EMCrit 333 – The State of the Fluids Show with the EMCrit Core Team
EMCrit Project
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Where are we on Fluids on 2022? EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.
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Magnetic Microrobots Assist with Root Canal Treatment
Medgadget
AUGUST 22, 2022
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a microrobot system that can help with biofilm disruption, drug delivery, and sample retrieval, all within the restrictive space of the root canal. It can be difficult for dentists to know if they have removed all the infectious material when performing a root canal, and failure to do so will typically result in an infection reoccurring.
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SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JUNE 12, 2022
Date: June 12th, 2022 Reference: Finfer et al. Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults. NEJM 2022. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He is board certified […] The post SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Stop the Bleed
Chicago EMT Training
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Learning how to stop the bleed and procuring the materials to do so is an inexpensive insurance policy. Especially if you're in an area that is prone to gun violence. You don't need a license or permit to carry these things. You never know when you'll need it or someone around you may need it. [link] First up is the Tourniquet. There are a few varieties that have been heavily tested.
ECG of the Week 21st December 2022 – Interpretation
EMergucate
DECEMBER 27, 2022
ECG of the Week 21st December 2022 – Interpretation Looking at the rhythm strip, there is sinus rhythm, interspersed with … Continue reading →
WTBS 28 I’m OK, How Are You? How can we innovate our way out of this crisis in EM and cope until we do?
Emergency Medicine Cases
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In this month's Waiting to Be Seen blog Dr. Howard Ovens outlines challenges, innovations and coping strategies in the EM Crisis. The post WTBS 28 I’m OK, How Are You? How can we innovate our way out of this crisis in EM and cope until we do? appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.
Episode 52: Pleural effusions in the ICU with Emily Fridenmaker
Critical Care Scenarios
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Discussing pleural effusions in the critically ill, including how and when to drain them, methods of drainage, interpreting laboratory studies, and managing complications, with Dr. Emily Fridenmaker (@emily_fri), pulmonologist and intensivist at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia. Continuing education for this episode CME credit provided courtesy of Academic CME.
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Minority Report or Moneyball
High Performance EMS
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I have often heard comparisons on the automation of System Status Management to the 2002 Spielberg movie starring Tom Cruise called “ Minority Report ” loosely based on the 1956 short story by Philip K. Dick. This science fiction action thriller is set in the year 2054 when police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime.
EMCrit 335 – APRV TCAV for Lung Rescue Made Simple with Rory Spiegel
EMCrit Project
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Every Resus doc should be able to crash a patient on to APRV for lung rescue. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.
EMCrit 338 – End of Year Question & Answer Session
EMCrit Project
DECEMBER 3, 2022
Rounding up the questions from the past few months. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.
EMCrit RACC Lit Review for December 2022
EMCrit Project
DECEMBER 22, 2022
All the resus/acute critical care literature goodness for December 2022. EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.
AR Headset Helps Surgeons Place Implants: Interview with Louie Vogt of Enovis Surgical
Medgadget
AUGUST 18, 2022
Enovis , a medtech company based in Delaware formerly known as DJO, recently announced the launch of ARVIS (Augmented Reality Visualization and Information System), an augmented reality technology that is designed to assist surgeons during implant placement in the hip and knee. The hands-free technology consists of an eyepiece that is mounted on a surgical helmet that provides the surgeon with real-time information about the position of an implant with respect to patient anatomy.
Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin
Medgadget
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington, in collaboration with Shani Biotechnologies, a local firm, have created a point-of-care device that can accurately measure hemoglobin levels and perform pulse oximetry in individuals with dark skin. At present, methods to determine hemoglobin levels at the point of care, such as pulse oximetry, are inaccurate in individuals with higher levels of melanin in their skin, and there is a clear need to develop alternatives that work for everyone.
ECG of the Week 28th December 2022
EMergucate
DECEMBER 27, 2022
This is one of the serial ECGs on a 66 year old man who presented to ED following post-coital exertion.
Imaging Case of the Week 534
EMergucate
DECEMBER 27, 2022
The hand x-ray is from a 30-year-old with wrist pain following fall on outstretched hand. What can be seen?
Imaging Case of the Week 533 Answer
EMergucate
DECEMBER 26, 2022
The pelvic x-ray shows: Right iliac wing fracture Right acetabular fracture Right inferior pubic ramus fracture Diastasis of the pubic … Continue reading →
ECG of the week 14th December 2022 – Interpretation
EMergucate
DECEMBER 20, 2022
ECG of the week 14th December 2022 – Interpretation This ECG was included as a reminder of the Sgarbossa criteria … Continue reading →
ECG of the Week 21st December 2022
EMergucate
DECEMBER 20, 2022
This ECG was obtained from a 22 year old man who had taken a polypharmacy overdose 24 hours ago. He had suffered a bradycardic / asystolic arrest and is currently in the intensive care unit.
