Emergency Medicine Cases

MARCH 19, 2024

In this part 1 of our 2-part podcast series on Asthma Management we explore a systematic approach to managing patients presenting to the ED with asthma exacerbations. Our discussion will emphasize the critical role of a thorough history and physical examination in effectively stratifying patient risk and guiding treatment/disposition decisions. Additionally, we'll examine the importance of providing comprehensive discharge medications and instructions to mitigate both mortality and morbidity ass

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 19, 2024

The following New Hampshire Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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EMDocs

MARCH 19, 2024

Today on the emDOCs cast with Jess Pelletier and Brit Long, we discuss the challenging diagnosis of spontaneous cervical artery dissection (sCAD). Episode 97: Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection Definition/pathophysiology: sCAD refers to a tear or separation of arterial wall layers involving either the carotid or vertebral arteries. Creates a false lumen where blood may enter the vessel wall between the intima and the media or between the media and the adventitia.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 19, 2024

The following New York Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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Psychiatric Hospitals 104

Science Based Medicine

MARCH 19, 2024

Science: Figuring things out is better than making things up. A tee shirt I recently saw. Except… In a recent post Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki, Steve seemed surprised that the Mayo was offering Reiki. I don’t know. Maybe he was channeling Louie. I know the Mayo is a top hospital, but I trained in Minneapolis at Hennepin County and we would have […] The post Best Hospital Eye Roll first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Hospitals 89

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 19, 2024

The following West Virginia Violence in the Workplace for Healthcare Employees course is designed to educate healthcare providers (HCP) on how to protect themselves and others from violence that occurs in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

This case was sent by Amandeep (Deep) Singh at Highland Hospital, part of Alameda Health System. The patient presented to an outside hospital An 80yo female per triage “patient presents with chest pain, also hurts to breathe” PMH: CAD, s/p stent placement, CHF, atrial fibrillation, pacemaker (placed 1 month earlier), LBBB. HPI: Abrupt onset of substernal chest pain associated with nausea/vomiting 30 min PTA.

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Emergency Live

MARCH 19, 2024

On the day of the autumn equinox for the Southern Hemisphere, record temperatures continue to be recorded, especially in Brazil Sunday morning, around 10 a.m., perceived temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached the record figure of 62.3 degrees, a figure not seen since 2014. This increasingly extreme and widespread heat is directly linked to climate […] The post Record heat in Brazil and health increasingly at risk appeared first on Emergency Live.

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EMergucate

MARCH 19, 2024

The following ECG is from a 65 year old lady who has presented with two hours of central chest pain. She has a history of hypertension and is a current smoker. What are the key features on her ECG?

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Emergency Live

MARCH 19, 2024

Messe Frankfurt to Host Gathering of Disaster Management Experts After a history of memorable international gatherings, the leading event for mitigating the consequences of the most costly disasters is coming to Messe Frankfurt. Across the 15th and 16th of May, Disasters Expo Europe is making its debut on European soil, expected to attract disaster management […] The post Disasters Expo Europe: gathering of disaster experts appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 19, 2024

There has been a notable shift in paediatric admissions in Ireland. This has coincided with a widespread shortage of specialist placements for children facing behavioural, psychiatric, and child protection challenges, leading to an over-reliance on the placement of these children in hospitals. Whilst paediatric social admissions (PSA) are not a novel concept, they have gained increased attention and significance in recent years.

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Emergency Live

MARCH 19, 2024

On Saturday, March 16th, a new Exercise was held by Rescue Drones Network Odv This time it was the Puglia Section, in the Belvedere di Caranna – Cisternino (BR) area, which took center stage for a new event aimed at advancing the established program for experimenting with the use of U-space services, provided by @d-flight […] The post Innovation in Relief: Drones and Project SESAR appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Canadian EM

MARCH 19, 2024

Mrs. Vivianne Dubois is an 84-year-old female presenting to your Emergency Department with her daughter. She tells you that she is here because she has been feeling weak and has had a fall. You speak to her daughter and find out that in the past year since her husband’s death, Vivienne has been struggling to take care of herself, requiring assistance with bathing and cooking.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Be sure to check out our previous post on: BRONCHIOLITIS The Problem: Free open access medical education (aka FOAM) is great in that it allows for asynchronous, focused learning. But there are some challenges when it comes to the utilization of FOAM: – Decentralization of FOAM resources – Concerns about the quality of information being presented The Solution: The Systematic Online Academic Resource, or SOAR, review was created in an effort to address some of these limitations.

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EMergucate

MARCH 19, 2024

The abdominal x-ray is from a neonate with vomiting. What can be seen? Answer will be posted later.

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

MARCH 19, 2024

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 19, 2024

One of the aspects of editing Sensible Medicine that I have truly enjoyed is receiving excellent, unsolicited manuscripts. 1 We published one of these a couple of weeks ago by Aleksi Raudasoja titled From Guideline Recommendations to Articulated Harms and Benefits. Even better is when one unsolicited manuscript leads to another. What follows is one of those written by Mariana Barosa.

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