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Knowing When to Stop

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Opioid Overdose Categorization

Peter Canning

“Addicts take opiates and other sedatives specifically to induce a pleasant stupor. If they’re lethargic and hard to arouse, but still breathing effectively, it’s not an overdose. It’s a dose.” –Boston paramedic This is a quote I included in a presentation I put together for the state of Connecticut back in 2014 when we designed a curriculum to teach BLS providers how to use naloxone.

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GundersenAIR Becomes First Flight EMS to Adopt OneDose Technology

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ACEP Clinical Policy on Outpatient Mgmt. of Adults with Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure

ACEP Now

On January 22, 2025, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP Clinical Policies Committee on the outpatient management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with asymptomatic elevated blood pressure. This Clinical Policy was published in the July 2025 issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine , can be found on ACEP’s website , and will be included in the ECRI Guidelines Trust , upon its acceptance.

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CO Will Give $3 Million Grant to Boost Naloxone Supply as Data Shows Drop in Overdose Deaths

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ECG Pointers: Pain Free but Not Worry Free

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Author: Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD ( EM Attending Physician, APD, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA) // Reviewer: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Hello and welcome back to ECG Pointers, a series designed to make you more confident in your ECG interpretations. This week, we feature a post from Dr. Tannenbaum’s ECG Teaching Cases , a free ECG resource. Please check it out.

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NY Town Board Gives Conditional OK for Ambulance District

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How Sensory Modulation Therapy Is Transforming Mental Health Support for First Responders

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JEMS Managing Editor Jeff Frankel sits down with occupational therapist Bonnie Eckman and paramedic leader Alanna Badgley to explore sensory modulation therapy.

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Aerospace Medicine Residency Program Pushes the Envelope

ACEP Now

Although emergency medicine and aerospace medicine may, at first glance, seem like two fields worlds apart, both share a common goal: managing critical, life-threatening situations where quick thinking, expertise, and collaboration are essential. Emergency physicians are known for their ability to make rapid decisions in high stress environments, often with limited resources and information.

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Trash Truck Hits Boy, 9, in MA

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Pediatric’s Gastroenteritis & Intravenous Glucose

Emergency Medicine Education

In cases of hyperemesis gravidarum, our initial approach typically involves administering glucose-containing solutions to address ketosis. A recent study published in Pediatric Emergency Care demonstrated that, in the pediatric population, higher intravenous glucose administration was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization and lower rates of return visits.

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Bobby Sherman, Teen Idol-Turned-Medic, Dies at 81

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Lightning rounds 54: Medical musicians with Andrew Schulman

Critical Care Scenarios

Andrew Schulman, medical musician, former ICU patient, and president of the Medical Musician Initiative, tells us how music can help the critically ill. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Andrew Schulman, medical musician, former ICU patient, and president of the Medical Musician Initiative , tells us how music can help the critically ill. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy!

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Five Months Later, Philadelphia Is Still Recovering from Air Ambulance Crash

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Nearly five months after a deadly plane crash devastated Northeast Philadelphia, residents are still struggling with trauma, financial hardship, and inadequate aid.

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Special Episode: Professor Steven Mithen & The Language Puzzle

This Podcast Will Kill You

From the earliest grunts and gestures to the complex sentences we use today to convey a multitude of concepts, language has evolved to become one of humanity’s most powerful tools. It allows us to connect, create, conspire, control, console, catch up, and so much more. How did we come to have this uniquely human trait? What anatomical changes or cultural developments were necessary for language to evolve?

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Sus 4 CO

EMS 20/20

Hey wait. that's not Oxygen! Call an emergency meeting! Does the crew in this week's episode get to the bottom of the problem BEFORE it's too late? Listen and find out on this OD turned CO! Hey wait. that's not Oxygen! Call an emergency meeting! Does the crew in this week's episode get to the bottom of the problem BEFORE it's too late? Listen and find out on this OD turned CO!

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