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HEMS Debrief #1 – Dr Cliff Reid

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

In the first in this series, HEMS physician and podcast host Dr Samuel Bulford interviews senior staff specialist Dr Cliff Reid who describes a case that changed his life and set his approach to mission preparation and training on a new trajectory.

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Voices in the Vacuum

Science Based Medicine

The failure of the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator to, well, coordinate a response to COVID-19 misinformation has left physicians to fight the uphill battle on their own. The post Voices in the Vacuum first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Smart Sutures Sense Inflammation, Deliver Drugs, Cells

Medagadget

Researchers at MIT have developed smart sutures with a hydrogel coating that contains sensing and drug delivery components, and could even be used to implant therapeutic cells. The sutures are made using pig tissues that have been decellularized with detergents to reduce the possibility that they could provoke an immune reaction. The surrounding hydrogel layer contains microparticles that can release peptides when enzymes involved in inflammation are present, and other microparticles that allow

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What are science journals for, anyway?

Sensible Medicine

Thank goodness John Ioannidis exists. Inter alia, if it wasn’t for his research, plenty of the work of academic journal editors and science publishers would go unnoticed, through thick and thin. Instead, his meta-research prompts us to question about these professions and about the future of science communication. Two of his very recent papers pushed me to reflect - from my possibly biased point of view (I am a scientific publisher) – on what is an important issue also to those who w

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Chest pain and shock: Is there a right ventricular OMI on this ECG? And should he undergo trancutaneous pacing?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 50-something man presented in shock with severe chest pain. His prehospital ECG was diagnostic of inferior posterior OMI. The patient was in clinical shock with a lactate of 8. BP was 108 systolic (if a cuff pressure can be trusted) but appeared to be maintaining BP only by very high systemic vascular resistance. He appeared gray in color, with cool skin.

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siRNA as a COVID-19 Treatment

Medagadget

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School have developed a small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology that is stable enough for inhalation into the lungs, where it can potentially treat diseases as diverse as asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, and viral infections such as COVID-19. siRNA is not typically stable enough to survive for long in the lungs, but the researchers chemically modified the constituent nucleotides to stabilize the molecules and help them to evade immune destruction.

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GECCo: UK global health projects, programmes & research – who does what in emergency care?

St. Emlyn

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Quick post to highlight the GECCO conference in Edinburgh on June 6th. global health projects, programmes & research: who does what in emergency care? All welcome and looks great. #FOAMed @GECCoUK The post GECCo: UK global health projects, programmes & research – who does what in emergency care?

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HUB23 Preview: Virtua Health

NRC Health

At HUB23, you’ll find expanded, dynamic programming focused on bringing impact to your organization. The post HUB23 Preview: Virtua Health appeared first on NRC Health.

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Ostadal – ECMO in the Therapy of Cardiogenic Shock (ECMO-CS Trial)

University of Maryland CC Project

Petr Ostadal, MD, PhD, Head of the Acute Cardiology Unit and Deputy Head of the Department of Cardiology at Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic and Associate Professor of Medicine at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague presents results of his trial with a lecture entitled, "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Therapy of Cardiogenic Shock (ECMO-CS Trial)

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6 Viral Pandemics in the Past Two Decades

PHARM

Viral Pandemics in the Past Two Decades: An Overview : Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care — Read on journals.lww.com/jfmpc/Fulltext/2021/10080/Viral_Pandemics_in_the_Past_Two_Decades__An.5.

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Oral fentanyl for pain relief in injured patients

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

A study looking at 177 trauma patients (predominately skiing injuries) treated with oral trans mucosal fentanyl (600 and 800 mcg dosing) foun.

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Air Ambulance Doctors Respond to a Serious Traffic Accident

PHARM

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.26.23

Taming the SRU

Ultrasound in early pregnancy - High and Lows - In-flight emergencies - high altitude illnesses Ultrasound in early Pregnancy w/ Dr. Frederick 1st trimester pregnancy accounts for 10% of all ED visits from women of reproductive age 28% present on weekends 37% present after hours Despite the fact that a lot of these patients present after hours, radiology is rarely available 24/7 TVUS diagnoses nearly 50% of early pregnancies after an inconclusive transabdominal US ED-performed TVUS has not been

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