Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2024

Written by Willy Frick A 67 year old man with a history of hypertension presented with three days of chest pain radiating to his back. He had associated nausea, vomiting, and dyspnea. What do you think? This ECG together with these symptoms is certainly concerning for OMI, but the ECG is not fully diagnostic, and another consideration could be acute pericarditis.

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EMDocs

MARCH 9, 2024

We always work hard, but we may not have time to read through a bunch of journals. It’s time to learn smarter. Originally published at JournalFeed , a site that provides daily or weekly literature updates. Follow Dr. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: Epinephrine or Airway First in OHCA? Spoon Feed In adults presenting to EMS after OHCA, those receiving epinephrine prior to advanced airway management (AAM = supraglottic airway, SGA, or endotracheal tube) experien

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 9, 2024

Date: March 6, 2024 This is an SGEM Xtra created from a lecture I gave for the Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP) ICE Camp Retreat in Collingwood, Ontario last month. ROMP helps Ontario medical students & residents arrange core & elective rotations in rural Ontario. An old friend, Dr. Matt De Stefano invited me to […] The post SGEM Xtra: A Philosophy of Emergency Medicine first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Science Based Medicine

MARCH 9, 2024

I hopped the trolley to Kenton to spend the afternoon helping Susan with the quarantine. After I got off the trolley, I purchased thirty of the Extra Editions and handed them out to the families of the Cholera victims. Mostly because I wanted people to know about the seawater treatment, I figured that word about the pump water would spread quickly, and […] The post Skeptics in the Pub.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 9, 2024

Gohn Ranke Potts Mantoux; Related to TB Osler Duke Janeway Roth: Related to Endocarditis Comer Weil Kaiser Langone: Hospital and Medical Centers Flexner Lasker Nobel Sabin: Medical Awards How did you do?

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JournalFeed

MARCH 9, 2024

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 4-8, 2024. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed: A meta-analysis of 15 randomized trials found that ketamine had a quicker analgesic effect than morphine, but morphine exhibited sustained reduction in pain at 120 minutes.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 9, 2024

You know the routine: group the 16 words into 4 groups of 4. I think this is a tough one. Good luck. I’ll post the answer at 4 PM CST. It will be on the site but it won’t be sent by email.

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