The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Bone Joint J 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Matt Schmitz is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation. […] The post SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management of Scaphoid Fractures first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

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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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 16, 2022

BMJ 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt Schmitz, Pediatric Orthopedics, Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation Surgeon at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas. It’s Not Always Hammer Time first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. X-rays show severe, tri-compartment arthritis.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Military practice guidelines recommend REBOA for profound shock (SBP <90mmHg) 1 and ACEP along with the American College of surgeons recommend REBOA for traumatic life-threatening hemorrhage below the diaphragm in patients with hemorrhagic shock who are unresponsive or transiently responsive to resuscitation.

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Critical Care Now

JULY 7, 2024

Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrhage: The UK-REBOA Randomized Clinical Trial. Methodological challenges, such as extended prehospital transport times, limited operator experience, and small sample size, introduce uncertainty to these findings.

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ETM Course

MAY 3, 2017

Based on reasonable quality data from recent military (and some civilian) studies, tourniquet use for the arrest of life-threatening haemorrhage from exsanguinating limb trauma is now being advocated. Simple windlass-style tourniquets are relatively inexpensive, easy to apply and easy to operate. When should I use a tourniquet?

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Ballistic injuries in the emergency department. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30. ET Hostile Fire Environments Murphy’s Law of Combat Operations [includes coarse military humor] Firearms in the Entertainment Industry International Movie Firearms Database Horman, GS. Khoshdel, A. Modaghegh, M.

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