Emergency Medicine Journal

JUNE 22, 2023

Self-harm refers to any act of self-poisoning or self-injury carried out by a person, irrespective of motivation. 1 Paramedics are often the first health professionals in contact with those who self-harm, but their contribution to care of these patients is under-researched.

Poisoning 40

Poisoning Research 40

ACEP Now

AUGUST 9, 2024

Dr. Hack is chief of the division of medical toxicology and vice chair for research at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. A five-year poison center experience. Poisoning, envenomation, and trauma from marine creatures. Other Uses Once the venomous spines are carefully removed, these fish are reportedly delicious.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Burns Seizures Fractures 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

You smell the faint odour of alcohol on the child’s breath A quick mental note: methanol poisoning? Methanol poisoning is rare, but when it strikes, its delayed onset and devastating effects make it a condition we must be ready to recognise and manage. Paracelsus was right, “The dose makes the poison.” What is Methanol?

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Poisoning Forensics Seizures Outcomes 64

RCEM Learning

APRIL 9, 2024

Curriculum Category Syllabus Questions SLO1 Care for physiologically stable patients attending the ED across the full range of complexity Allergy Cardiology Dermatology Ear, nose and throat Elderly care Endocrinology Environmental emergencies Gastroenterology and hepatology Haematology Infectious diseases Maxillofacial / dental Mental Health Musculoskeletal (..)

Infectious Diseases 52

Infectious Diseases Airway Management Resuscitation Poisoning 52

Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 22, 2024

At medical school, we learn that the digitalis genus of flowering plants (better known as foxgloves, with their finger or thimble-like flowers) have a useful medical application in the drug digoxin (and also as a poison if you enjoy crime fiction). To get to the modern meaning of digital, we need to visit the world of electronic technology.

Documentation/Coding 59

Documentation/Coding Telemedicine Urgent Care Operations 59

Pediatric Education

MARCH 24, 2024

In the meantime, I’m more concerned about you resting and taking care of yourselves than you doing a lot of research, but will also give you some online resources if you want to explore them,” he offered. What are methods for encouraging breastfeeding of infants? What are the advantages of breastfeeding?

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Poisoning Research Wellness 40

Pediatric Education

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

” Learning Point “One conclusion that can definitely be drawn from the available research is that regardless of the type of travel device chosen, longer duration in each device leads to lower SpO2 and increased risk of desaturation and hypopnea. To view current news articles on this topic check Google News. Pediatrics.

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Pediatrics Poisoning Hospitals Documentation/Coding 40

Mind The Bleep

JULY 8, 2023

Start with the actual question and answers and apply these to the stem to find the information, for instance asking “What is the most likely poison”, but only one causes a raised anion gap, you can search the stem for the anion gap to select or exclude it. Survivorship bias.

EKG/ECG 52

EKG/ECG Wellness Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Poisoning 52

ACEP Now

JUNE 7, 2023

Dr. Hack is chief of the division of medical toxicology and vice chair for research at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. The article’s pictures of blistering and skin sloughing clearly demonstrate the severe dermatological reactions that can occur. 4 There is no antidote. References Kislev ME, et al. 2006;312:1372–1374.

Burns 52

Burns Research Poisoning 52

ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

Effect of noninvasive airway management of comatose patients with acute poisoning: a randomized clinical trial. The post 2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More appeared first on ACEP Now. 2023;330(23):2267-2274. Leyenaar JK, Acquilano SC, Freyleue SD, et al. Pediatrics. 2024;154(4):e2024065776.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Research Airway Management Stroke 40

EMDocs

JULY 30, 2024

When should I suspect PNU poisoning? How do I treat PNU poisoning? Background: N-3-pyridylmethyl-N-p-nitrophenylurea (PNU, Pyrinuron, Pyriminil) was released in 1975 as a “safe” poison to use against mice resistant to anticoagulant rodenticides.¹ Fortunately, PNU poisoning is rare. Questions What is PNU?

Poisoning 74

Poisoning Seizures Fluid Resuscitation Pediatrics 74

ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. Effect of noninvasive airway management of comatose patients with acute poisoning: a randomized clinical trial. The post Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023 appeared first on ACEP Now. Gotta catch ‘em all!” N Engl J Med.

Research 52

Research Airway Management Stroke Outcomes 52

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. When is it useful and what does it tell us? PMID: 1933914. Acad Emerg Med.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Your supervisor says, “Look, the plant has some similarities to poison ivy. When we tested a treatment for this rash in mice, a specific prescription strength poison ivy cream cleared it right up. But this cream is not FDA approved for “freaky plant rash“, it is only approved for poison ivy. All are safe.

Pediatrics 81

Pediatrics Poisoning Research Military 81

Medagadget

JUNE 12, 2023

The book covers over 200 years of research, from Luigi Galvani’s experiments on frog legs in the late 1700’s to the popularity of “ electroceuticals ” in the last decade. They like the self-determined, non top down pathways that have led today’s crop of bioelectricity researchers to find their way to the topic.

Research 78

Research Academics Documentation/Coding Poisoning 78

Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2024

Imagine if your cancer doctor took money from Karyopharm and then prescribed the toxic poison selenexor (studied in the unethical trial Boston) over safer and cheaper alternatives. Research payments go to universities and fund trials, and personal payments go into the doctor's pocket. I have to take money to run trials.

