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The Future of Autonomous EMS Delivery Systems

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1 Self-driving ambulances represent another emerging technology. Autonomous EMS delivery systems offer exciting possibilities to transform emergency medical respons e. References 1. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine , 25(1), 43. Journal of Health Technology Policy, 9(1), 45-59.

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Elbow Dislocations

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1998 Jan-Feb;6(1):15-23. PMID: 32644703 Robinson PM, Griffiths E, Watts AC. 2017 Jul;9(3):195-204. PMID: 29681420 Gottschalk HP, Eisner E, Hosalkar HS. 1999 Jan;13(1):58-9. 2015 Jan;38(1):42-4. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. doi: 10.5435/00124635-199801000-00002. PMID: 9692937 Decker N, Norse A.

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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A) Azithromycin B) Chloramphenicol C) Ciprofloxacin D) Doxycycline E) Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Answer: D This patient presents with fever , headache , malaise , and a maculopapular rash after returning from an area in Southeast Asia where she reports seeing numerous rats.

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Tranq dope (fentanyl-xylazine combination): A new horizon in opioid withdrawal treatment

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Due in large part to the proliferation of anonymous chemical factories able to produce industrial volumes of inexpensive synthetic opioids without opium or other controlled precursors, fentanyl spilled into the United States, Canada, and Europe, heroin soon fell to market forces [1, 2]. Xylazine withdrawal is controversial. 2024 study [16].

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Episode 165 Fish Tongue Parasite: Parasite Appreciation Hour

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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 46(1), pp.19-23. 2017): e1602422. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Cincias, 96(1), p.e20230706. Gompper, Matthew E., Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 66(1), pp.87-90. Pathogens, 9(3), p.230. Carlson, Colin J., ” Science advances 3.9 Rajkumar, M.,

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Communicating with Pediatric Patients in Crisis

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Between 2006-2017 the country saw a 60% rise in pediatric emergency department visits that were related to behavioral health. 1 Notably, these statistics don’t include the substantial increase in behavioral health visits to pediatric emergency departments since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred. References 1. million in 2011 to 7.5

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Ep 160 Appendicitis: Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone?

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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology , 20 (9), pp.615-624. 2016): 1-9. Conficconi, E., BioMed research international , 2017 (1), p.9784565. 2017): 39-57. Thieme, E. .” British medical journal 2.5007 (1956): 1458. Harnoss, J.C., Zelienka, I., Grummich, K., Mueller-Lantzsch, C.,

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