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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

2017): e1602422. Thomas, Frdric, et al. A molecular phylogenetic framework for the evolution of parasitic strategies in cymothoid isopods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 46(1), pp.19-23. Carlson, Colin J., “Parasite biodiversity faces extinction and redistribution in a changing climate.”

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NAEMSP

JULY 15, 2025

Hershey Medical Center Editors : Alex Blau, DO; Michael DeFilippo, DO, Assistant Professor of EM & EMS, WashU School of Medicine Clinical Case The day after a snowstorm you are working for a rural, advanced life support (ALS) agency and you are called to a 62-year-old gentleman with chest pain. 2017/10/01 2017;10(10):e000032.

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JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

This approach has led to a steady influx of quality applicants from across 40 states, with Memphis hiring over 800 people since 2017 under their revamped program. Having paramedics stuck on ambulances not only limits career growth and fuels burnout but also hampers ALS care efficiency, with ambulances frequently tied up at hospitals.

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ACEP Now

MAY 10, 2025

References Goldsmith A, Driver L, Duggan NM, et al. Newberry MA, et al. Leu N Anderson E et al Safety and Pain Reductiontin Emergency Practitioner Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: A One-Year Retrospective Study Ann Emerg Med 2024,83(1):14-21. Sandoval MV et al. JAMA Netw Open 2024:7(11)1-2444742. Farrow RA, Shalaby M.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Available from: [link] Maradit Kremers H, Larson DR, Crowson CS, et al. 2017 May 26;114(20):347-353. Parvizi J, Tan TL, Goswami K, et al. Statistical Brief #281. Prevalence of Total Hip and Knee Replacement in the United States. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume. 2015;97(17):1386-1397. doi:[link] Patel, I.,

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EMDocs

JULY 7, 2025

Just In Time “Just in time” techniques for chaotic moments Trial these during high-stress times: sim lab, busy shifts, real resuscitations Must be practiced to be effective Based on performance psychology in high-stakes environments 4-Step Performance Process (Lauria et al., 5 seconds) Exhale through pursed lips (e.g.,

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This Podcast Will Kill You

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Randal, et al. Girard-Madoux, Mathilde JH, et al. BioMed research international , 2017 (1), p.9784565. History Biology Ball, Chad G., “Prophylactic surgery prior to extended-duration space flight: Is the benefit worth the risk? ” Canadian journal of surgery 55.2 2012): 125. Paulson, E.K. and Pappas, T.N., Goyal, M.K.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

APRIL 28, 2025

Communicability Marin et al. Burden of Chickenpox on the Health Service Bernal et al. Between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2017, 61,024 hospital admissions related to varicella were identified. Bernal et al. , Bozzola et al. Burden of varicella complications in secondary care, England, 2004 to 2017.

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FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 31, 2024

After reading this awesome paper, we should feel more at ease treating these patients (PMID: 30202496; AHA (Peberdy et al., 2017); PMID: 31914051). The LVAD continues to push blood through without caring for the electrical activity. Therefore, take a breath and calm down. International Consortium Of Circulatory Assist Clinicians.

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JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

A 2017 study in JAMA Internal Medicine stresses the importance of coordinated care pathways in avoiding preventable harm. 2017, November). Rodríguez-Lomba E, Pulido-Pérez A, Ricciardi R, Marcello PW, Kuki I, Nakane S, et al. (1 Leppin AL, Gionfriddo MR, Kessler M, et al. 2022 Sep 20;328(11):1085-1099. 2022.14791.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2025

Dickers K, Bradberry SM, Rice P, et al. 2017 Apr;21(4):224-225. J Med Toxicol. 2010 Dec;6(4):427-30. Das A, Jain V, Mishra A. A brief review on a traditional herb: abrus precatorius Plant. Forensic Med Toxicol Sci. 2016;1(1):1-10. Abrin poisoning. Toxicol Rev. 2003;22(3):137-42. Fodstad O, Olsnes S, Pihl A. Am J Case Rep. Bradberry S.

