The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 30, 2022

Point-of-Care Ultrasound-First for the Evaluation of Small Bowel Obstruction: National Cost Savings, Length of Stay Reduction, and Preventable Radiation Exposure. AEM July 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. specificity with ultrasound [1].

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 14, 2024

2) Management: Confirmed by CT Surgical consult Utility of Ultrasound Ultrasound can be helpful in identifying hernias and in assisting in reduction. 8) “Ultrasound may decrease the emergency surgery rate of incarcerated inguinal hernia” by Chen et al. (1) The results revealed a rate of emergency surgery of 9.8%

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

male with pertinent past medical history including Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, cardiomyopathy, Pulmonary Embolism, and hypertension presented to the Emergency Department via ambulance for respiratory distress and tachycardia. Bedside ultrasound showed volume depletion and no pulmonary edema.

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EM Curious

JULY 10, 2015

By Michael Macias Welcome to the Ultrasound Leadership Academy (ULA) summary blog series. This week, we discuss the basics of shoulder ultrasound. If you want to learn more about the program you can visit Ultrasound Leadership Academy or Ultrasound Podcast to see more from the hosts of this awesome program.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 22, 2023

Regardless of the domain, somewhere an expert panel has convened to issue a pronouncement informing all of the ideal care of patients under their specialty umbrella, indirectly extending to their care in the emergency department. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications.

Emergency Department 98

Emergency Department Academics Critical Access Research 98

RebelEM

APRIL 29, 2024

The current standard of practice has moved away from landmark-based central line placement given the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-based techniques. World J Emerg Surg 2023 PMID: 36918947 3. Intraosseous vascular access in adults using the EZ-IO in an emergency department. Int J Emerg Med 2009 PMID: 20157465 4.

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EM Curious

JULY 8, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. Part 1 here.

Infectious Diseases 52

Infectious Diseases Disaster Management Sepsis Ultrasounds 52

ALiEM

MAY 19, 2023

A heavy alcohol drinker, who is well known to your Emergency Department, presents with altered mental status, except that he looks different this time. Additional trick: If the x-ray is delayed, you can pre-check with ultrasound [7]. PulmCrit Wee: Ultrasound-guided blakemore tube placement. He is hypotensive.

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Emergency Department Ultrasounds Wellness EMS 98

EM Curious

AUGUST 19, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. A must listen here at EM Crit.

Airway Management 52

Airway Management Ultrasounds EMS Emergency Department 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 4, 2024

to teach you and your learner something new on shift skin adhesives WITH dr. hill Dermabond is a polymer (octyl cyanoacrylate) that can be used to repair lacerations in the Emergency Department faster than sutures, allowing the ED physician to be more efficient.

Dislocations 85

Dislocations Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Burns 85

ACEP Now

MAY 4, 2023

A 58-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department (ED) as a category 2 trauma for a fall with a reported flail chest. EMS recognized a chest wall deformity with movement of the chest wall, and a splint was devised and taped around his chest for what was suspected to be a flail chest.

EMS 52

EMS Fractures Operations Ultrasounds 52

RebelEM

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Background: The use of ultrasound is well established for trauma patients in the emergency department, with almost every patient receiving a FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) examination as part of the “ABC’s” of trauma. As always, we should consider new data as it emerges. PMID: 34932040.

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EM Curious

JULY 29, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. Read the post from EM Nerd here.

Sepsis 52

Sepsis EMS Emergency Department Ultrasounds 52

EM Curious

MAY 6, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. Read on here @ Rebel EM.

Dislocations 52

Dislocations Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Airway Management Ultrasounds 52

Resus Review

APRIL 10, 2015

The ECMO ultrasound flow sensors require a conductive interface between the sensor and the circuit. While it is useful to use for ultrasound exams, when exposed to air it dries out quickly which interferes with the flow sensor operation. A better product to use is Em-tec Ultrasonic Coupling Paste. This is usually a gel or paste.

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Ultrasounds Operations Emergency Department EMS 52

EM Curious

JULY 15, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest.

Airway Management 52

Airway Management EMS Poisoning Emergency Department 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Guest Skeptic: Chip Lange is an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) working primarily in rural Missouri in community hospitals. He also hosts a great #FOAMed blog and podcast called TOTAL EM. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. He also hosts a great #FOAMed blog and podcast called TOTAL EM.

Ultrasounds 52

Ultrasounds Fractures Pediatrics Radiology 52

EM Curious

JULY 22, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. Find out here at Ultrasound Of The Week.

Infectious Diseases 52

Infectious Diseases EMS Ultrasounds Administration 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 25, 2020

His primary interests are resuscitation, critical care, airway management, and point-of-care ultrasound. Case: A 60-year-old male is […] The post SGEM#281: EM Docs Got an AmbuBag – The PreVent Trial first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: January 9th, 2020 Reference: Casey et al.

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EMS Airway Management Administration Resuscitation 40

EM Curious

JULY 1, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. Should we all be jumping on board?

