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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? He will soon be transitioning out of the US military after a 20-year career in the Air Force and is soon to be Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at UC San Diego.

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Best Of AAST #7: How Do You Like Your Platelets – Warm Or Cold?

The Trauma Pro

Researchers from the US Army performed a retrospective registry study on a sample of military casualties over four years. The primary outcome was mortality, and secondary outcomes included the need for surgery, fluid and blood infusions, and the use of a massive transfusion protocol.

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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

Sensible Medicine

A 2008 Cochrane review found adult depression screening does not improve outcomes. The last two trials convincingly demonstrate that when patients with postpartum depression have better access to mental health services, outcomes improve. Screening had no impact on depression, anxiety, or a host of other mental health outcomes.

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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. Tarney et al.Outcomes following military traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest: A prospective observational study. Emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma: a review. Injury; 2006 (37): 1-19. Clay et al. Rhee et al.

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SGEM#365: Stop! It’s Not Always Hammer Time

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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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SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management of Scaphoid Fractures

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY.

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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

Some groups and practices have explored the option, understand what they’re getting into and have concluded that that they’re going to work together to get better outcomes under a unionized model. You don’t get that from other places, maybe the military. It may not be for everybody. It has clearly made sense for those groups.