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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

10 Table 1: Second-Generation Antipsychotics and Associated Adverse Effects Adapted from: UpToDate 8 with additional sources Micromedex 9 and Riboldi, et al 11 *SL=sublingual, IM=intramuscular, PO=oral, ODT=orally disintegrating tablets, ER=extended release, IR=immediate release. +to New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2019.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Kochanek et al. explored the evidence in a 2019 systematic review, which forms part of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, as did Utsumi et al. The guidelines by Kochanek et al. The most recent meta-analysis by Utsumi et al. 2022.01291 Kochanek PM, Tasker RC, Carney N, et al. 2019 Apr;20(4):404].

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Biggins SW, Angeli P, Garcia-Tsao G, et al. Mattos AA, Wiltgen D, Jotz RF, et al. Aithal GP, Palaniyappan N, China L, et al. 2019 Jan 14;11:13-22. Angeli P, Bernardi M, Villanueva C, et al. Arvaniti V, D’Amico G, Fede G, et al. Chinnock B, Hendey GW, Minnigan H, et al. Hepatology. Long B, Koyfman A.

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JULY 7, 2025

Perkins ZB, Greenhalgh R, Avest E, et al. Sutori D, Erdelyi LS, Uri I, et al. Dorsett M, Allen H, Garbacz H, et al. Baker PO, Karim SR, Smith SW, et al. Perkins ZB, Greenhalgh R, Avest E, et al. This was a retrospective study from the London Air Ambulance (LAA) service for the 21-year period from 1999-2019.

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JUNE 10, 2025

Proctor A, Billing J, Lyttle M, et al. 2019 May 9 [doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208] Australasian Journal of Paramedicine [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 Mar 17];15(1). Available from: [link] Burr S, Brodier E: Integrating feedback into medical education. Br J HospMed 2010, 71:520–523. Emergency Medicine Journal 2025;42:352-359.

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JUNE 10, 2025

Proctor A, Billing J, Lyttle M, et al. 2019 May 9 [doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208]. Improving Paramedic Confidence with Paediatric Patients: A Scoping Review. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 Mar 17];15(1). Available from: [link]. Emergency Medicine Journal 2025;42:352-359. Pollard J, Black S.

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APRIL 28, 2025

Communicability Marin et al. Burden of Chickenpox on the Health Service Bernal et al. Bernal et al. , Bozzola et al. 2019 Oct 17;24(42). Available from: [link] Bozzola E, Tozzi AE, Bozzola M, Krzysztofiak A, Valentini D, Grandin A, et al. 2019 [cited 2025 Jan 15]. Eurosurveillance. doi:10.3345/cep.2021.01564

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JULY 3, 2025

Abelsson et al., Bienstock et al. (16 Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences , 10 (1), 12–15. Narayanan, A., Rajithakumar, S., & & Menon, M. Talent Management and Employee Retention: An Integrative Research Framework. Human Resource Development Review , 18 (2), 228–247. The Academy of Management Review, 17(2), 183–211.

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JUNE 23, 2025

Olivia Webb October 3, 2019 [link] 21. 2019, 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. Lessons Learned from the United States of America for Developing Countries: Pan American Health Organization, December 2003.

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JULY 23, 2025

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. References 1. World Health Organization (WHO). World Health Organization. McCarthy, M. Cicero, M. Leventhal, J. & Weitzman, C. Zablotsky, B., Freedman, B., &

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Similarly, the global vaccine coverage of children who received a first dose of measles vaccine was 83% in 2023, compared to pre-pandemic levels of 86% in 2019. A review of child deaths in England and Wales from 2019 to 2022 revealed that delayed or missed vaccinations were a contributing factor in 3% of cases. 2010;375(9716):2134-45.

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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. 2019 Jul;3(7):520-531. 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. 57 Table 2. Malaria treatment options. 2024;77:7-16.

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Broome Docs

JANUARY 27, 2025

100% seems too good to be true Morello et al., 2019 Jan;36(1):2-3. Clin Exp Allergy. 2024 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/cea.14565. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39383344 Profundus Trial – Can we actually exclude acute aortic syndromes with this protocol? Diagnosis of acute aortic syndromes with ultrasound and D-dimer: the PROFUNDUS study.

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JULY 21, 2025

2019 Cochrane review: 24 studies, 2664 patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema; NNT 17 to prevent death and NNT to prevent intubation (Berbenetz). Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, et al. Collins S, Storrow AB, Albert NM, et al. Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, et al. Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, et al.

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JEMS

JULY 9, 2025

Kampden et al. Based on these concepts, Emmerlich et al. Epub 2019 Nov 17. 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. Emmerich BW, Stilley JAW, Sampson CS, Horn BG, Pollock KE, Stilley JD.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Open-access image reference: By Giovanni Maki, derived from a CDC image at [link] – Basáñez M-G, Pion SDS, Churcher TS, Breitling LP, Little MP, et al. Ehrlich JR, Ramke J, Macleod D, et al. link] Vinkeles Melchers NVS, Stolk WA, Van Loon W, et al. 0009604 Taylor MJ, Awadzi K, Basáñez MG, et al. volvulus life cycle.

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ACEP Now

JUNE 17, 2025

References Leuchter RK, Delarmente BA, Vangala S, et al. link] Published November 24, 2019. 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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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

From VPS Connolly et al JACC, 1999 ) Major benefit to pacing! From VPS II Connolly et al JAMA, 2003 ) Answer: No significant reduction in syncope!! There was a randomized trial to determine whether pacemakers could benefit patients with vasovagal syncope, aptly named The North American Vasovagal Pacemaker Study (VPS).

