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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

RebelEM

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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ReBaked Morsel on Asthma Control – The 2020 NIH Asthma Management Guidelines

Pediatric EM Morsels

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 ! Clin Med Res. 2004 Aug;2(3):155-63.