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Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

REBEL EM

Reliance on a billing dataset, instead of EMR or prospective data, likely affected the quality of outcome measurement. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. This study only included data from the United States; it may not be generalizable to other countries where clinical practice and patient populations differ.

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Being a Better Advocate for Your Patients with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

JEMS

In one study alone, EMR/EMT Students failed to adequately recognize or suspect autism in simulated trauma victims 87% of the time. When writing this article in 2025, it is safe to say the vast majority of EMS Providers are aware of and have interacted with–knowingly or not, we’ll get to that later—patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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repost this one as QRS distortion

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Wang (21) Dressler's syndrome (2) Drug Effect (2) Dual AV nodal pathways (6) Dynamic T-waves (10) ECG Radiologist (1) ECG misdiagnosis (2) ECLS -- Extracorporeal Life Support (1) ECMO -- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (3) EMS voltage cutoff (2) EP study (1) ESRD (1) Early Intervention for NonSTEMI (3) Early Repol Inferior and Lateral (1) Early (..)

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EM@3AM: Bradypnea

EMDocs

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. 0000000000001856 The post EM@3AM: Bradypnea appeared first on emDocs. A 53-year-old male with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia and cervical stenosis presents with dyspnea, which has been worsening since his cervical spinal fusion 6 days ago. Crit Care Med.

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A patient with chest pain. (post on Normal ECG)

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Wang (21) Dressler's syndrome (2) Drug Effect (2) Dual AV nodal pathways (6) Dynamic T-waves (10) ECG Radiologist (1) ECG misdiagnosis (2) ECLS -- Extracorporeal Life Support (1) ECMO -- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (3) EMS voltage cutoff (2) EP study (1) ESRD (1) Early Intervention for NonSTEMI (3) Early Repol Inferior and Lateral (1) Early (..)

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - Untitled Article

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Wang (21) Dressler's syndrome (2) Drug Effect (2) Dual AV nodal pathways (6) Dynamic T-waves (10) ECG Radiologist (1) ECG misdiagnosis (2) ECLS -- Extracorporeal Life Support (1) ECMO -- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (3) EMS voltage cutoff (2) EP study (1) ESRD (1) Early Intervention for NonSTEMI (3) Early Repol Inferior and Lateral (1) Early (..)

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Article on STEMI vs. BER

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Wang (21) Dressler's syndrome (2) Drug Effect (2) Dual AV nodal pathways (6) Dynamic T-waves (10) ECG Radiologist (1) ECG misdiagnosis (2) ECLS -- Extracorporeal Life Support (1) ECMO -- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (3) EMS voltage cutoff (2) EP study (1) ESRD (1) Early Intervention for NonSTEMI (3) Early Repol Inferior and Lateral (1) Early (..)

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