The Trauma Pro

JULY 18, 2023

I’ve spent several posts showing you the major problems inherent in using an electronic trauma flow sheet (eTFS). It boils down to Garbage In / Garbage Out and time. It costs a lot of money and weakens an otherwise robust trauma performance improvement process. Here’s the real bottom line: ” A hospital using an electronic trauma flow sheet is paying a lot of money for a product that forces them to pay even more money for people to essentially transcribe inaccurate data back on

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 18, 2023

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast David Carr on differential diagnosis of normal unenhanced CT renal colic, Leeor Sommer on recognition and management of perichondritis and auricular abscess, Suzanne Schuh on IV magnesium sulphate for pediatric asthma, Jess McLaren on Occlusion MI ECG interpretation requiring cath lab activation and Justin Morgenstern on update on steroids for pneumonia.

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Medagadget

JULY 18, 2023

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a protein-based hydrogel that is highly adapted for articular cartilage repair. A major challenge in creating biomaterial therapies to repair damaged articular cartilage is matching the mechanical properties of this highly specialized tissue. Cartilage is very tough, resisting breaking under force, but also very stiff, meaning that it resists being bent or deformed.

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St. Emlyn

JULY 18, 2023

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Our regular podcast round up from June 2023. AMAX4, PATCH trial, Wessex conference, ICSSOA conference and more. #FOAMed @stemlyns The post June 2023 Podcast. St Emlyn’s appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Emergency Live

JULY 18, 2023

Spitz's nevus is a benign tumour that affects the skin and usually develops in childhood. The lesion is caused by a proliferation of epithelioid and spindle-shaped melanocytes The post Nevus of Spitz, an overview of the benign tumour also known as juvenile melanoma appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 18, 2023

Remembering the old days of Madonna, courting, and naloxone use. The post Madonna !?! first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

JULY 18, 2023

Ineffective handoff communications have been shown to occur in up to 80% of medical errors. Previous studies have shown that up to 1/3 o.

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NRC Health

JULY 18, 2023

Check out the Q2 snapshots highlighting how we put Human Understanding® into practice. The post Patient experience from the outside in appeared first on NRC Health.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

JULY 18, 2023

Acetaminophen (APAP) is the leading cause of acute liver failure worldwide. Standard treatment for APAP overdose is with N-acetylcysteine (N.

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Canadian EM

JULY 18, 2023

For this issue of CJEM, we collaborated with their team to present “Buprenorphine/naloxone initiation and referral as a quality improvements intervention for patients who live with opiate use disorder”​1​ in a visual abstract format. Opioid use disorder is a major public health concern that accounts for a high number of potential years of life lost.

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