Life in the Fast Lane
AUGUST 10, 2023
James Miers, John Mackenzie and Amanda Beech Precipitous Birth in the ED Emergency Procedure: Precipitous Birth in the ED. Let’s face it, the three births you attended as a medical student don't really prepare you for this.
St. Emlyn
AUGUST 10, 2023
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Can clinicians identify life threatening injury in trauma patients? Probably not as reliably as we would wish according to this paper from London. Even in an experienced high performing EHPC team it's tricky to discern which patients have life threatening, limb threatening or significant bleeding injuries.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 10, 2023
Case submitted and written by Dr. Mazen El-Baba and Dr. Emily Austin, with edits from Jesse McLaren A 50 year-old patient presented to the Emergency Department with sudden onset chest pain that began 14-hours ago. The nurse alerted the MD because the patient was still symptomatic, diaphoretic and “looking unwell”. What do you think? ECG interpretation: sinus rhythm, normal conduction (PR, QRS, and QTc), normal axis, delayed R-wave progression, and normal voltages.
Science Based Medicine
AUGUST 10, 2023
The debunking resumes with the fourth installment in debunking the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down”: Chapter 4, “Epidemiology 101," in which the antivax authors put a biased spin on basic concepts in epidemiology as a lead-in to their obviously intended purpose of claiming that all the studies finding vaccines to be safe and effective should be discounted.
Emergency Live
AUGUST 10, 2023
Eisenmenger syndrome, is a rare complication of a congenital heart defect, will affect the hole that connects the heart chambers or major blood vessels The post Congenital heart defects: Eisenmenger's syndrome appeared first on Emergency Live.
EMDocs
AUGUST 10, 2023
Welcome back to the “52 in 52” series. This collection of posts features recently published must-know articles. Today we look at the DIRECT MT trial. Author: Brannon L Inman, MD (Critical Care Fellow, Orlando, FL) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Endovascular Thrombectomy with or without Intravenous Alteplase in Acute Stroke AKA: The “DIRECT MT” Trial Clinical question: In patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion, is thrombectomy alone n
ECG Guru
AUGUST 10, 2023
Here we see the EKG of a 15-year-old girl. The rhythm is irregular, with the heart rate fluctuating between approximately 60 and 90 beats per minute. All P-waves are identical, and the PR interval is always constant. Therefore, a sinus arrhythmia is present. In this case, it is a respiratory sinus arrhythmia, which is commonly found in younger individuals.
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NRC Health
AUGUST 10, 2023
NRC Health's Human Understanding Beyond | HUB23 is underway in Boston! The post Transforming healthcare together at HUB23 appeared first on NRC Health.
American Medical Compliance
AUGUST 10, 2023
A California-based healthcare provider was the target of a cyberattack that led to hospital closures and redirected ambulance services in various states. The attack occurred at the Prospect Medical Holdings in L.A., which provides services for states such as Pennsylvania and Texas. They are now investigating the breach to determine how it occurred and how it can be resolved.
Life in the Fast Lane
AUGUST 10, 2023
Fahad Yousif POCUS Made Easy: AAA POCUS made easy: AAA scan is useful to look for a ruptured or leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm
EMCrit
AUGUST 10, 2023
AMAX4 for crashing anaphylaxis and asthma EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.
EMergucate
AUGUST 10, 2023
Answers: Question 1: Mild hyponatremia Moderate Hyperkalaemia Hyperphosphataemia Hypocalcaemia Hyperuricaemia High creatinine and urea consistent with renal impairment, with a … Continue reading →
Core Ultrasound
AUGUST 10, 2023
Rotator Cuff Non-Rotator Cuff Shoulder Exam Knee Exam
Don't Forget the Bubbles
AUGUST 10, 2023
Topic Hand Examination and Pathology Author Segn Nedd Duration 2.5 hours Equipment required Finger bandages, zimmer boards, plaster of paris sets, green sterile needle or cauterisation device. Outline Pre-reading Basics Case: crush injury Crush injury: Discussion Case: hand fracture Hand fracture: Discussion Advanced Case: subungual haematoma Subungual haematoma: Discussion Advanced Case: soft tissue injury Soft tissue injury: Discussion Simulation Quiz Take Home Points References Basics (30 min
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