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EMS Ultrasounds EKG/ECG Fractures 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 20, 2024

He called EMS, who arrived on scene about two hours after the onset of pain to find him hypertensive at 220 systolic. Diagnosis of Type I vs. Type II Myocardial Infarction in Emergency Department patients with Ischemic Symptoms (abstract 102). Annals of Emergency Medicine 2011; Suppl 58(4): S211. Murakami MM.

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EKG/ECG Hospitals Wellness Emergency Department 129

Northwestern EM Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For those new to the probe, we recommend first reviewing the basics in the incredible FOAMed Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound Book , 5 Minute Sono , and POCUS Atlas. The one absolute contraindication for ocular ultrasound is any suspicion for globe rupture, as placing any pressure on the globe can worsen extrusion of intraocular contents.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

She is interested in social determinants of health in the emergency department and health policy. Dr. Ian Holley is also a PGY-3 resident in Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. He is interested in ultrasound and international emergency medicine.

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Head Injuries Emergency Department Seizures EMS 52

EM Curious

JULY 24, 2015

One of our beloved colleagues from the community has recently declared to us his love of ultrasound guided nerve blocks--a skill that is established in the anesthesia world but is quickly gaining traction in our realm. EMS appears with a patient who just wiped out big time on the ice. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(6), 584–591.

Fractures 52

Fractures Ultrasounds Emergency Department Dislocations 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Annals of EM, JU, and JACR 2019. Guest Skeptics: Dr. Christopher Moore is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine a Yale School of Medicine. Annals of EM , JU, and JACR 2019. Guest Skeptics: Dr. Christopher Moore is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine a Yale School of Medicine. NEJM 2014 ).

Radiology 40

Radiology Radiology Ultrasounds Emergency Department 40

EM Curious

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world, including interesting and relevant evidence based medicine, that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Learn the presentation and management of this disease process in the core content post at Core EM.

Stroke 52

Stroke Pediatrics Best Practices EMS 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 17, 2023

Minor head trauma in infants – how accurate is cranial ultrasound performed by trained radiologists? Hegeman EM, et al. Finding the most suitable puncture site for intraosseous access in term and preterm neonates: an ultrasound-based anatomical pilot study. Schwindt EM, et al. Dias FC, et al. 2023 Apr 25.

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Pediatrics X-Ray Interpretation Sepsis Fractures 72

RebelEM

MARCH 8, 2023

Signs Shafer’s sign (tobacco dust) May see a Weiss ring when the posterior vitreous (PV) detaches from the optic disc margin Visualization with ultrasound. Emergency Department Management: Emergency ophthalmology consultation. Ophthalmology, in Marx J et al (eds): Rosens Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Practice, ed 9.

Stroke 52

Stroke Emergency Department Ultrasounds Outcomes 52

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There are greater than 2 million annual emergency department visits for suspected renal colic in the US, and Ct scanning is performed for more than 90% of patients who receive a diagnosis of kidney stone. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. ” The Journal of Urology 199.4S (2018): e683-e684.

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Radiology Radiology Emergency Department Ultrasounds 65

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Stephen Meigher is the EM Chief Resident training with the Jacobi and Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Stephen Meigher is the EM Chief Resident training with the Jacobi and Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program. The TOMAHAWK Investigators.

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EKG/ECG Academics EMS CPR 52

Northwestern EM Blog

MAY 16, 2022

What is your initial imaging test of choice, ultrasound (US) or non-contrast CT, and why? Would you be confident in a point-of-care-ultrasound evaluation or a formal ultrasound? Many patients in the ultrasound groups did get additional imaging, but this was not the majority. How do you proceed? In this study, 40.7%

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Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology Outcomes 52

ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

The specialty, he said, spoke to his interest in surgery and EMS in a way that family medicine did not. A phone call to LA CountyUSC revealed that the emergency medicine program had one spot left for the following year. for a few years working as an emergency physician. Now, we have ultrasound or CT scans to confirm.

Forensics 52

Forensics Urgent Care Hospitals Emergency Department 52

EB Medicine

MARCH 19, 2020

15:38 When did you create dirty and clean zones in the emergency department? 17:03 What is your annual emergency department volume? 18:04 How many treatment rooms are in your emergency department? 26:36 How do you use ultrasound for COVID-19 patients in the ED? 15:21 What PPE do you currently use?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Case: A 71-year-old man is brought to your emergency department (ED) by emergency medical serviced (EMS) having fallen two steps at home. EMS have already splinted an obvious mid-shaft femoral fracture, but he continues to be tachycardic and hypotensive.

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Blood Transfusions Fractures EMS Emergency Department 52

Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Clinical pathologic case presentation - r1 diagnostics/therapeutics: Lumbar punctures - AIRWAY GROUND ROUNDS- r4 capstone - r3 taming the sru - ultrasound grand rounds Clinical pathologic case presentation WITH Drs. Consider starting more goals of care discussions in the emergency department, not just for patients who are actively dying.

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Pediatrics Ultrasounds Fractures Wellness 74

ACEP Now

AUGUST 29, 2023

Our program pairs training at one of the busiest emergency departments in the country at a nationally recognized county, safety-net, Level I Trauma and Regional Burn Center (MetroHealth) with a world-renowned quaternary academic referral center (Cleveland Clinic). What does your program offer that residents can’t get anywhere else?

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