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SGEM #425: Are You Ready for This? Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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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Emergency Department Evaluation of Cholestatic Labs

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Authors: Amelia Campbell, MD (EM Resident Physician, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center) and Alec Pawlukiewicz, MD (EM Attending Physician, Carl R. Case: A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with itching to bilateral palms. How does cholestasis present? Mayo Clin Proc. 2020;95(10):2263-2279.

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Smoking cessation in the emergency department (The COSTED trial)

First 10 EM

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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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

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Background: The emergency department is frequently visited by patients suffering from symptomatic alcohol withdrawal, and the traditional management has been dominated by repeated doses of benzodiazepines. Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal.

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EM@3AM: Traumatic Iritis

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 32-year-old man presents to the emergency department with eye pain. However, it would be expected to emerge with reduced visual acuity or other visual disturbances such as diplopia. Overview of Eye Injuries in the Emergency Department.”

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SGEM#458: Hurt So Good –Ketamine Can Make the Hurt so Good – If used as an Adjunct to Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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. As you finish a note on a complex critically ill patient, you hear howls of pain coming from the EMS triage desk.

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EM@3AM: Brainstem Strokes

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, recent basilar artery stent placement with a 20 pack-year smoking history presents to the ED via EMS for altered mental status and episodes of apnea. Ann Emerg Med. Erratum in: Ann Emerg Med.

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