Mount Sinai EM

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Summary Summary The Lisfranc joint is made of the first four metatarsals, cuneiforms and cuboid and associated ligaments A Lisfranc injury is any disruption of the joint The mechanism of injury (axial load on plantarflexed foot, rotational force, crush injury) should increase suspicion for this injury Familiarize yourself with the normal foot x-ray as findings for a Lisfranc injury can be subtle Management depends on the severity of injury and should involve a discussion with your orthopedic sur

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EMCrit

DECEMBER 29, 2022

For this last podcast of the year, I had a couple of pieces that were going to become Wees, but I thought I would combine them for synergistic goodness and make this end-of-year podcast. Today, we speak about some tips from a EM Surgical Intensivist and discussion of a brand new sedative, Remimazolam. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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NRC Health

DECEMBER 29, 2022

NRC Health appreciates the opportunity to guide you in trends and competitive insights to help you engage your patients and employees to drive loyalty and retention. The post 2022 Highlights: Helping you put Human Understanding into practice appeared first on NRC Health.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A number of dental waterlines have been found to contain waterborne bacteria, infecting children with nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM). This caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a health advisory on bacteria in the pipes of dental facilities. Dental Waterlines and Infections. Biofilms containing bacteria can easily develop in dental waterlines.

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Core Medical Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in April 2017 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. These 3 simple lessons will help you land the best travel nursing job ever – whether it’s your first time or fifteenth time!

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Board Bombs

DECEMBER 25, 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. Happy Holidays and New Year’s to our listeners! Thank you for what you do for your patients each day. We appreciate you listening. We decided to re-publish one of our most popular episodes from 2022 as a throw-back.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The pelvic x-ray shows: Right iliac wing fracture Right acetabular fracture Right inferior pubic ramus fracture Diastasis of the pubic … Continue reading →

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RebelEM

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common reasons for anti-microbial use (Tan, 2016). However, the optimal treatment duration for UTI in men is not well studied, and current practice guidelines are based on historical dogma. One clinical trial demonstrates that afebrile UTI can be treated successfully with antibiotics for seven days in women, but that seven days is inferior to 14 days during short-term follow-up and non-inferior during long-term follow-up (van Nieuwkoop

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Universal Human Rights Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whether our nationality, place of residency, sex, national or eth.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

ECG of the Week 21st December 2022 – Interpretation Looking at the rhythm strip, there is sinus rhythm, interspersed with … Continue reading →

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The hand x-ray is from a 30-year-old with wrist pain following fall on outstretched hand. What can be seen?

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This is one of the serial ECGs on a 66 year old man who presented to ED following post-coital exertion.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Answers: PH = 7.579, that is severe alkalaemia HCO3 = 45 mmol/L. So, we have metabolic alkalosis. Next, we need to calculate the expectation.

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EMergucate

DECEMBER 27, 2022

48-year-old alcoholic woman presented with confusion; her venous blood gases showed the following: PH = 7.

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