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In this ECG Cases blog, Jesse McLaren and Rajiv Thavanathan explore how ECG and POCUS complement each other for patients presenting to the emergencydepartment with shortness of breath or chest pain. The post ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.
In this EM cases Waiting to Be Seen blog we discuss how to make EmergencyDepartments safe places for transgender patients to access care that is informed and non-judgmental. The post WTBS 13 Transgender Patients: How to Foster a Safer EmergencyDepartment Environment appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.
In this guest Waiting to Be Seen blog by Dr. Gaibrie Stephen, we discover the evidence supporting a more rigorous and professional approach to language translation services as well as some practical available options. The post WTBS 19 Does Poor Access to Language Services Leave EmergencyDepartments Primed for Tragedy?
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Question and Methods: This is a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the safety and efficacy of phenobarbital to benzodiazepines for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the emergencydepartment.
With increasing forest fires, heat waves, floods, storms, vector-borne illnesses and heat waves, the emergencydepartment is uniquely positioned to declare sentinel events, advocate on behalf of vulnerable populations and lead by example.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the EmergencyDepartment (ED). 2022 Nov Guest Skeptics: Dr. Nour Khatib is an emergency physician in Toronto working in community sites Markham Stouffville Hospital and Lakeridge health. Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the EmergencyDepartment (ED).
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After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to trauma in the EmergencyDepartment. Ann Emerg Med. Reference Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. 2023;82(1):55-65.
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Stroke 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rory Spiegel is an EM/CC doctor who splits his time in the EmergencyDepartment and Critical Care department. He also has this amazing #FOAMed blog called EM Nerd. He also has this amazing #FOAMed blog called EM Nerd. It is associated with nausea, vomiting and photophobia.
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After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to infectious diseases in the EmergencyDepartment. More specifically, we identified 1 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions.
Included patients from out-of-hospital, emergencydepartment, intensive care unit, and operating-room intubations. Intubation performed in all settings (out-of-hospital, emergencydepartment, ICU, and operating room). However, in emergencydepartment studies, there were no direct airway injuries related to bougie use.
In this month’s guest blog Dr. Amy Cheng, the EmergencyDepartment Director of Quality Improvement at St. Do they meet a real need for information to guide self-improvement or just scratch our competitive itches? What do we know about the best way to provide feedback?
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Ann Emerg Med 2011; 57(1): 32-3. Managing reent-onset atrial fibrillation in the emergencydepartment. Ann Emerg Med 2011; 57(1): 31-2. Ann Emerg Med 2015; 65(5): 532-9. Cardioversion of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the emergencydepartment. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 33(4): 379-88.
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Fever in the EmergencyDepartment predicts survival of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock admitted to the ICU. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. PMID: 22366046 Sunden-Culberg J et al. Crit Care Med 2017; 45(4): 591-9.
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BMJ 2017 Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. BMJ 2017 Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is otherwise healthy with only sports related injuries.
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Emlyn’s blog and podcast since 2012. Case: You are working the afternoon shift in the paediatric emergencydepartment. Your shift is almost over and the department finally seems to be under control. She is a medical education enthusiast and has been an editor and regular contributor to the St.
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