The Trauma Pro

MAY 17, 2023

The Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC) was introduced by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to improve the care of trauma patients in rural communities. It is a staple of education for Level III and IV trauma centers in rural areas. Like everything else, most courses were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, polled its local referral hospitals and discovered that the majority felt a significant need for continuing, in-per

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question?

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Science Based Medicine

MAY 17, 2023

Using AI systems for pattern recognition in early diagnosis of dementia shows the potential of this tool. The post AI as a Diagnostic Tool first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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EMCrit

MAY 17, 2023

More on burnout with an expert. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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PulmCCM

MAY 17, 2023

This is to all of you who took a chance and pledged subscriptions or subscribed to help bring PulmCCM back. And especially to those who wrote notes along with their pledges saying such nice things supporting Jon and my efforts in building the site. Writing for PulmCCM has usually felt rewarding for its own sake but it’s also been very solitary.

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EM Ottawa

MAY 17, 2023

Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 O’Rielly CM, et al. Can J Cardiol. 2023 Mar;39(3):304-310. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.12.028. Question and Methods: The authors conducted a systematic review to identify and synthesize prognostic performance of chest pain risk scores amongst patients with negative primary ACS events, as defined by high sensitivity troponin assays.

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ALiEM

MAY 17, 2023

The 2023 Emergency Medicine Match was an unprecedented year that took many of us in the education community by surprise. There were 132 (46%) EM residency programs with at least one unfilled PGY-1 position, and there were 554 (18.4%) overall unfilled EM positions. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (EM program director at Stanford) hosts this important episode with Dr.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 17, 2023

In the summer of 2022, fears of monkeypox ran rampant. A number of public health experts turned to Twitter to provide commentary. We went through those tweets and judged them based on accuracy. The results are a damning indictment of public health. Here are the highlights, but check out the full paper here if you haven’t already. In case you’ve forgotten, think back to the summer and fall of 2022.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 17, 2023

Can’t get enough of Bubble Wrap? The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric journal club reading list from Anke Raaijmakers, working with Professor Jaan Toelen and his team at the University Hospitals in Leuven. This comprehensive list is developed from 34 journals, including major and subspecialty paediatric journals. We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research.

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