Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Sarah Reid on an approach to Infant Vomiting, Brit Long on Orbital Cellulitis essentials, Justin Morgenstern on the PATCH trial - Prehospital TXA in Trauma, Christina Shenvi on Prevention and Treatment of Delirium, Jason Hines on Procedural Skills Decay, Aaron Billin on Altitude Sickness. The post EM Quick Hits 52 Infant Vomiting, Orbital Cellulitis, Prehospital TXA in Trauma, Prevention and Treatment of Delirium, Procedural Skills Decay, Altitude Sickness

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Science Based Medicine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So close to the eradication of polio. But never quite there. The post Eradication Isn’t Extinction. Too Bad. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this ECG Cases blog Dr. Jesse McLaren guides us through 10 cases, driving home the points that sepsis is a common cause of rapid Afib and diffuse ST depression with reciprocal ST elevation in aVR, myo/pericarditis is a diagnosis of exclusion, endocarditis or lyme carditis can cause AV block, PE can cause low grade fever and ECG signs of acute RV strain and that fever can unmask Brugada syndrome.

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Emergency Live

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Thermal Imaging: A Life-Saving Tool in Every Firefighter’s Toolkit In the latest podcast episode, “Unlocking the Power of Thermal Imaging in Firefighting with Andy Starnes”, we delve into the fascinating world of thermal imaging and its indispensable role in modern firefighting. This conversation with Andy Starnes, the founder of Insight Training LLC, promises to be […] The post Unlocking the Power of Thermal Imaging in Firefighting with Andy Starnes appeared first on Eme

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Medagadget

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Arsenal Medical , a medtech company based in Massachusetts, has developed Neocast , an embolic biomaterial designed for catheter-mediated embolization procedures. Conventional materials for embolization can have several limitations, including a lack of radiopacity, catheter clogging, catheter entrapment at the delivery site, solvent-mediated pain at the delivery site, and they can even cause sparking of electrocautery tools.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the second of the four cases. This case was submitted by… A 6-year-old previously healthy female was brought to your emergency department with extremity pain. 4 days earlier, she developed r

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The typical bag valve mask ventilator (BVM) for adults has a reservoir volume between 1500-2000 mL depending on the manufacturer while th.

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In the re­alm of healthcare, there­ are unsung heroes who courage­ously maneuver through the chaos of e­mergency situations – ambulance drive­rs and paramedics. These de­dicated professionals work tirele­ssly under immense pre­ssure to fulfill their crucial role in saving live­s. In this blog, we will explore the demanding yet fulfilling world of ambulance drive­rs and paramedics.

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Canadian EM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Infective endocarditis refers to an infection (i.e., bacteria such as Strep, Staph or fungal) that seeds onto the endocardial surface of valves.​1​ The mortality rate of endocarditis is 25%.​2​ Systemic complications include septic embolization and can result in end-organ damage. Although native heart valves are the most commonly affected, prosthetic heart valves, heart valve disease, congenital heart disease, previous history of endocarditis and IV drug use are risk factors for endocarditis and

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American Medical Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Safeguarding the nation’s food supply requires that the food supply be regulated and monitored according to science-based principles. Ensuring food safety covers a broad range of processes, from on-farm production to processing, distribution, storage, selection, preparation, and consumption. Additionally, foodborne infections affect millions of Americans annually.

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EMergucate

OCTOBER 17, 2023

19 year-old-man recently returned from Sudan presented with fever.

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American Medical Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Congress established the first antitrust law, the Sherman Act, in 1890. The passing of this law acted as a “comprehensive charter of economic liberty intended to preserve free and unrestricted competition as the rule of trade.” The Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, which established the FTC, were two more antitrust legislation passed by Congress in 1914.

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EMergucate

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Hb = 83 g/L, that is moderate anaemia.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long, MD ( @long_brit) , we discuss the ED evaluation of suspected diverticulitis. Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis Background: Diverticulosis is common: it affects 30% of those age 60 years and up to 80% of those over 80 years. 5-10% of patients with diverticulosis will experience diverticulitis (inflammation of diverticula).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Eden is 3. She is brought in by her grandmother, who is looking after her for the weekend whilst her parents have a weekend away. Embarrassed in a hushed voice, her grandmother tells you: “There’s something wrong; she keeps touching herself down there. She says it feels nice; she says it’s how she goes to sleep, one hand in her knickers and a thumb in her mouth.

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