The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 5, 2023

Comparison of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE rules for children with minor head injury: a prospective cohort study. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2014. Date: July 10, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Joe Mullally is a paediatric trainee in the Welsh paediatric training program and interested in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Over 1,500 children in EDs, aged 1 to 4 with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure needing hospital admission, across 14 emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand were randomly allocated 1:1 to high-flow oxygen therapy OR standard oxygen therapy (approximately 750 children in each group). An x-ray confirms a toddler’s fracture.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for millions of Emergency Department visits annually. While moderate and severe TBI is often managed on an inpatient basis, patients presenting with mild TBI, or concussion, are often managed solely by Emergency physicians.

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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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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 17, 2018

Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine Case: You’re working in a small rural emergency department when a seven-year-old girl comes in by EMS with a head injury. Dad, on the other hand, may need something for anxiety.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS A female in her 30s arrives to the emergency department via emergency medical services. After rescue, she had an apparent head injury and was confused but protecting her airway with grossly normal vital signs. The patient is agitated on a backboard with C-collar in place.

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ACEP Now

MAY 6, 2023

Case A 35-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) following a single-motor-vehicle collision in which two people were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Unrestrained passengers tend to strike the windshield and dashboard, often sustaining trauma to the head, thorax, and legs.

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