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DECEMBER 7, 2024

Power WJ, Rabinstein AA, Ackerson T, et al. Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Kearon C, Akl EA, Comerota AJ, et al. Konstantinides SV, Meyer G, Becattini C, et al. 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Konstantinides SV, Meyer G, Becattini C, et al. Intern Med J. 2014;44(4):339-344.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Lindner et al. Durfey et al. Farkas et al. As I emphasized in the March 19, 2019 post the characteristic ECG picture of hypocalcemia is that of a flat a nd prolonged ST segment, at the end of which occurs a surprisingly normal-looking T wave. References 1. Eur J Emerg Med 2020. West J Emerg Med 2017.

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APRIL 28, 2025

Read More LITFL: [link] REBEL EM: [link] References Jain A et al. PMID: 20157454 Menchine M et al. PMID: 21951652 Uysal E et al. PMID: 26658635 Mahmoud H et al. PMID: 35371883 Tang S et al. PMID: 38431760 Triplett KE et al. Anaesth Intensive Care 2019; 47(2): 120-7. Int J Emerge Med 2009; 2: 117-20.

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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. 2019 Oct 1;322(13):1310-1312 7. 2019 Dec;74:257-265 10. Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy for opioid dependence. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD002209 3. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Apr 9.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Jan 2015; PMID: 25559473 Airapetian N, et al. Di Nicol P, et al. Mar 2023; PMID: 36983218 Feissel M, et al. Sep 2004; PMID: 15045170 Luecke T, et al “PEEP and cardiac output.” ” Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency MedicineAPICE: Oct 1005; PMID: 16356246 Bilgili B, et al.

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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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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In a prospective multi-centre study, Berger et al. Rowlands et al. Hodder et al. BMJ 2024; 385 Unpublished data from national audit on behalf of PCCS-SG Paddock CD, Sanden GN, Cherry JD, et al. Namachivayam et al. 2007;8:207211 Garoudet et al. 2012 May 7;11(1):70 Berger et al. Nieves et al.

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JUNE 2, 2025

In: Nelson LS, et al., New York: McGraw-Hill; 2019. Available at: [link] Akakpo JY, Ramachandran A, Duan L, et al. PMID: 30903181 Akakpo JY, Ramachandran A, Kandel SE, et al. PMID: 31785979 Kang AM, Padilla-Jones A, Fisher ES, et al. References Hendrickson RG, McKeown NJ. Chapter 33. Acetaminophen. Toxicol Sci.

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EMDocs

MAY 27, 2025

30 Two vaccines are recommended: RTS,S and R21 Between 2019 and 2023, distribution of the vaccine in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi resulted in statistically significant 22% reduction in children hospitalized with severe malaria and 13% reduction of all cause mortality. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a025452 Kwiatkowski D, Hill AV, Sambou I, et al.

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This Podcast Will Kill You

JUNE 16, 2025

Todd, James, et al. History Biology Vostral, Sharra L. “ Toxic shock: A social history. ” Toxic Shock. New York University Press, 2018. Wasmuth, S., and Brügger, J., Menstrual toxic shock syndrome: case report and systematic review of the literature. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(9), pp.e313-e321. ” JAMA 257.8

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

2019 Nov;29(4):581-594. Epub 2019 Aug 26. 2019 Mar;57(2):439-451. Callen AL, Timpone VM, Schwertner A, Zander D, Grassia F, Lennarson P, Seinfeld J, Lillehei KO, Birlea M, Thaker AA. Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2019.07.006.

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EMDocs

JUNE 14, 2025

2020.8788 Wyne KL, Nair L, Schneiderman CP, et al. Hypothyroidism Prevalence in the United States: A Retrospective Study Combining National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and Claims Data, 2009-2019. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvac172 Bellocchi C, Carandina A, Montinaro B, et al. 40191 Somers EC, Marder W, Cagnoli P, et al.

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MAY 31, 2025

Rosh Review Website Link Further Reading: Further FOAMed: [link] [link] [link] References: Fakhoury M, Negrulj R, Mooranian A, Al-Salami H. doi:10.1155/2019/7247238 Shan Y, Lee M, Chang EB. 2013.05.050 Gajendran M, Loganathan P, Jimenez G, et al. 2023.102173 Segal JP, LeBlanc JF, Hart AL. J Inflamm Res. 2014;7:113-120.

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JUNE 2, 2025

Article 1: Lung-Protective Ventilation for Paediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Wong JJM, Dang H, Gan CS, et al. Reviewed by the PICSTAR team Article 2: Prediction of good neurological outcome after return of circulation following paediatric cardiac arrest Scholefield BR, Tijssen J, Ganesan SL, et al. Crit Care Med.

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APRIL 29, 2025

Paper Meng X, Li S, Dai H, et al. References Powers WJ, Rabinstein AA, Ackerson T, et al. 2019 Dec;50(12):e440-e441. 2019 Dec;50(12):e440-e441. PMID: 31662037 Alamowitch S, Turc G, Palaiodimou L, et al. PMID: 35779553 Bala F, Singh N, Buck B, et al. PMID: 37428494 Bivard A et al. Eur Stroke J.

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JUNE 23, 2025

However, organizations like the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) now recommend daily corticosteroid-containing inhalers to reduce the risk of severe exacerbations ( Reddel 2019 ). Paper LaForce C et al. PMID: 34668718 Crossingham I, Turner S, Ramakrishnan S, et al. PMID: 34282031 Reddel HK, FitzGerald JM, Bateman ED, et al.

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