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Fri.Jun 30, 2023

Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM)

Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 30, 2023

I’m sure you can recall at least several parents who bring their children into the ED for concern of recurrent pneumonias. Often the parents focus on a possible underlying immunodeficiency. Fortunately, most commonly these pneumonias are due to viral infections, and we can often offer reassurances to the parent. The differential could also include aspiration , asthma , and bronchiectasis depending on the patient’s history.

Ultrasounds

Ultrasounds Pediatrics Operations EMS

Hypothermia and drowning

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

A PEM adventure It’s time for another PEM adventure. Join us on another journey (with an inbuilt time travel machine) in managing Elsa, a 2-year-old girl who is a HUGE fan of the Disney movie, Frozen. Elsa was found face down in the family pool 20 minutes after last visual contact and was picked up without resuscitation. Emergency Medical Services found her apneic and pulseless.

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The Electronic Trauma Flow Sheet: Why Hospitals Want You To Switch

The Trauma Pro

JUNE 30, 2023

Today, I’ll kick off my series on the use of the electronic trauma flow sheet (eTFS). The biggest question is, why does your hospital want you to use it? Typically, hospital administrators pressure trauma programs to adopt an eTFS at some point after implementing the hospital-wide use of an electronic health record (EHR). When I started this series nearly 15 years ago, many hospitals still used paper charting.

Hospitals

Hospitals Administration Resuscitation Best Practices

TXA in head injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

A PEM adventure Meet Polly, a 6-year-old girl with a penchant for shopping. Besides a few febrile convulsions when she was two, she’s a healthy 6-year-old. Having just bought the most gorgeous pair of red ballet pumps that would go delightfully with the red bow she bought in Harrods last week, she was skipping down Regent’s Street with her nanny. As they crossed the front of Liberty, a huge letter L came plummeting down, crashing in front of her.

Head Injuries

Head Injuries Seizures Outcomes Pediatrics

Cardiac arrest, let's talk about defibrillator voltage

Emergency Live

JUNE 30, 2023

The defibrillator is a device capable of generating a controlled electrical discharge to the heart in order to re-establish the rhythm of its beats in the event of cardiac arrest or rhythm alterations The post Cardiac arrest, let's talk about defibrillator voltage appeared first on Emergency Live.

Kids Don’t Need the Vaccine Because They Are Less Likely to Acquire SARS-CoV-2 and Because Most Already Had COVID-19

Science Based Medicine

JUNE 30, 2023

Those of us who thought about vaccines before the pandemic know perfectly well that anti-vaxxers start with their conclusions and work backwards to retrofit the "evidence." Doctors who do the same shouldn't be regarded any differently. The post Kids Don’t Need the Vaccine Because They Are Less Likely to Acquire SARS-CoV-2 and Because Most Already Had COVID-19 first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Meningitis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment

Emergency Live

JUNE 30, 2023

Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It can affect anyone, but is most common in infants, young children, adolescents and young adults The post Meningitis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.

Attracting and Retaining Talent using Team Recognition

NRC Health

JUNE 30, 2023

In this episode Amy Feeder, Customer Experience Program Manager at M Health Fairview and Jon Tanner, Program Director of Human Understanding at NRC Health join us to discuss the importance of team recognition and how it strengthens patient care. The post Attracting and Retaining Talent using Team Recognition appeared first on NRC Health.

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Attracting and Retaining Talent using Team Recognition

NRC Health

JUNE 30, 2023

Uveitis: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

Emergency Live

JUNE 30, 2023

Let's talk about uveitis: the uvea represents the vascular tonaca of the eyeball and is composed of iris, ciliary body and choroid The post Uveitis: definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.

Friday Reflection 24: I Would Rather Go Back in Time

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 30, 2023

KW was a 58-year-old man with long standing type 1 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. He came to an appointment one Friday afternoon with chest pain. The pain had been present intermittently for 10 days. It was on the left side of his chest and beneath his sternum. It did not radiate anywhere, it was not related to exertion, nor was it associated with diaphoresis or shortness of breath.

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Hospitals Hospice Resuscitation COPD

What are congenital heart diseases

Emergency Live

JUNE 30, 2023

Congenital heart disease: with the term congenital, we indicate something already existing at birth By congenital heart disease, we are therefore referring to an alteration in cardiac structure or function that is present at birth and manifests its first symptoms early on, at conception and in the embryo-fetal phase. However, it can also be discovered […] The post What are congenital heart diseases appeared first on Emergency Live.

ICS #SOA23 – Day 3

St. Emlyn

JUNE 30, 2023

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Final day here at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Congress, and although it’s a shorter day there is still a huge amount of variety on the menu, … ICS #SOA23 – Day 3 Read More » The post ICS #SOA23 – Day 3 appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Trichomonas: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment of trichomoniasis

Emergency Live

JUNE 30, 2023

Trichomonas vaginalis is the name of a flagellated protozoan vehicle of a very contagious infection that can affect the genital area and urinary tract: trichomoniasis The post Trichomonas: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment of trichomoniasis appeared first on Emergency Live.

Man saved by CPR at Petaluma fun run

AED Leader

JUNE 30, 2023

76-year-old Julius Schillinger collapsed after completing the 1-mile Dash for Dance 5K and Boogie Woogie Fun Run in Petaluma (he has completed over 1,200 races in his life). He was revived after receiving 23 minutes of chest compressions from a cardiac nurse Vanessa Cummings and two other bystanders and was transferred to Santa Rosa Memorial for further care.

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How To Stay Safe During Natural Disasters

Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JUNE 30, 2023

Natural disasters Life on Earth is very unpredictable. Nature is the biggest mystery in the world. According to the study, we researched only 29% of the ocean, on the land we can’t dig beyond the lava core of the earth. Mysteries still remain mysteries. Similar to natural disasters. Though we have advanced technologies to detect earthquakes and predict tsunamis, we can’t be sure.

Ambulance Services

Ambulance Services Operations Research

What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?

Emergency Live

JUNE 30, 2023

The essential features of Avoidant Personality Disorder are a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to judgment from others The post What is Avoidant Personality Disorder? appeared first on Emergency Live.

No Good Evidence Proves that NSAIDs Hinder Fracture Healing

Emergency Medicine News

JUNE 30, 2023

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Alpine HEMS training with Air Zermatt

PHARM

JUNE 30, 2023

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EM Residents Losing Procedures to NPPs

Emergency Medicine News

JUNE 30, 2023

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Stablizing a “Code Blue” Patient in the Hangar | The Horn

PHARM

JUNE 30, 2023

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Documentation/Coding

Penetrating chest trauma

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

A PEM Adventure Ranulf is a 14-year-old explorer. He has already climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland, visited the Gobi desert (possibly from the comfort of his parents 4 x 4, but who’s judging) and has his bronze D of E nailed. Whilst you were busy managing head injuries and drownings, Ranulf had been out with a group of boys from school this evening. They had been enjoying a celebratory dinner following their safe return from a trip to the Amazon rainforest.

Resuscitation

Resuscitation Operations Sepsis Pediatrics

The Dizzying Rollercoaster of Grief

Emergency Medicine News

JUNE 30, 2023

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Chest pain with 2 serial ECGs, with dynamic change, texted to me

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

These were texted to me only with "chest pain." First: 2nd: What was my response? Smith: Young thin black male. No OMI. Texter: Can't fool you. It was indeed. Queen: #1: NOT OMI, HIGH CONFIDENCE Queen: #2: NOT OMI, HIGH CONFIDENCE ECG 1 Interpretation: there is terminal T-wave in V3-V6. Is this Wellens' pattern A? No. this is classic Benign T-wave Inversion.

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