ECG Cases 38 – ECG Interpretation in Cocaine Chest Pain
Emergency Medicine Cases
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Dr. Jesse McLaren discusses some key aspects of cocaine chest pain ECG interpretation in this month's blog including: Patients with cocaine-associated chest pain require benzodiazepines +/- nitroglycerine for symptom relief, aspirin and ECG to look for signs of occlusion and reperfusion. In patients with chest pain + ST elevation, consider false positive STEMI including early repolarization, LVH and Brugada-pattern.
Ep 177 Bronchiolitis – Diagnostic Challenges and Management Pitfalls
Emergency Medicine Cases
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In this main episode podcast Anton discusses with world expert and bronchiolitis researcher Dr. Suzanne Schuh, the challenges of the diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis during a time of crisis in pediatric emergency medicine and offers some evidence-based solutions to improving outcomes while minimizing valuable resources, as part of our 'Best of University of Toronto EM' series.
Imaging Case of the Week 532 Answer
EMergucate
DECEMBER 18, 2022
The main finding on the elbow x-ray is that there is a radial head dislocation.
Imaging Case of the Week 533
EMergucate
DECEMBER 18, 2022
The pelvic x-ray is from an adult taken post MVA.List 5 findings. How will you manage?
Imaging Case of the Week 532
EMergucate
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The following forearm x-rays are from a 9-year-old with pain around their elbow after fall on to outstretched hand.
Imaging Case of the Week 531 Answer
EMergucate
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The foot x-ray shows avulsion fracture of the base of the 2nd metatarsal (fleck sign) with mild widening of the … Continue reading →
ECG of the Week 7th December 2022 – Interpretation
EMergucate
DECEMBER 13, 2022
ECG of the week 7th December 2022 – Interpretation: There is a regular narrow complex tachycardia (QRS < 120ms, rate … Continue reading →
ECG of the Week 14th December 2022
EMergucate
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The following ECG was obtained in a 38 year old Indigenous man with a history of ischaemic cardiomyopathy at a regional hospital. He did not have a history of left bundle branch block previously.
Imaging Case of the Week 530 Answer
EMergucate
DECEMBER 11, 2022
The chest x-ray shows sail shaped density behind the heart with a parallel left heart border silhouetting the medial left … Continue reading →
SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management of Scaphoid Fractures
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Date: November 30th, 2022 Reference: Johnson et al. One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Bone Joint J 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Matt Schmitz is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation. […] The post SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management
Imaging Case of the Week 531
EMergucate
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The following foot x-rays are from a 50 year old with plantar flexion injury to their foot and inability to … Continue reading →
Journal Jam 21 Laceration Management – Does Timing of Closure, Irrigation, Gloves Type, Eversion Matter?
Emergency Medicine Cases
DECEMBER 6, 2022
In this Journal Jam podcast Anton and Justin welcome special guest Dr. Haley Cochrane. We dive deep into the evidence for timing of closure and infection rate, fluid choice, volume and pressure of irrigation of lacerations, glove type and infection rate, how eversion of wound edges effects cosmetic outcomes and much more. You might be surprised to discover that the evidence for many things we do for lacerations that are considered "standard of care", is either weak or non-existent.
EMC Journal Club 1 – Does Treating Fever Make A Difference?
Emergency Medicine Cases
DECEMBER 6, 2022
In this first EMC Journal Club (where we take the "boring" out of journal clubs and deliver clear, concise, practical practice changing critical appraisal knowledge based on an Emergency Medicine journal article that may have passed your radar - not too detailed and not too brief), Dr. Rohit Mohindra, an Emergency Physician at North York General in Toronto and SREMI researcher works his critical appraisal magic on the article "Fever therapy in febrile adults: systematic review with meta-analyses
ECG of the Week 30th November 2022 – Interpretation
EMergucate
DECEMBER 5, 2022
ECG of the Week 30th November 2022 – Interpretation This ECG was used to illustrate how a systematic approach ensures … Continue reading →
ECG of the Week 7th December 2022
EMergucate
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Paramedics ring through to say that they are 10 minutes away with a 65 year old man who has a heart rate of approximately 170 with a thready pulse and a systolic blood pressure of 90.
Imaging Case of the Week 530
EMergucate
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The chest x-ray is from a 60 year old smoker with dyspnea. What can be visualized?
ECG of the Week 23rd November 2022 – Interpretation
EMergucate
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Interpretation of ECG from 23 November 2022 The most obvious abnormality is ST segment elevation in leads I and aVL … Continue reading →
ECG of the Week 30th November 2022
EMergucate
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
A 52 year old woman is triaged as a category 2 after complaining of chest tightness on the background of having previous cardiac history.
ECG of the Week 16th November 2022 – Interpretation
EMergucate
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Interpretation of ECG from 16 November 2022 The most obvious abnormality is ST segment elevation inferiorly (II, III, aVF) in … Continue reading →
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