SheMD

AUGUST 3, 2023

Are you applying to medical school? This can be one of the most stressful times of you life, but sheMD is here to help! Student Doctor Andrea D. shares with us some lessons she's learned while applying to medical school! 1) It’s expensive! Applying to medical school is so expensive! You must budget for primary apps (AMCAS, AACOMAS, TMDSAS), secondary apps, transcript fees, MCAT, CASPer (depending on the school), and interview-related expenses.

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EM Ottawa

AUGUST 3, 2023

Case You and your partner arrive at a scene where a 67-year-old male had a witnessed collapse 5 minutes ago and CPR is in progress; he is in cardiac arrest. The initial rhythm is ventricular fibrillation. You continue CPR with a King LT and provide 3 shocks, along with a dose of epinephrine remembering that […] The post BHP Corner: Decision Points in Cardiac Arrest appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 3, 2023

A new analysis of sports supplements shows that you cannot trust the label to tell you what's actually in the bottle. The post What’s really in that sports supplement? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 3, 2023

Project ‘Safety on the Road – Life is a journey, let’s make it safer’ – Interview with Dr. Silvia Brufani, HR Director of Bridgestone Europe The project ‘Safety on the road – Life is a journey, let’s make it safer’ is launched As promised in the first part of the report dedicated to the project […] The post Bridgestone and Italian Red Cross together for road safety appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

? OMI Pocket Guide The OMI Pocket Guide ( [link] ) is a user-friendly online resource designed to help healthcare professionals learn how to recognize subtle signs of acute coronary occlusion on the ECG which represent occlusion myocardial infarctions (OMI). Learning to recognize OMIs is an important clinical skill because it helps identify the subpopulation of "NSTEMIs" who are likely to be found with total thrombotic occlusion at the time of cardiac catherization.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 3, 2023

Parotitis is also known as "mumps" as the ears appear larger than normal (the swelling rotates the pinnae forward and out) or "crawling" due to the resemblance to a cat with a deformed face, precisely due to swelling affecting the salivary glands The post Parotitis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Stop and Think

AUGUST 3, 2023

The two most important US medical journals have recently published editorials on policy matters. This worries me. Before I tell you about these editorials, I should set out two givens. The first is that the longer I practice medicine, the more I appreciate the job. Helping people through illness provides great meaning. It also takes serious attention to lifelong learning.

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The Evolution & Medicine Review

AUGUST 3, 2023

Volume 11, Issue 1, 2023 (In Progress)Read the current issue Book reviewMats Lekander, The Inflamed Feeling: The Brain’s Role in Immune Defense Eric C Shattuck Original researchA novel indicator of selection in uteroRalph Catalano, Tim A Bruckner, Alison Gemmill, Joan A Casey, Claire Margerison, Terry Hartig Maternal mental health and economic autonomy in lowland rural […]

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ECG Guru

AUGUST 3, 2023

Why does this EKG indicate a sick sinus node? First, we observe a sinus rhythm with a rate just below 60 bpm. Then, there is a pause of approximately 3000 ms, followed not by a sinus beat, but by a junctional escape beat (retrograde/inverted P-wave immediately after the QRS complex). This ECG was recorded at the general practitioner's office, and it can be assumed that no vagal stimulus contributed to the arrhythmia.

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NRC Health

AUGUST 3, 2023

The concept of the UCHealth Patient Experience Champions Program was to find employees who could be role models for patient experience and were committed to creating a positive ripple effect within the organization. The post How UCHealth champions patient experience appeared first on NRC Health.

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

AUGUST 3, 2023

In episode five of the debrief series, NSW Aeromedical Retrieval Staff Specialist Dr Sarah Aldington discusses a formative case form her training, highlighting the profound impact cases may have on clinicians and the importance of a dedicated debrief.

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Core Ultrasound

AUGUST 3, 2023

Basic POCUS Physics Knobology Color/Power Doppler

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RebelEM

AUGUST 3, 2023

Background: Many patients report a vague history of penicillin allergy. The vast majority of these self-reported allergies are untrue (< 5%) . Literature including patients with penicillin allergies also show longer, more complicated hospital courses. Standard practice for identifying errant allergy reporting and removing them from the patients’ chart requires skin testing followed by an oral penicillin challenge.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Authors: Eric Sabatini Regueira, MD (Emergency Medicine PGY-3, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC) and Ann-Jeannette Geib, MD (Emergency Physician/Medical Toxicologist, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC)// Reviewed by: James Dazhe Cao, MD (@JamesCaoMD, Associate Professor of EM, Medical Toxicology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case: A 26-year-old female with history of depression presents to the ED after ingestin

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