EM Ottawa

MARCH 7, 2024

In this post, we will sink our teeth into some details around venomous snake bites that all emergency clinicians should be aware of regardless of their location of clinical practice. Although the incidence of venomous snake bites in Canada is rare, this should be considered a HALO (high acuity low occurrence) presentation for which you […] The post Venomous Snake Bites: The Fangs, The Guidelines, The Myths appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

A young man presented with a gunshot wound to the right chest, with hemo-pneumothorax and hemorrhagic shock. He got a chest tube and intubation and massive transfusion and stabilized. CT of chest showed the bullet path through his right lung but nowhere near his heart. But he did get an EKG: What is this? There were times when it would be usurped by sinus tachycardia, then return to this rhythm.

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NRC Health

MARCH 7, 2024

NRC Health hosted a live webcast to discuss Children’s Minnesota’s case study on improving parental involvement and communication strategies to achieve better NPS scores. The post NPS growth and employee engagement: The power of thoughtful communication appeared first on NRC Health.

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Emergency Live

MARCH 7, 2024

Tackling Every Terrain, Saving More Lives 4×4 ambulances represent a crucial evolution in the field of emergency medical services, combining the power and resilience necessary to tackle the most challenging terrains with the high-tech medical capabilities essential for saving human lives. Let’s explore the most common models, their unique advantages, and the specific uses that […] The post 4×4 Ambulances: Innovation on Four Wheels appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Stop and Think

MARCH 7, 2024

This will be a short post. I have read the NEJM paper on plastics and the risk of future heart events. It is a clever and interesting analysis. It has led to substantial attention on social media. But there are serious limitations of this correlational study. Sadly, the accompanying editorial did not focus on these limitations. Nor did many of the analyses online.

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Emergency Medicine Education

MARCH 7, 2024

In November 2023, JAMA published an article on noninvasive airway management among patients with depressed consciousness. The watch-and-wait approach, involving close monitoring for individuals with traditional GCS scores <9 and suspected acute poisoning, demonstrated positive outcomes.

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

MARCH 7, 2024

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