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SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He will soon be transitioning out of the US military after […] The post SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al.

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The Mycoplasma Comeback: Why This Atypical Pneumonia is Back – A PEMCurrents Podcast

PEMBlog

Transcript Note: This transcript was partially completed with the use of the Descript AI Welcome to PEMCurrents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast. As always, I’m your host, Brad Sobolewski, and today we’re focusing on a pathogen that has been making waves in pediatric emergency departments across the country.

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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

Emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma: a review. Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2006: 1:4. Survival after Emergency Department thoracotomy: review of published data for last 25 years.

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SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Background: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) was first used 50 years ago in the Korean War but was not mentioned in emergency medicine literature until 1986. The evidence for REBOA is conflicting. Animal studies have shown REBOA to temporize exsanguinating hemorrhage and to restore perfusion.

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A Chat with Native American Emergency Physicians

ACEP Now

Native American emergency physicians make up 0.1 emergency departments, according to research published in 2020 in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Three Native American emergency physicians in Oklahoma—three of five in the state—discussed with ACEP Now their approach to health care and how their careers in medicine began.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 102: Hypocalcemia in Trauma and the Diamond of Death

EMDocs

Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med J. Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood en route to a military medical treatment facility. Emerg Med J. 2016;33(8):569-572. 2018;35(3):176-179.

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Massive Hemoptysis

EM SIM Cases

Since leaving the military, Dr. Koo works as an Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Health and Georgetown University. This case comes from Major Alex Koo. The patient is coming from home, where he was found sitting in his couch in mild respiratory distress.

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