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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. However, the x-rays read as “normal” by radiology. Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al.

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UK-REBOA on Trial: Innovative or Over-Inflated?

RebelEM

Patients with torso hemorrhage present a clinical conundrum often requiring interventional radiology or surgery, both of which take time to mobilize. Theoretically, the use of REBOA with aortic occlusion should help limit hemorrhage, maintain cerebral/myocardial perfusion, and allow more time for interventional and surgical procedures.

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We stand open and ready … (Whoever you are … )

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

An ambulance pulls up, in haste, to the Receiving door of the Emergency Department with a last squeal of the siren. The holiday was proposed for the decoration of graves of The Civil War Dead and sober reflection upon the sacrifices of our military. Department of Homeland Security. Department of Labor.