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JEMS

JULY 23, 2025

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP), (2017). Al-Beltagi, M. 4 min read EMS Equipment & Gear EMS Operations Exclusives Podcasts Videos EMS EMT Louisiana Paramedic Postal Worker Killed in Multi-Vehicle AL Crash A U.S. Autism’s clinical companions: Frequent comorbidities with ASD. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

2014;142(4):685-94 Crowcroft NS, Booy R, Harrison T et al. Prenatal pertussis vaccination coverage in England from January to March 2024 and annual coverage for 2023 to 2024 [Internet] [Accessed 14 Oct 24] Moore K, Marra F, Nussbaum A, et al. 2024 Ghanaie RM, Karimi A, Sadeghi H, et al. Epidemiol Infect. Pediatrics.

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JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

17, 2017, and Chris Cartier was sitting at his computer at Quest Diagnostics, working. 21—It was just after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. Except his right hand wasn’t working well. He got up to use the bathroom — and ran into the corner of one of the cubicles. ” Cartier was having a stroke.

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Article: Chanderraj R, Admon AJ, He Y, et al. PMID: 38739397 Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. PMID: 34790489 Qian ET, Casey JD, Wright A, et al. 2017 Sep;279(1):70-89. PMID: 28856738 Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Kong Y, Halpin AL, Pineles L, Harris AD, Johnson JK. In 2021, Buckley et. 3 The same year, Ross et.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

57 Adapted from: Long B, MacDonald A, Liang SY, et al. link] Rother B, Pierre G, Lombardo D, et al. link] Franco JR, Cecchi G, Priotto G, et al. Biggs H, Behravesh CB, Bradley KK et al. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001114 Okesanya OJ, Olatunji GD, Kokori E, et al. 2023.04.037 Afzal S, Ali L, Batool A, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 21, 2025

Thats exactly what Shane George et al. George S, Williams T, Humphreys S, et al. Children under 16 undergoing emergency intubation between May 2017 and October 2022 were eligible for inclusion if consent could be obtained from their parent or legal guardian either prospectively or retrospectively. Who were the patients?

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JEMS

JULY 9, 2025

Kampden et al. Based on these concepts, Emmerlich et al. Epub 2017 Nov 6. Regardless, it’s important for paramedics to be familiar with situations that would necessitate a field/prehospital amputation, as well as the risks that attend such procedures. Bunyasaranand JC, Espino E, Rummings KA, Christiansen GM. J Emerg Med.

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ACEP Now

JUNE 17, 2025

References Leuchter RK, Delarmente BA, Vangala S, et al. link] Published September 30, 2017. The opinions expressed are his alone, and do not necessarily represent opinions or stances of his employers or affiliates. Health care staffing shortages and potential national hospital bed shortage. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(2):e2460645.

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First Responder Wellness

APRIL 4, 2025

Research shows that first responders have significantly higher rates of chronic stress and post-traumatic stress symptoms than the general population (Bonumwezi et al., A recent meta-analysis found about 26% of first responders screen positive for hazardous alcohol use (Irizar et al., Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 237, 109439.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Kachalia A et al. Blogpost, January, 2017. References / Further Reading: [link] [link] Effects Of A Communication-And-Resolution Program On Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims And Costs. Health Affairs, Vol. 11, Nov 2018. Perspective: Don’t bend the rules for VIP’s. Pilcher CA.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Lindner et al. Durfey et al. West J Emerg Med 2017. Farkas et al. The reason this is clinically important is that if hypocalcemia is present, this may further exacerbate the adverse cardiac effects of hyperkalemia ( Barboza de Oliveira et al Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc 29(3):432-436, 2014 ). References 1.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

APRIL 7, 2025

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ACEP Now

APRIL 14, 2025

Larochelle MR, Bernson D, Land T, et al. Madras BK, Ahmad NJ, Wen J, Sharfstein J, et al. Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy for opioid dependence. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD002209 3. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jun 19;169:137-145 4. Nguyen CMT, Kubiak G, Dixit N, Young SA, Hayes JR.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2025

vs 5.1%; RR Feldman E, et al; 2019. vs 40.6%; p Desborough M, et al; 2017. 0.84) Barletta J, et al; 2016. 0.84) Barletta J, et al; 2016. Kapapa T, et al; 2014. Kapapa T, et al; 2014. Frontera J, et al. Desborough M, et al. vs 25%; p=0.31) No difference in thrombotic events (3.6%

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EMDocs

MAY 27, 2025

doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a025452 Kwiatkowski D, Hill AV, Sambou I, et al. 2008.06.014 Seydel KB, Kampondeni SD, Valim C, et al. Newton PN, Stepniewska K, Dondorp A, et al. 2017;55(7):2009-2017. link] Lampah DA, Yeo TW, Malloy M, et al. doi:10.4103/0972-2327.83101 Pugliese CM, Adegbite BR, Edoa JR, et al.

