY 1, 2024

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD interview Reuben J. Eckler, MD interview Reuben J.

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Life in the Fast Lane

JANUARY 10, 2024

John Mackenzie and Amanda Beech Procedure: Speculum examination Emergency Procedure: Speculum examination, how (and when) to find the cervix in the emergency department.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Pediatric Endotracheal Intubations for Airway Management in the Emergency Department.

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Airway Management Emergency Department Resuscitation Psychiatric 135

Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 23, 2024

Concussions are commonly encountered in the Emergency Department. We have previously discussed an approach to the question of when a patient “ can return to sport.”

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Seizures Pediatrics Academics Emergency Department 270

Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The PAWPER tape as a tool for rapid weight assessment in a Paediatric Emergency Department: Validation study and comparison with parents’ estimation and Broselow tape. Int J Emerg Med. Use of the Broselow tape in a Mexican emergency department. J Emerg Med. Resuscitation. 2013;84(2):227-232.

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Pediatrics Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Wellness 269

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study. During the COVID-19 pandemic , we noticed a change in the type of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Arch Dis Child.

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Emergency Department Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes 135

RebelEM

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Ann Emerg Med 2011; 57(1): 32-3. Managing reent-onset atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 2011; 57(1): 31-2. Ann Emerg Med 2015; 65(5): 532-9. Cardioversion of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 33(4): 379-88.

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EM Ottawa

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Introduction Frostbite is a frequent presenting complaint to emergency departments (EDs) in cold climates. It is more common among those without housing, those with mental health disorders as well as those who work or engage in outdoor activities.(1)

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Emergency Department Wellness Hospitals Resuscitation 120

EB Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Foster, MD, Bijan Ketabchi, MD, MPH and Jennifer A. Foster, MD, Bijan Ketabchi, MD, MPH and Jennifer A.

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