Journal Feed Wrap-Up
Journal Feed covers prehospital whole blood, crying infants, and sodium bicarbonate for in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Shift Pearls: Anticoagulation with Heparin in PE
Shift pearls returns with anticoagulation for PE.
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Critical Kids: PRoMPT Bolus
Pediatric emergencies are challenging. The Critical Kids series provides summaries of hot-off-the-press guidelines and evidence to support your decisions at the bedside. Today we cover the PRoMPT trial.
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EM@3AM: Cortical Hand-Knob Stroke Mimicking Peripheral Nerve Injury
A 95-year-old man presents after waking with sudden inability to move the fingers and thumb of his right hand. He can lift his arm, flex and extend his wrist normally, and reports intact sensation. He denies numbness, facial droop, dysarthria, headache, gait disturbance, chest pain, or dyspnea. He has 0/5 strength in finger flexion and extension as well as in the intrinsic hand musculature, with preserved proximal upper extremity strength and intact sensation. He has no other appreciable deficits and normal vital signs. What is the diagnosis?
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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 144: Post Bariatric Surgery Complications Part 1
Today on the emDOCs cast we cover Part 1 on post bariatric surgery complications, with a look at the individual surgeries and an approach.
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Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up
Journal Feed covers pediatric seizure treatment, BB and CCB overdose management, and EVT for medium vessel strokes.
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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 143: Infected Ureterolithiasis
Today on the emDOCs cast we cover the potentially deadly infected ureterolithiasis.
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EM@3AM: Topical Hemostatic Agents
A 34-year-old male presents to the ED about 30 minutes after he slipped on ice while shoveling snow at his house. He currently has a superficial abrasion approximately 6 X 6 cm to his posterior scalp without any laceration present that could be closed with sutures. The abrasion is profusely bleeding. What is the next best strategy for managing this patient?
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Shift Pearls: Anatomic Urinary Obstruction and Septic Shock
Shift pearls returns with urinary obstruction in septic shock.
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ECG Pointers: Mrs. Robinson Strikes Again…
Is it just lead reversal?
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