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An Overview of Chest Trauma in Children

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Chest trauma in children can result in serious injuries and poor outcomes. Managing chest injuries in children can be challenging, but being prepared makes all the difference. This overview will guide you through the key steps in assessing and managing paediatric chest trauma, with practical tips to help you stay ahead in those high-stakes moments. Olly and Milly, both new to golf, were practising their swings at home with their dad’s golf club.

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Balancing Work and Personal Life as a First Responder

First Responders Foundation

For most people, work-life balance means leaving the office at five and unplugging until the next day. For first responders, firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMTs, and dispatchers, that boundary is never so clear-cut. When your work revolves around emergencies, shift work, and the unpredictable, balancing your career and personal life can feel nearly impossible as a first responder.

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Martin County (FL) Fire Rescue Streamlines EMS Operations with Hinckley Medical’s OneDose Clinical Workflow Platform

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 123: Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema

EMDocs

Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long, MD ( @long_brit) , we cover sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary edema (SCAPE). Episode 123: Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema What is this? SCAPE is a subset of acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS) associated with rapid onset of respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, and hypertension. What is different with SCAPE compared to other types of AHFS?

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REBEL Core Cast 137.0: A Simple Approach to Sinus Tachycardia

REBEL EM

🧭 REBEL Rundown 📌 Key Points 🩺 Sinus Tachycardia = Clinical Clue: Don’t just treat the number—it’s a sign of underlying physiologic stress. 🧮 Oxygen Delivery Equation: HR ↑ may compensate for ↓ hemoglobin, O₂ sat, or cardiac output. Know: 👉 DO₂ = CO x Hb x Sat + 0.003(pO₂) 🗂️ Systematic 8-Point Evaluation: 🫁 Airway/Hypoxia, 🌬️ Breathing , 💉 Circulation, &#x

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The Kids Are Alright

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Can we avoid casting for suspected scaphoid fractures? A multicenter randomized controlled trial

EMOttawa

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Cohen A, et al. J Orthop Traumatol. 2025 Mar 5;26(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s10195-025-00822-5. Question and Methods: Authors tested if bandaging was noninferior to casting for suspected scaphoid fractures by conducting a multicenter RCT with 180 adult patients. Findings: Bandaging was noninferior to casting for QDASH at 3 months: 8.7 vs 6.5 (adjusted estimated difference QDASH score 0.30 (95% […] The post Can we avoid casting for suspected scaphoid fractures?

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Howship-Romberg sign

Life in the Fastlane

Mike Cadogan Howship-Romberg sign Howship-Romberg sign: pain and paraesthesia along the distribution of the obturator nerve (medial thigh to knee); a clinical indicator of obturator nerve compression, commonly due to an obturator hernia

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PA County Wrestles with Emergency Response Shortages Following Hospital Closure

JEMS

Healthcare providers, lawmakers and other stakeholders are adapting new approaches to cover gaping healthcare holes left in Delaware County after the demise of its largest health system, Crozer Health.

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CCR Down Under 2025

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Chris Nickson CCR Down Under 2025 The CCR Down Under 2025 conference will be held in Melbourne on December 9th and 10th, 2025. Registrations are open!

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CT 2-Year-Old in Critical Condition After Near Drowning in Pool

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Woman Dies in Accident Involving Boat Propeller at CO State Park

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HI Woman, 25, Killed in Head-On Collision With 18-Wheeler

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A 25-year-old woman is in critical condition after she drove the wrong way on the H1 freeway near the Punahou on-ramp and collided head on with an 18-wheeler.

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