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EMS1 | From the ED to the edge: How Dr. Darria Long found her rhythm — and how EMS can find theirs

American Ambulance Association

From the ED to the edge: How Dr. Darria Long found her rhythm — and how EMS can find theirs For many of us in EMS, the term “crazy busy” […] The post EMS1 | From the ED to the edge: How Dr. Darria Long found her rhythm — and how EMS can find theirs appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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SGEM #479: Light Em Up Up Up (CT) or Not for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is passionate about paediatric EM, wellbeing and medical education. Case: A ten-year-old boy presents to your emergency department (ED) after being involved in a motor vehicle collision at high speed. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) tells you that he was properly restrained.

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

EMDocs

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 52-year-old male with a history of essential hypertension presents to your South Texas ED for his second visit this week complaining of indolent fever, shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and a rash on his trunk and extremities. .: Infect Dis Rep.

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What can you find with continuous ST monitoring in the ED?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This was written by one of our fine residents, who will soon be an EMS fellow: Michael Perlmutter Case A mid-50s male came to the ED with a burning sensation that was acutely worse while at home. He came to the ED at the urging of his wife.

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SGEM#458: Hurt So Good –Ketamine Can Make the Hurt so Good – If used as an Adjunct to Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY. He is the Vice Chair of the Emergency Department and Program Director of the EM residency program at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY, the safety net hospital for Nassau County. AEM Oct 2024. AEM Oct 2024.

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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

EMDocs

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 73-year-old female is brought in by EMS for abdominal pain, vomiting, and weakness for two days. A 75-year-old woman who is bedridden after a stroke presents to the ED from a nursing facility with abdominal pain and constipation. 10.1007/s00384-021-03971-1.

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Ep 205 Leading from the Inside Out: Building Teams, Trust and Purpose in Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Cases

Howard Ovens, on leading from the inside out, we cover foundational principles, practical habits, and transformative insights that can make any member of an ED team a more effective, compassionate, and adaptive leader.

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