The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 2, 2023

Date: July 1, 2023 Reference: PATCH-Trauma Investigators and ANZICS Clinical Trial Group. Prehospital Tranexamic Acid for Severe Trauma. NEJM 2023. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim Rezaie is a community emergency physician in San Antonio, TX. He is the Creator and founder of REBEL EM, a free, critical appraisal blog that tries to cut down knowledge translation gaps of […] The post SGEM#408: Hey, I, Oh I’m Still Alive – Is it due to TXA?

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 2, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has resurrected the antivax claim that the childhood vaccine schedule has never been tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a saline placebo controls (and therefore the vaccine schedule is unsafe). This is an old and deceptive antivax half-truth that ignores both what constitutes a scientifically valid placebo and the ethical requirements for RCTs.

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St. Emlyn

JULY 2, 2023

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Zaf Qasim @resusone reviews the UKREBOA trial. No benefit shown, but is this really the end of REBOA in trauma? #FOAMed @stemlyns The post JC: The UK-REBOA trial. Has the balloon popped? St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Emergency Live

JULY 2, 2023

If you have blurred vision, the cause could be failing eyesight and you may need new glasses. The reasons, however, could also be others! In fact, if the blurred vision is persistent, it may also be a sign of other health problems: let's see what they are and when it is a good idea to contact your doctor and have a more thorough examination The post Blurred vision?

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Taming the SRU

JULY 2, 2023

End-Tidal CO2 monitoring has a variety of uses in the Emergency Department. Whether used diagnostically or for monitoring of a patient’s physiology, clinicians must possess an understanding of the information that you can gather from EtCO2 waveform tracings. Knowing how to interpret the waveforms makes EtCO2 much more than a number, allowing the clinician to gain insight into minute to minute changes in a patients physiological state.

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Emergency Live

JULY 2, 2023

A painful sensation in the anterior area of the foot, where the so-called metatarsal bones are located, could be a symptom of metatarsalgia, a fairly common foot disorder The post Metatarsalgia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.

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MEDEST118

JULY 2, 2023

By Mario Rugna

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 2, 2023

This was texted to me from a former resident, while working at a small rural hospital, with the statement: "I can’t convince myself of anything here, but he’s a 63-year-old guy with prior stents and a good story for ACS." (Chest pain or discomfort) What do you think? Here was my response: "Suspicious for inferior posterior OMI. Get serial ECGs" He then sent a previous from 4 years prior: "This is totally normal, which confirms that the first EKG does indeed represent OMI" Then the patient's ches

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

JULY 2, 2023

POCUS can be used to screen for appendicitis. A recent study showed a sensitivity of 66.7% (CI 95% 47.1–82.7), and a specificity of 96.8%.

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Pediatric Education

JULY 2, 2023

PediatricEducation.org is taking a short break. The next case will be published on July 10th. In the meantime, please take a look at the different Archives and Curriculum Maps listed at the top of the page. We appreciate your patronage, Donna D’Alessandro and Michael D’Alessandro, curators.

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