Emergency Live

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Ambulance That Transformed Military Emergencies The Origins of a Revolutionary Innovation The introduction of the Fiat Type 2 ambulance in 1911 marked a crucial transitional era in the field of military rescue.

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Emergency Live

JANUARY 4, 2024

From Origins to the Sophisticated Care Systems for Legionaries Origins and Development of Roman Military Medicine Medicine in the Roman army underwent significant evolution over the centuries. During the time of Julius Caesar and the conquest of Gaul (58-51 BC), wounded soldiers were left in the camp while the army continued its march.

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Emergency Live

JANUARY 24, 2024

Even in post-unification Italy, emergency relief efforts were not considered a priority of the state but rather entrusted to the military and volunteer organizations. […] The post Civil Protection in Italy: a history of solidarity and innovation appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

MAY 2, 2024

The Adaptability of Advanced Medical Posts (AMPs) in the Emergency Medical Plan: An Anticipation of the Modern Out-of-Hospital Medical Rescue System Having solved the problem of medical responders, about 280 (doctors, nurses, rescue volunteers, military stretcher bearers, radio operators) and the 18 ambulances, it was necessary to identify places to (..)

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The Trauma Pro

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Researchers from the US Army performed a retrospective registry study on a sample of military casualties over four years. I’m surprised that a military registry could only come up with 75 patients a year to analyze. They identified soldiers who received either room-temperature or cold-stored platelets.

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The Trauma Pro

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I think we’ll have to look to our military colleagues to pull this one off! What we really need is a study that shows the survival advantage when using liquid plasma compared to thawed. But don’t hold your breath. It will take a large number of patients and some fancy statistical analysis to demonstrate this.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Supports provided predominantly by in vitro studies, a randomized trial in military recruits, and some observational studies in which inclusion of mycoplasma pneumoniae specific therapy was associated with a decreased risk of treatment failure.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Initial Rollout America’s Military Health System (MHS) was the first major organization to adopt Red Cross ALS and PALS training. Initially, following an initial “beta test” with military medical students and faculty at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md., This makes the material more relevant to health professionals.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In a 2017 Lancet trial , 10,190 personnel from the UK military were randomized to post-deployment depression screening or no screening. Similar mental health services were available to both groups. Screening had no impact on depression, anxiety, or a host of other mental health outcomes.

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Emergency Live

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

A 268-page manual with 170 full-color figures and 40 tables for health care providers, military and civilian High-risk situations are realities that humans have had to deal with since time immemorial, but unfortunately they have become more and more frequent in our days: just think of the global war on terrorism and the numerous mass […] The (..)

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It results in the suffering of millions of children, fewer eligible military personnel (a national security risk), and a heavy financial cost burdening every family and business in America. For emergency care, our health care system works like a whistle, but for the biggest health issues facing our country, we’re playing whack-a-mole.

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Clinical Correlations

APRIL 17, 2023

His oldest is in the military, like he was. By Mercedes Fissore-O’Leary Peer Reviewed I. It is his youngest’s birthday today. Except he served in the navy, in Vietnam. He has a birthday.

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PHEM Cast

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

[link] The various devices which Tony discusses are: This video shows the rapidity of infusion entering the circulation from a humeral IO.

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University of Maryland CC Project

JULY 13, 2023

Nick Villalobos, MD is the medical director of the MICU and critical care ultrasound at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. Nick Villalobos, MD is the medical director of the MICU and critical care ultrasound at the San Antonio Military Medical Center.

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ETM Course

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In this episode Andrew Perry interviews Bruce Paix, a very experienced pre-hospital/retrieval (and military) Anaesthetist and trauma expert about haemorrhage control in trauma. This is a great episode with some real pearls.

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Clinical Correlations

JULY 18, 2024

By Dr. Michael Tanner The author, at age 14 in 1968, with pennies on his eyes, wearing a Napoleonic military jacket fashionable at the time. Albums clockwise from top left: After Bathing at Baxter’s (Jefferson Airplane), Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan), Disraeli Gears (Cream), Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles), The Doors, Everything Playing.

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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. Matt Schmitz, Pediatric Orthopedics, Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation Surgeon at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas.

