Sat.Jun 28, 2025

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Predictors of Difficult Bag Valve Mask Ventilation

SSCOR

As a foundational tool in the basic airway management toolkit, bag valve mask ventilation can save lives, relieve patient stress, and make transport easier. Bag valve mask ventilation is appropriate when a patient shows signs of hypoxic respiratory failure, apnea, or hypoxically induced altered mental states. Patients who are hyperventilating or have sustained injuries that reduce respiratory effort may also require ventilation.

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EM@3AM: Bradypnea

EMDocs

Authors: Hailey VanRonzelen (MS-3, Kansas City University, RN-BSN); Jessica Pelletier, DO, MHPE (Assistant Professor of EM/Assistant Residency Director, Mizzou – Columbia, MO) // Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine , UMass Chan Medical School) ; Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited review

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SGEM#478: If I Were a Man: Sex-Based Disparities in the Treatment of STIs

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Reference: Solnick et al. Sex Disparities in Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Treatment in US Adult Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM June 2025 Date: June 24, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Suchismita Datta. She is an Assistant Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the NYU Grossman Long Island Hospital Campus.

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Reflecting on Four Decades at ACEP’s Council

ACEP Now

Dr. Wilcox ACEP member David Wilcox, MD, FACEP, attended his first ACEP Council meeting in 1982 when the College had about 10,000 members. With almost 40,000 members today, Dr. Wilcox said technology has changed how the meeting is conducted and how members communicate with each other, but the general goals are the same. “It’s still a culture of energetic debate and shared purpose,” he said.

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RES101: Decoding Scientific Literature

FOAMfrat

In medicine, change is the only constant. New research continuously challenges current beliefs and introduces better, safer, or more effective ways to care for our patients. Being able to understand and interpret scientific literature means we don’t have to wait for protocols to catch up—we can be informed, adaptable clinicians who are ready to advocate for care that is backed by evidence, not just habit.

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How ACEP Councillors are Chosen

ACEP Now

The process by which ACEP Councillors are selected from Chapters varies from state to state, with each chapter customizing its approach based on its size, structure, and governance style. Each ACEP Chapter is awarded one Councillor. An additional Councillor is awarded for every 100 members. California is ACEP’s largest Chapter with nearly 3,500 members.

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Hyperkalemia treatment options

Emergency Medicine Education

It is encouraging to see how data have informed such a critical concept in acute care medicine. Hyperkalemia is a life-threatening condition surrounded by significant clinical uncertainty and misconceptions. The lack of high-quality evidence regarding which agents are truly effective has long posed a challenge. This systematic review brings together the available evidence to clarify what works and what does not.

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Three Injured When Bus Carrying Ketchikan (AK) Cruise Ship Passengers Collides With SUV

JEMS

Three people were injured, one critically, when a school bus carrying dozens of cruise ship passengers collided with an SUV on Thursday morning in Ketchikan, authorities said.

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Day in the City

Peter Canning

The heat wave supposedly ended two days ago, but here I am sweltering in an ambulance sitting in the parking lot behind CVS. My phone says its 79 degrees, but there is no shade, no wind, the humidity is heavy and the AC isn’t worth s**t. I had to go to bed early last night to get up at 4:50 to make it in for my 5:30-17:30 shift. I packed a water bottle with ice, but the ice is all melted and there is just a couple inches of coconut water left in the bottom that I am sipping at.

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Driver in Horrific Syracuse (NY) Crash That Killed One, Badly Hurt Four Was Drunk, DA Says

JEMS

A man has been arrested following a horrific crash Thursday night in Syracuse that killed one person and badly injured 4 others, the district attorney said.

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