Emergency Live

JANUARY 4, 2024

From Origins to the Sophisticated Care Systems for Legionaries Origins and Development of Roman Military Medicine Medicine in the Roman army underwent significant evolution over the centuries. During the time of Julius Caesar and the conquest of Gaul (58-51 BC), wounded soldiers were left in the camp while the army continued its march.

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Emergency Live

MAY 2, 2024

The Adaptability of Advanced Medical Posts (AMPs) in the Emergency Medical Plan: An Anticipation of the Modern Out-of-Hospital Medical Rescue System Having solved the problem of medical responders, about 280 (doctors, nurses, rescue volunteers, military stretcher bearers, radio operators) and the 18 ambulances, it was necessary to identify places to (..)

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The Trauma Pro

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Researchers from the US Army performed a retrospective registry study on a sample of military casualties over four years. I’m surprised that a military registry could only come up with 75 patients a year to analyze. They identified soldiers who received either room-temperature or cold-stored platelets.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721 Kattih, Z., If only I had a time machine, you think to yourself… Oh, we do! Let’s hop in. Close the tab and choose another option. Zydlewski, A. b) Rewarm Correct.

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The Trauma Pro

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I think we’ll have to look to our military colleagues to pull this one off! What we really need is a study that shows the survival advantage when using liquid plasma compared to thawed. But don’t hold your breath. It will take a large number of patients and some fancy statistical analysis to demonstrate this.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

He will soon be transitioning out of the US military after […] The post SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture? He will soon be transitioning out of the US military after a 20-year career in the Air Force and is soon to be Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at UC San Diego.

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St. Emlyn

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While civilian incidents dominate prehospital care, the intersection of civilian and military […] The post Podcast – Care in the Hot Zone with Claire Park at Tactical Trauma 2024 appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

CEU Pre-Hospital *Military Discounts Available* View Course Dates The post Levitan/Rezaie Practical Airway Course appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. If you do not have a vehicle, van transport will available from the hotel to the course location (approximately a 5 minute drive). Available Credit: 15.00 CME Category 1 15.00

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Initial Rollout America’s Military Health System (MHS) was the first major organization to adopt Red Cross ALS and PALS training. Initially, following an initial “beta test” with military medical students and faculty at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md., This makes the material more relevant to health professionals.

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Emergency Live

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

A 268-page manual with 170 full-color figures and 40 tables for health care providers, military and civilian High-risk situations are realities that humans have had to deal with since time immemorial, but unfortunately they have become more and more frequent in our days: just think of the global war on terrorism and the numerous mass […] The (..)

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Clinical Correlations

APRIL 17, 2023

His oldest is in the military, like he was. By Mercedes Fissore-O’Leary Peer Reviewed I. It is his youngest’s birthday today. Except he served in the navy, in Vietnam. He has a birthday.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It results in the suffering of millions of children, fewer eligible military personnel (a national security risk), and a heavy financial cost burdening every family and business in America. For emergency care, our health care system works like a whistle, but for the biggest health issues facing our country, we’re playing whack-a-mole.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In a 2017 Lancet trial , 10,190 personnel from the UK military were randomized to post-deployment depression screening or no screening. Similar mental health services were available to both groups. Screening had no impact on depression, anxiety, or a host of other mental health outcomes.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For medical school, I would randomly select from college graduates who have achieved a minimum MCAT score and succeeded during at least a year of work in food service or the military. iii] Some of the best trainees and doctors I have ever worked with met these criteria.

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ALiEM

JUNE 5, 2023

Treatment [6, 7] Antimicrobial therapy for cutaneous anthrax without systemic symptoms – treat for 7-10 days Ciprofloxacin 500 mg PO every 12 hours OR Doxycycline 100 mg PO every 12 hours OR Levofloxacin 750 mg PO every 24 hours OR Moxifloxacin 400 mg PO every 24 hours Vaccination [6, 7] Anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA) is licensed for pre-exposure (..)

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PHEM Cast

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

[link] The various devices which Tony discusses are: This video shows the rapidity of infusion entering the circulation from a humeral IO.

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University of Maryland CC Project

JULY 13, 2023

Nick Villalobos, MD is the medical director of the MICU and critical care ultrasound at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. Nick Villalobos, MD is the medical director of the MICU and critical care ultrasound at the San Antonio Military Medical Center.

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ETM Course

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In this episode Andrew Perry interviews Bruce Paix, a very experienced pre-hospital/retrieval (and military) Anaesthetist and trauma expert about haemorrhage control in trauma. This is a great episode with some real pearls.

