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WLNS
(WLNS)- The Delta Fire Department is turning up the heat today at the Emergency Medicine Residency Conference at the fire station. Residents will be learning first-hand about cars, car safety, and how to tear apart a vehicle with the jaws of life ...
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![]() Akron General leads nation in emergency medicine training: Hospital boasts ...
Akron Beacon Journal
Dr. Nick Jouriles (right) the chair of emergency medicine, and Dr. Nick Reinhart, a third year resident talk with patient Clara McCauley of Philippi, West Virginia in the emergency department at the Akron General Medical Center Monday in Akron, Ohio ...
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![]() 'Emergency Medicine Jeopardy' Brings Out the Best In Jefferson Med Residents
KYW Newsradio
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Residents studying emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are playing their own version of a popular TV game to help hone their skills. A second-floor classroom was buzzing today as four teams played ...
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![]() Kowalenko to serve as emergency medicine chair
Hometownlife.com
ROYAL OAK - Terry Kowalenko, M.D., of Brighton, has been appointed as health system chair, Emergency Medicine at Beaumont Hospital, effective June 1. The announcement was made by Ananias Diokno M.D., chief medical officer of Beaumont Health ...
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![]() Akron General ER doctor honored
Akron Beacon Journal
“Having recently trained under this physician, I can confidently state that he played an integral role in my development as an emergency medicine physician; more than any other attending during residency, in fact,” Been told the chapter. Hetrick, 61 ...
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![]() Emergency medicine: Extreme workouts can be dangerous
Columbus Dispatch
Origins gaming convention · AP Video Channel · Share your American Girl doll photos · Severe weather · Farmers markets · Home · News; Emergency medicine: Extreme workouts can be dangerous. Emergency medicine: Extreme workouts can be dangerous ...
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![]() Making the Rounds_06/19/2013
Leader-Telegram
n Dr. Robert Wynkoop, an emergency medicine physician at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, also is now providing coverage in the emergency department at Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland in Barron. Wynkoop received his medical degree ...
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![]() Changing the way emergency medicine is practiced
nwitimes.com
Changing the way emergency medicine is practiced. Print Email. « Methodist Lobby · Trauma Room · Doctor. » 2013-06-02T00:00:00Z 2013-06-07T12:27:03Z Changing the way emergency medicine is practiced nwitimes.com. June 02, 2013 12:00 am.
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![]() New Emergency Medicine App from Elsevier Australia Gives Students the Edge
Watch List News (press release)
Students studying for Australasian College for Emergency Medicine fellowship program exams are set to gain an edge with an invaluable new app from Elsevier Australia. The Practice Exams in Emergency Medicine app is structured to reflect the topics ...
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![]() Life & Health: Campaign for Emergency Medicine
WTAJ
The hospital recently launched the "Campaign for Emergency Medicine" to help ensure the continued strength of this first-rate emergency department. Donations made to the cause will go straight towards staying current with first-class technology, and ...
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![]() Under Obamacare, Emergency Rooms May Get Even More Crowded
Businessweek
The overcrowding “we see now is going to pale in comparison with what we'll see” once the health-care overhaul takes full effect starting in 2014, says Ryan Stanton, director of emergency medicine at UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington ...
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![]() Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Emergency Medicine ...
PR Web (press release)
Peter C. Brown, Executive Director, Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement, Castleton, NY, presented on How to Improve Care for Patients with Behavioral Health Emergencies. Patricia Lee, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic ...
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![]() Emergency medicine not being given due importance in Pakistan
The News International
Emergency medicine, an emerging new discipline of medicine, is now very well established in the developed world, though in Pakistan this important specialty has not been given due attention and it has not been recognised and introduced at any of the ...
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![]() Emergency medicine taskforce established under health education 'mandate'
Health Service Journal
It includes announcing the emergency medicine taskforce. HSJ understands the taskforce will produce its recommendations this summer and seek to tackle the long-term shortage of doctors working in A&E departments, as instructed by the mandate.
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![]() The Evolving Role Of ER Doctors And Emergency Departments In Delivery Of ...
Forbes
The study was commissioned by the Emergency Medicine Action Fund (EMAF), an advocacy group with ACEP, and carried out by the RAND Corporation. The take-home message is that hospital administrators, insurers and policy makers should place greater ...
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![]() Medical residents to train at MTMC
The Daily News Journal
MTMC's family medicine residency program will start with six students in 2015 and grow to 18 in 2017, and an emergency medicine residency will begin with eight and grow to 25 in that period, according to Ferguson. Physicians in training also will work ...
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![]() Cutting wait time in LCMH emergency room
KPLC-TV
"We see everything from the very minor sprains, coughs and colds to the very serious medical patients or trauma patients," said emergency medicine physician, Dr. Jon Gray. Dr. Gray has worked in this ER for 15 years and has seen the number of patients ...
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![]() MOH to hire more emergency medicine specialists
The Borneo Post
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) will hire more emergency medicine specialists to treat accident victims and address the shortage of medical specialists at government hospitals. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said the ...
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![]() Pilot Program Using Telemedicine to Decrease Emergency Room Wait Times
UCSD Medical Center
“This telemedicine study will determine if we can decrease wait times while reducing the number of patients who leave the ED without being seen by a physician,” said David Guss, MD, principal investigator and chair of the department of emergency ...