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PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Tarney et al.Outcomes following military traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest: A prospective observational study. Joint Position Statement of Nat Assoc EMS Physicians and ACS Committee on Trauma. Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital cardiopulmonary arrest. J Am Coll Surg; 2003 (1): 106-111.

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EM SIM Cases

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

JANUARY 22, 2024

This month’s update is by the Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. We used a multimodal search strategy, drawing on free open-access medical education resources and literature searches.

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PHEM Cast

MAY 10, 2021

Epidemiology of exertional heat illness in the military: A systematic review of observational studies. J Royal Army Medical Corps, 2018. 164, 287-289. DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2017-000801 Alele FO, Malau-Aduil BS, Malau-Aduli AEO, Crowe MJ. Public Health 2020, 17(19), 7037.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

More than 200 years old, this event honors those who currently serve or have served in the military. Jennifer Turner (left), Welana Queton, and Ivy Kennedye, the 8-year-old daughter of Oklahoma ACEP Chapter President James Kennedye, are shown at the 2024 Kiowa Black Leggings (Ton Kon Gyat) Ceremonial on Oct. 12–13 in Anadarko, Okla.

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ETM Course

JUNE 28, 2015

This is a potentially lifesaving treatment pioneered by the US military 1 for patients with exsanguinating pelvic and lower limb haemorrhage. Just over a year ago London HEMS performed the first pre-hospital regtrograde endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 10, 2022

DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY. Bone Joint J 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Matt Schmitz is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 31, 2021

The previous studies also focused on homogenous populations like military members and are therefore less generalizable to the general population. This could reduce some of the potential confounders in prior studies that were exclusively cadavers which may have differences in CWT due to post-mortem changes. Additionally,

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 27, 2017

"Lessons Learned," as the military call it, can come from negative experiences as from positive experiences. Such cases do not necessarily require personal involvement to be memorable. "Lessons Indeed, were it not so, there would be little use for 'Morbidity & Mortality' conferences.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You don’t get that from other places, maybe the military. PECK: I go back to the skills that it gives. It’s amazing, like being able to be calm and teach a resident while someone’s actively coding in front of you. DR. SHAH: No matter who you are, where you come from, what your problem is, we will be there for you.

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FEMinEM

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In Afghanistan, I worked with many military EM physicians—most of them men—who commanded their traumas much like an admiral would address his troops. Lastly, our environment in EM relies on clear and effective communication—often when stakes are highest. However, there was one quiet, petite female physician who greatly impacted me.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

were related to military travel and deployment, with a few cases related to leisure travel. There may be 700,000 to 1.2 million cases of CL per year globally; however, CL is not a reportable disease to the CDC, so there is no reliable way to track U.S. 3 Historically, most cases diagnosed in the U.S.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

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. H., & Kazemzadeh, G. Spinal Cord (2014) 52, 504–510; doi:10.1038/sc.2014.56; 8, 2012 12:12 a.m.

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Mandated SCT screening for certain individuals such as military recruits and US college athletes is controversial. There is no positive association for deep venous thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, stroke and no abnormalities of growth parameters in the pediatric population.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 10, 2016

Thus, military necessities generated for some the social mobility and respect that gave them a leg up in the world.

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Emergency Live

JULY 20, 2023

36 Italian Navy IDV amphibious armoured vehicles with Allison transmissions The Italian Navy is preparing to strengthen its fleet with the acquisition of 36 amphibious armoured vehicles (VBA) supplied by IDV (Iveco Defence Vehicles).

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University of Maryland CC Project

MAY 29, 2023

Tyson Suljin is Deputy Chief of Critical Care Medicine and APD of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Brook Army Medical Center. He presents a lecture entitled "Massive Transfusion" from the Critical Care perspective as part of the DC5 lecture series.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 6, 2024

The collision occurred […] The post Tragedy in Grosseto: Two Military Men Die appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721 Kattih, Z., If only I had a time machine, you think to yourself… Oh, we do! Let’s hop in. Close the tab and choose another option. Zydlewski, A. b) Rewarm Correct.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For medical school, I would randomly select from college graduates who have achieved a minimum MCAT score and succeeded during at least a year of work in food service or the military. iii] Some of the best trainees and doctors I have ever worked with met these criteria.

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