Academics 145

Academics Poisoning Research Wellness 145

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Diagnosis: Clinical exam findings, in combination with a thorough history help to make the diagnosis of anticholinergic plant poisoning. 11 Consider consulting a toxicologist or regional poison control center (1-800-222-1222 in the United States) if there diagnostic or management uncertainty. Jimson weed poisoning – a case report.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 111

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Poisoning Seizures COPD 111

ALiEM

MARCH 5, 2024

How can people become poisoned with willow bark? Phytotherapy Research. Felix Hoffman modified salicylic acid and created acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), now the most-used drug in the world due to its role in preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease [1]. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2001;57(5):387-391.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 114

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Anaphylaxis Poisoning Administration 114

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The patient’s urine was obtained and compared with the urine of his emergency physician using a Wood’s lamp, and the patient’s was found to be brightly fluorescent, supporting the presumptive diagnosis of EG poisoning. After resolution of EG poisoning, he was transferred to psychiatry and ultimately discharged home without complication.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Pediatrics Research Wellness 52

Sensible Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

But thanks to some nasty bouts of nicotine poisoning from handling big burley tobacco and its sticky residue, I never once tried tobacco. Curious about snus, I went to NIH Reporter, a website that catalogs all NIH supported studies, to see what research was being done. You probably hadn’t either. The damage was done.

Research 57

Research Poisoning 57

Taming the SRU

MAY 1, 2023

Subsequent exposure results in a T-cell mediated response (Type IV hypersensitivity reaction) Plants: Toxicodendron species (poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac) Also present in foods, including pistachio, cashew, and mango.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Seizures Emergency Department 52

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

“I learned a pioneering researcher found significant alternations (sic?) This supports the truism that for drugs – including sunlight or UVR – ‘ dosis sola facit venenum '- only the dose makes the poison. would occur in the health of people who wore glasses that blocked specific light spectrums (e.g.,

Poisoning 75

Poisoning Wellness Research Outcomes 75

ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

While the mechanism of hypoglycin A is not thoroughly understood, research demonstrates that its metabolism leads to the production of methylene cyclopropyl acetic acid (MCPA-CoA), which inhibits long-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation and ultimately causes depletion of glycogen stores. The rest of her workup was notable for hypokalemia of 3.3

Poisoning 40

Poisoning Administration Documentation/Coding Urgent Care 40

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 27, 2014

Even after no longer having a role in resuscitation, CO2 was advocated for accelerating clearance of carbon monoxide poisoning into the 1950s and 1960s. He took up many clinical researches feeling that physiology should be an applied science contributing to the solution of human problems. In 1927, H.W. a Yale physiologist.

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation Poisoning Research Administration 40

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 10, 2023

5 Symptoms of milkweed poisoning may include abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, lethargy, and confusion, progressing to seizures, heart rhythm changes, and bradycardia. Dr. Hack is chief of the division of medical toxicology and vice chair for research at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Seizures Documentation/Coding Emergency Department 52

EB Medicine

MARCH 4, 2020

Literature Review: There is abundant literature on pediatric AGE but sparse research on AGE in adults. not ED specific) Food poisoning is responsible for 5% of AGE but results in 30% of deaths. Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Toxin produced by algae consumed by reef fish like grouper, red snapper, sea bass and Spanish mackerel.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Dehydration Poisoning Allergic Reactions 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 23, 2021

She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and a pulmonary embolism and implementation science researcher. Dr. Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine […] The post SGEM#316: What A Difference An A.P.P. Diagnostic Testing Differences Between A.P.P.s Reference: Pines et al.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Research Documentation/Coding Operations 52

ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

Dr. Hack is chief of the division of medical toxicology and vice chair for research at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. 2022 annual report of the National Poison Data System® (NPDS) from America’s Poison Centers®: 40th annual report. References Barboza GE, García CC, et al. Eur J Pharmacol. Weinberg RB.

Burns 40

Burns Poisoning Seizures Stroke 40

Thinking Critical Care

MAY 18, 2023

In 1983 I was an Englishman abroad, the London anaesthetist who was appointed to be the English anaesthetist on the Shock Team only because the outstanding candidate from Oxford had preferred to take up a job doing muscle relaxant research with Kitz and Katz in the USA. 4] The research agenda at the time was broad.

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Shock Research Sepsis Resuscitation 40

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: This DEA designation limits the ability to do research and obtain federal funding for such research. Synthetics were initially developed in the 1980s largely for research purposes. And the US DEA maintains cannabis as a Schedule I substance. Nachi: A free issue for our listeners, that’s nice!

Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

PEMBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Research demonstrates that fewer than half of all gun owners store their firearms safely, and that many children have access to these guns. Research has shown that the safest way to store firearms is to store them locked, unloaded, and separately from ammunition.” Denise Dowd, Robert D. Garry Gardner, Kyran P. Of the estimated 4.6

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Wellness Poisoning Burns 52

EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

And while safety planning typically is most effective when combined with other interventions, research suggests that it does enhance outpatient treatment engagement after an ED visit and in one study, reduce subsequent suicide attempts by 30% vs usual care. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006. (US

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Outcomes 40

EMDocs

JULY 19, 2023

Diagnosis and Management: Whole blood mercury concentrations are the most useful for diagnosis of organic mercury poisoning, as organic mercury undergoes little urinary excretion. 6 The neurotoxicity caused by organic mercury poisoning is permanent, thus, you must act fast. Adverse Drug React Acute Poisoning Rev. Am J Cardiol.

Poisoning 91

Poisoning Fluid Resuscitation Administration Seizures 91

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Dr. Cantor is professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics, director of the pediatric emergency department, and medical director of the Central New York Regional Poison Control Center at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website. References Cober MP, Phelps SJ.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Ultrasounds Emergency Department Poisoning 40

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Introduction: My first professional ambulance call was for three victims of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. International Journal of Current Research and Review, 6 (13), 24-30. ** Examines experimentally in surgery patients the effect of maneuvers to increase success in BNTI. Before the romantic portion could begin, the cat became ill.

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation Airway Management EMS CPR 40