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This Podcast Will Kill You

JUNE 16, 2025

Todd, James, et al. .” JAMA 257.8 1987): 1094-1095. and Ferguson, A.J., Gram-positive toxic shock syndromes. The Lancet infectious diseases, 9(5), pp.281-290. Davis, Jeffrey P., “Toxic-shock syndrome: epidemiologic features, recurrence, risk factors, and prevention.” ” New England Journal of Medicine Atchade, E.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 8, 2025

A nationwide cohort study from Taiwan (2017–2020) investigated whether maternal VZV reactivation (zona) during pregnancy is linked to adverse neonatal or neurodevelopmental outcomes. Özge A, et al. Schoch JJ, et al. Papamichael MM, et al. Gafner M, et al. Cope J, et al. Weston , et al. Pediatrics.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 10, 2025

New York, Penguin Books; 2017. Okuzono S, Shiba K, Kim E, et al. Miyazaki J, Shirai K, Kimura T, et al. Hodkinson A, Zhou A, Johnson J, et al. Sakamoto JT, Lee J, Lu DW, et al. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022;21:100391. 2020;9(1):533. 2022;378:e070442.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 24, 2019

Peguero JG et al. Left heart catheterizatio (the AL-1 catheter entered the left ventricle during attempts at engaging the anomalous RCA). JL-4 catheter for the left coronary artery Attempts were made to engage the RCA with an AL-1, CAS-1 and CAS-2 without success. The cath lab was activated and the coronaries were normal.

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REBEL EM

MAY 5, 2025

COVERED ON REBEL EM: The AcT Trial TASTE-A and NOR-TEST 2 Tenecteplase for Thrombolysis of AIS EXTEND-IA TNK EXTEND-IA TNK Part II Paper Meng X, Li S, Dai H, et al. References Powers WJ, Rabinstein AA, Ackerson T, et al. PMID: 31662037 Alamowitch S, Turc G, Palaiodimou L, et al. PMID: 35779553 Bala F, Singh N, Buck B, et al.

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This Podcast Will Kill You

JULY 1, 2025

2017): 524-548. A Rainbow Palate: How Chemical Dyes Changed the West’s Relationship with Food. University of Chicago Press, 2020. Buchweitz, M., Straßburger, R., Bechtold, C. and Ulberth, F., Comparison of food colour regulations in the EU and the US: a review of current provisions. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 34(3), pp.335-355.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 14, 2017

Date: June 14th, 2017 I had the pleasure of presenting at the Intra America Emergency Medicine Conference (#IAEMC17) held in Costa Rica last month. I had a fantastic time meeting so many wonderful people from […] The post SGEM Xtra: IAEMC 2017 #Puravida first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Date: October 26, 2023 Reference: Jones et al. Date: October 26, 2023 Reference: Jones et al. Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial placebo-controlled trial. Many pharmacologic treatments have been tried with limited efficacy.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 8, 2023

Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. Wallach et al JAMA Intern Med 2017 , previously reported that subgroup claims are often not corroborated by subsequent studies and rarely confirmed. JAMA Int Med 2023. Managing editor of EM:RAP and Associate Editor at REBEL EM.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 2, 2023

2017 Jun 27;10:197-207. Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome – a review of the literature with focus on clinical management. J Asthma Allergy. doi: 10.2147/JAA.S100379. PMID: 28721077; PMCID: PMC5499953. Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome in a tertiary pediatric center: safety of guideline-conforming food challenges.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Shah 2017] In Turkey, it has a “reliable correlation.” Gültekingil-Keser 2017] Broselow out-performed age-based formulas (Theron, APLS, and Shann) in New Zealand, estimating within 10% of actual weight 73% of the time. link] Lubitz DS, Seidel JS, Chameides L, Luten RC, Zaritsky AL, Campbell FW. and Seaver, M. Rosenberg, M.S.

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