The Paper Look Me in the Face and Tell Me That I Needed to Be Transferred: Defining the Criteria for Transferring Patients with Isolated Facial Injuries [10.1097/TA.0000000000004651] Bellal Joseph, MD FACS Dr. Bellal Joseph is the Martin Gluck Endowed Professor of Surgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, Chief of General Surgery and Chief Division of Trauma,…
#2: Prehospital Adenosine for SVT – 6 or 12 mg? Spoon Feed —An initial dose of 12 mg of adenosine for suspected paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) was associated with increased prehospital improvement, reduced rates of hospital admission, and less re-dosing compared to 6 mg, while complications remained rare and similar across both groups. SourceComparing Prehospital…
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts on new research in emergency toxicology. The last post was about antipsychotics for acute behavioural disturbances, and may be found here. A lot has been published this year about nitazenes, which represent a growing problem in emergency medicine. I was in the mood for a…
Dr. Weingart! I’ve quite possibly listened to nearly every single one of your podcasts and I remember watching your SMACC lectures when I was in nursing school 8 years ago – I almost feel like we work together. I just wanted to stop in to let you know that I believe your podcasts, and the…
Study Design and Setting: Pragmatic, parallel-group, multicenter, open-label, noninferiority randomized controlled trial (RCT) Conducted in the Netherlands with 1-year follow-up Trial registered on Feb 28, 2018 (NTR7164) Selection of Participants: Recruited from emergency departments (EDs) of 9 hospitals Study enrollment period: June 2018 – January 2020 Randomization and Blinding: Electronic randomization at point of care…
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast Episode 312: The Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) with Drs. Cladis, Kingeter and Marroquin Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window |…
Evaluating children with blunt trauma for cervical spine injury (CSI) is a high-stakes and high-variability process. While CSI is rare, the consequences of missed injuries are serious, and so is the harm from overuse of imaging, especially CT. The PECARN CSI prediction rule is a promising tool to standardize care and reduce unnecessary imaging. But…
Expert Commentary Thank you, Drs. Beckers and Reardon for bringing awareness to an overdue and under-addressed issue in ED care. While healthcare world-wide contributes to 4.4% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe), US healthcare contributes to twice that percentage, in a country where each citizen generate 17.9 tons of CO2e per year compared to 6.8 tons…
Model notice produced by Illinois Department of Labor https://www2.illinois.gov/idol/Laws-Rules/FLS/Pages/InactiveHuman-Trafficking-Resource-Center-Notice-Act.aspx Approach to Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department Victims do not often openly reveal their trafficking situation to healthcare professionals. Consequently, it is imperative that Emergency Medicine physicians be deliberate in their approach to suspected victims. The goal of an Emergency Medicine doctor is not to…
By Trina Augustin MD In partnership with… Gabriel Ortiz Jaimes, MD (Interventional Pulmonology Fellow- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) John Mullon, MD (Interventional Pulmonologist – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) Ryan Kern, MD (Interventional Pulmonologist – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) Peer reviewed by: Lewis McLean, Intensivist with special interest/training in cardiovascular critical care and MCS (NSW, Australia)…