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What is a Doctor’s Role?

33 Charts

This sounds like a crazy question. But it really isn’t. What does a doctor do? What’s my job with my patients. What is a doctor’s role? Some of what I do is transactional. Simple stuff with clear end-points. Some of it involves critical conversations and deeper kinds of thinking, planning, and translating. Breaking my job down into different roles I got to thinking about what I do on a daily basis.

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ECG Cases 26: Pulmonary Embolism and Acute RV Strain

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this month's ECG Cases Dr. Jesse McLaren runs through 10 cases and explains how the ECG can be integral in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism, even though it is not incorporated into any of the commonly used decision tools for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. The post ECG Cases 26: Pulmonary Embolism and Acute RV Strain appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Don’t forget to resist the phish!

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! October is national #cybersecurity month and we want you to help us celebrate by joining our contest. Follow the link to enter and have the chance to win a Bluetooth speaker. The winner will be announced on November 1st – you won’t want to miss this! Enter to Win!

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EMS Troponin | Distal DVT Risk | POCUS COVID-19 | Antivirals Pedi Flu | D-dimer for VTE COVID-19

JournalFeed

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of October 11-15, 2021. We cover EMS drawing the first troponin en route, the danger of distal DVT, POCUS for COVID-19, antivirals for sicker children in the hospital, and the utility of D-dimer in COVID-19 patients.

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The Importance of Risk Management in Healthcare

Advanced Medical Reviews

Strong risk management strategies can help healthcare facilities operate better while also improving the care they provide to their patients.

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EM Quick Hits 33 Polytrauma Tips & Tricks, Toxic Megacolon, ECG in PE, Patch Calls, CT Before LP, Nebulized Ketamine

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast, Anand Swaminathan on tips and tricks in polytrauma, Rohit Mohindra on diagnosis and management of toxic megacolon, Jesse McLaren on ECG in pulmonary embolism, Victoria Myers on approach to the patch call for cardiac arrest, Brit Long on when to do a CT head before LP, Salim Rezaie on nebulized ketamine - the ketaBAN study.

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Imaging Case of the Week 483

EMergucate

The following hand x-rays are from a 30 year old who has fallen from a roof sustaining hand injury.

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Intermediate-Value CTCA?

EM Literature of Note

Pervasive use of CT coronary angiography has been an unnecessary feature of the evaluation of patient with low-risk chest pain for the better part of a decade now. The argument behind its use – a normal examination confers a durable protective effect – is obviously nonsensical, as this bestows agency upon the test itself. Obviously, in a low-risk population with rare adverse outcomes, there can be no reasonable expectation of value in testing.

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ECG of the Week – 20th October 2021 – Interpretation

EMergucate

The ECG below is from a 66 year old diabetic man who has presented with sepsis.

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Journal Club - Physician Depression and Suicide

Downeast Emergency Medicine

Background Suicide is disturbingly prevalent among patients we care for in the Emergency Department. It is unfortunately also common among physicians. Most estimates suggest that approximately 400 physicians die by suicide annually. Physicians also have a higher rate of suicide than the general population. Male physicians have a 40% increased risk of suicide compared to their age-matched peers and female physicians have a 130% increased risk.

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Lab case 342

EMergucate

20 year old man presented with increasing tiredness. His venous blood gases showed the following: PH = 7.

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ECG of the Week – 20th October 2021

EMergucate

The ECG below is from a 66 year old diabetic man who has presented with sepsis.

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