Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2022

Case written and submitted by Brandon Fetterolf MD, edits by Meyers A woman in her early 30s with multiple autoimmune disorders including vasculitis presented with 2-3 hours of mid-left side chest discomfort with radiation to neck and left arm and associated with nausea, diaphoresis and dizziness. Initial ECG on presentation at 1554 (no prior for comparison): What do you think is happening to his 30s woman?

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Cook County EM Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

Background: A 43-year-old otherwise healthy man presented to the ED with ankle pain and swelling. Patient was playing basketball 5 days ago and twisted his left ankle. He initially presented to an outside hospital where he was told he had an “ankle” fracture and was splinted with a short leg posterior splint. He presented to our ED for worsening pain and swelling of his lower leg.

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Ultrasound Gel

APRIL 7, 2022

Intussusception is a big deal and an area where POCUS can potentially make a difference. The literature has been promising, but there hasn't been any definitive studies.until now? The GEL Jr hosts dive into this impressive prospective, multicenter, non-inferiority study and (much like an air enema) they try to get to the bottom of this question to reduce our impacted uncertainty.

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Core Medical Group

APRIL 6, 2022

Whether you’re already a nurse or studying to become a nurse, you’ve undoubtedly heard about travel nursing. It’s gained enormous popularity in recent years, and it’s become a hot topic in the medical field due to the variety of benefits it offers.

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Board Bombs

APRIL 3, 2022

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: emrapidbombs.supercast.com. Dr. O’Brien joins us again this week to change the way you think about abdominal pain. This podcast isn’t very board relevant, but who cares. Clinical practice changing? Yep you betcha. Want to experience the greatest in board studying?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 2, 2022

Date: March 31st, 2022 Reference: Butt et al. Take-Pause: Efficacy of mindfulness-based virtual reality as an intervention in the pediatric emergency department. AEM March 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and is a pulmonary embolism […] The post SGEM#363: View Master – Virtual Reality Immersion Tool to Reduce Pediatric Anxiety fir

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EMergucate

APRIL 6, 2022

A 67 year old female is BIBA as a priority 1 OHCA. There is limited history from the paramedics. They report the husband found the patient unresponsive.

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JournalFeed

APRIL 2, 2022

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 28 - April 1, 2022. Heads up! For continued access to all the JournalFeed has to offer will require you to be a member as of April 4th, 2022. Check out journalfeed.org for details. Show notes: SIM for Cric’s Spoon Feed: A high-fidelity simulation training program was very effective in training anesthesiologists to place invasive subglottic airways; skill retention was outstanding as well.

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Critical Care Now

APRIL 5, 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes Simon Taxel NRP, BA Simon is a paramedic, crew chief, and public safety diver with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS. He also serves as a medical specialist on Pennsylvania USAR Strike Team 1, a contributing author for a variety of EMS platforms, a public speaker, and a harm reduction advocate The Pre-brief Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are caused by blunt and or penetrating forces that impact the brain and disrupt its function.

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EMergucate

APRIL 3, 2022

The following chest x-ray request reads ’70 year old with central chest pain. Consolidation?

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EMergucate

APRIL 3, 2022

Question 1: PH = 7.55, that is moderate alkalaemia. pCO2 = 23 mmHG, so we have respiratory alkalosis. This can be acute or chronic respiratory alkalosis.

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EMergucate

APRIL 4, 2022

A 67 year old female is BIBA as a priority 1 OHCA. There is limited history from the paramedics. They report the husband found the patient unresponsive.

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EMergucate

APRIL 3, 2022

55 year old man was found unresponsive, his blood gases showed the following: PH = 7.

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Critical Care Now

APRIL 7, 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rachel Rafeq Emergency medicine pharmacist and toxicology enthusiast. Trained in medication safety and I apply that to everything. I love photography and world schooling my kids. The Pre-brief Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a common arrhythmia with a prevalence of 2 per 1000 adults SVT is an umbrella category of rhythm abnormalities that includes atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, sinus tachycardia, atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, and atrioventricul

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