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Clinical Correlations

JULY 18, 2024

By Dr. Michael Tanner The author, at age 14 in 1968, with pennies on his eyes, wearing a Napoleonic military jacket fashionable at the time. Albums clockwise from top left: After Bathing at Baxter’s (Jefferson Airplane), Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan), Disraeli Gears (Cream), Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles), The Doors, Everything Playing.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Primary and secondary candidate models were selected; the latter was externally validated on patients from the UK military’s Joint Theatre Trauma Registry (JTTR). Results Models were internally tested in 57 979 TARN patients.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 25, 2019

Its use declined in the 1990s and early 2000s, but during the past decade, it has gained the attention of trauma surgeons in military and civilian settings, potentially due to advances in the technology and smaller catheter sizes. The evidence for REBOA is conflicting. Reference: Joseph et al.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 31, 2018

." One may reflect that morally this applies as much to indigenous health workers, or those of a 'Non-Governmental Organization', as it does to the health services of the superpower militaries.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

JANUARY 22, 2024

This month’s update is by the Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. We used a multimodal search strategy, drawing on free open-access medical education resources and literature searches.

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ETM Course

MAY 3, 2017

Based on reasonable quality data from recent military (and some civilian) studies, tourniquet use for the arrest of life-threatening haemorrhage from exsanguinating limb trauma is now being advocated. This post provides some general and specific information and practical tips on tourniquet use. When should I use a tourniquet?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 16, 2022

BMJ 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt Schmitz, Pediatric Orthopedics, Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation Surgeon at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas. Matt Schmitz, Pediatric Orthopedics, Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation Surgeon at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas.

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PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Tarney et al.Outcomes following military traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest: A prospective observational study. Joint Position Statement of Nat Assoc EMS Physicians and ACS Committee on Trauma. Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital cardiopulmonary arrest. J Am Coll Surg; 2003 (1): 106-111.

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EM SIM Cases

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Since leaving the military, Dr. Koo works as an Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Health and Georgetown University. This case comes from Major Alex Koo.

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PHEM Cast

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Tourniquet use in combat trauma: UK military experience. Ketamine in prehospital care. Emerg Med J. 2004 May 1;21(3):351– Brodie S, Hodgetts TJ, Ollerton J, McLeod J, Lambert P, Mahoney P. J R Army Med Corps. 2007 Dec 1;153(4):310–3. Akporehwe NA, Wilkinson PR, Quibell R, Akporehwe KA. Ketamine: a misunderstood analgesic?

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PHEM Cast

MAY 10, 2021

Epidemiology of exertional heat illness in the military: A systematic review of observational studies. J Royal Army Medical Corps, 2018. 164, 287-289. DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2017-000801 Alele FO, Malau-Aduil BS, Malau-Aduli AEO, Crowe MJ. Public Health 2020, 17(19), 7037.

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EMDocs

JUNE 12, 2024

Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood en route to a military medical treatment facility. Emerg Med J. 2016;33(8):569-572. Kyle T, Greaves I, Beynon A, Whittaker V, Brewer M, Smith J. Emerg Med J. 2018;35(3):176-179. Cherry RA, Bradburn E, Carney DE, Shaffer ML, Gabbay RA, Cooney RN.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

More than 200 years old, this event honors those who currently serve or have served in the military. Jennifer Turner (left), Welana Queton, and Ivy Kennedye, the 8-year-old daughter of Oklahoma ACEP Chapter President James Kennedye, are shown at the 2024 Kiowa Black Leggings (Ton Kon Gyat) Ceremonial on Oct. 12–13 in Anadarko, Okla.

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ETM Course

JUNE 28, 2015

This is a potentially lifesaving treatment pioneered by the US military 1 for patients with exsanguinating pelvic and lower limb haemorrhage. Just over a year ago London HEMS performed the first pre-hospital regtrograde endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA).

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

APRIL 25, 2016

Having studied the avoidable causes of death, and finding the erstwhile fears of a prolonged tourniquet time in place to be no longer valid, the military has striven that each man has a tested and chosen tourniquet. The military emergency tourniquet program's lessons learned with devices and designs. Kragh Jr, J. O'Neill, M.

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Critical Care Now

JULY 7, 2024

Military practice guidelines, along with ACEP and the American College of Surgeons, recommend REBOA for traumatic life-threatening hemorrhage below the diaphragm in patients with hemorrhagic shock who are unresponsive or transiently responsive to resuscitation.

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RebelEM

MAY 25, 2023

The Role of Whole Blood Transfusions in Civilian Trauma: A Review of Literature in Military and Civilian Trauma. Resuscitation with Blood Products in Patients with Trauma-Related Haemorrhagic Shock Receiving Prehospital Care (RePHILL): A Multicentre, Open-Label, Randomised, Controlled, Phase 3 Trial. Lancet Haematol 2022. Cureus 2022.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 10, 2022

DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THIS BLOG AND PODCAST DO NOT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE US MILITARY. Bone Joint J 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Matt Schmitz is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 31, 2021

The previous studies also focused on homogenous populations like military members and are therefore less generalizable to the general population. This could reduce some of the potential confounders in prior studies that were exclusively cadavers which may have differences in CWT due to post-mortem changes. Additionally,

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