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SGEM #470: Here We Go Up Up Up or Lateral for Infant Lumbar Punctures

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Reference: Pessano S, et al. Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. December 2023 Date: February 7, 2025 Dr. Lauren Rosenfeld Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Rosenfeld is a PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at George Washington University. She is also a new podcast host for Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA) Cast Series.

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What to Include in Your Tactical Medical Kit

SSCOR

Each year, the number of active shooter incidents seems to climb. Hardly a week goes by without a broadcast reporting a gun-wielding assailant leaving behind a trail of victims. In 2023 alone, the Federal Bureau of Investigation designated 48 active shooter incidents. There were 50 in 2022.

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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Willy Frick Disclaimer at the outset: Some aspects of this case are not completely clear to me, and approach being unknowable. I've presented the case as best I understand it, but I can see good arguments for other interpretations. A woman in her late 60s presented after a car crash. Her husband was driving and she was a passenger. They were hit at high speed.

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