Ken Grauer, MD

MAY 17, 2025

== P lease N OTE : After today No new ECG Blog posts for 3- to -4 weeks. I will also not be prompt in replying to emails. == All material on this ECG Blog site remains open! The INDEX tab ( in the upper right of each page ) has linked Contents, listed by subject. So IF you are looking for ECG material There is plenty on this web site! And IF you look at the TOP of every page in this blog You'll see a Menu of Tabs that link to a variety of blog features, including my ECG podcasts, Audios &a

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EKG/ECG EMS Administration Wellness 404

Sensible Medicine

MAY 17, 2025

On a recent shift, I received sign-out for Room 20, a 46 year old man with a history of schizophrenia as well as alcohol and cannabis abuse. He came to us from a nursing home where he lives. He accidentally set his room on fire with a cigarette, prompting the nursing home to kick him out for being a risk to the facility. Although he had no acute medical issues, he was sent to the emergency department so “the health care system” could find him a new home.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 17, 2025

Reference: Cohen et al; SUSPECT study group. Can we avoid casting for suspected scaphoid fractures? A multicenter randomized controlled trial. J Orthop Traumatol. 2025 Date: May 1, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt Schmitz is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation. He practices at the Rady Childrens Hospital in San Diego and is Professor of Orthopedics at UC San Diego.

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Fractures Emergency Department Research Outcomes 100

JournalFeed

MAY 17, 2025

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 12-16, 2025. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Monday Spoon Feed : Short-term ambulatory cardiac monitoring has diagnostic usefulness, although limited, in patients discharged from the emergency department.

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Outcomes

EMDocs

MAY 17, 2025

Authors: Matt Treasure, DO (EM Resident Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX); Rogelio Trey Martinez, DO, MPH (EM Resident Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University College of Medicine); Justin Hacnik, MD (EM Attending Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX); J.D.

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EMS Resuscitation Administration Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 99

Sensible Medicine

MAY 17, 2025

This is a long one! 83 minutes. This is the second podcast in which we answer questions from a our “ask us anything” post. We recorded this one before our most recent podcast — kind of like Abbey Road and Let it Be — so we were still graced by Vinay’s presence. In fact, we recorded it in his studio. We still have about a half dozen questions to answer; we will cover those on an upcoming podcast.

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