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![]() Column: Obtaining Insurance Is No Guarantee of Access to Health Care
Valley News
Roberta Capp is a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar fellow at Yale University, where she practices emergency medicine and is researching health-care delivery for patients with Medicaid and Medicare insurance. Share: Email; Print. Contribute: Suggest ...
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![]() Emergency room telemedicine tested by UCSD
U-T San Diego
Called Emergency Department Telemedicine Initiative to Rapidly Accommodate in Times of Emergency (EDTITRATE), the study is paid for by a $50,000 grant given to Dr. Vaishal Tolia, an emergency medicine physician at UCSD Health System. If the study is ...
Telemedicine pilot aims to reduce ER wait timesFierceHealthIT
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![]() Greg Johnson: Bad luck on two wheels continues
Knoxville News Sentinel
Roseann, who knows emergency medicine, and Kate, a cyclist, were my fortuitous first responders. Roseann called Diane and 911. Kate said, “Crashes happen. You'll have a good story.” That's what Diane tells me — I was unconscious until the EMT angels ...
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![]() Bell Pond joins Largest Swimming Lesson
Worcester Telegram
Dr. Jones, of Princeton, is an emergency medicine doctor at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster and got in touch with the school after hearing about the May 3 drowning death of 10-year-old David Ndayishimiye. David had gone to the pond with three ...
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![]() Hospital Emergency Department Use, Importance Rises in US Health Care System
HealthCanal.com
RAND was asked by the Emergency Medicine Action Fund, a consortium of emergency medicine physician organizations, to develop a more-complete picture of how hospital emergency departments contribute to the U.S. health care system. Researchers ...
ER's Account for Half of Hospital Admissions, Study SaysNew York Times
Emergency departments now account for half of all hospital inpatient admissionsHealthcare Finance News
Study Links Hospital Admissions to Seniors' ER UseSenior Housing News
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![]() LAFF 2013 Review: 'Code Black' Puts a Face to the American Medical System
Film School Rejects
The LA County Hospital is considered the birthplace of emergency medicine and was best known for its iconic C-Booth. No one quite knows what the “C” in C-Booth stands for (Central? Critical?), but everyone in the medical community knew this was the ...
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![]() Pay attention to emergency physicians
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
I am responsible for training of medical students and new physicians in the specialty of emergency medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and I want to inform readers about the role of emergency physicians in the greater health care ...
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Ann Emerg Med
Examining Renal Impairment as a Risk Factor for Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Prospective Observational Study.
(Mar 2013)
Use of Risk Assessment Analysis by Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality to Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time.
(Mar 2013)
Acad Emerg Med
An alternative approach to the bedside assessment of left ventricular systolic function in the emergency department: displacement of the aortic root.
(Apr 2013)
Prehospital Systolic Blood Pressure Thresholds: A Community-based Outcomes Study.
(Jun 2013)
Emerg Med Clin North Am
Emergency evaluation and management of vaginal bleeding in the nonpregnant patient.
(Nov 2012)
Precipitous and difficult deliveries.
(Nov 2012)
Am J Emerg Med
A decision analysis to determine a testing threshold for computed tomographic angiography and d-dimer in the evaluation of aortic dissection.
(May 2013)
Mild head injury in pediatrics: algorithms for management in the ED and in young athletes.
(May 2013)
Pediatr Emerg Care
Chronic valproic Acid intoxication.
(Jun 2013)
Pelvic inflammatory disease in the adolescent: understanding diagnosis and treatment as a health care provider.
(Jun 2013)
Eur J Emerg Med
Rotational thrombolelastometry produces potentially clinical useful results within 10 min in bleeding Emergency Department patients: the DEUCE study.
(Jun 2013)
Initial emergency department coagulation profile does not predict survival in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
(Feb 2013)
JAMA
Forcible administration of antipsychotic medication.
(May 1983)
Staphylococcal food poisoning associated with an Easter egg hunt.
(Aug 1984)
N Engl J Med
Effect of a short course of prednisone in the prevention of early relapse after the emergency room treatment of acute asthma.
(Mar 1991)
Mifepristone (RU 486) compared with high-dose estrogen and progestogen for emergency postcoital contraception.
(Oct 1992)
BMJ
Somatostatin v placebo in bleeding oesophageal varices: randomised trial and meta-analysis.
(Jun 1995)
Impact of case management (Evercare) on frail elderly patients: controlled before and after analysis of quantitative outcome data.
(Jan 2007)
Prehosp Emerg Care
Clinical events and treatment in prehospital patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
(Apr-Jun 2013)
Effectiveness and safety of in-water resuscitation performed by lifeguards and laypersons: a crossover manikin study.
(Jul-Sep 2013)
Air Med J
Propofol infusion for the retrieval of the acutely psychotic patient.
(Jan-Feb 2012)
A blueprint for critical care transport research.
(Jan-Feb 2013)
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Library
CBCED Features
Links to other web pages related to Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases.
The Casualty Care Research Center prepared this series of real-life-based risk scenarios.
The Centers for Disease Control has established a Bioterrorism Program to ensure the rapid development of federal, state, and local capacity to address potential bioterrorism events.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Centers for Disease Control notifies clinicians of serious ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
The Health and Human Services Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for managing and coordinating Federal medical responses to major emergencies, including those resulting from terrorism.
Documents and resources to facilitate response planning for a terrorist incident
eMedicine CBRNE
An extensive list of CBRNE topics from the world's largest medical textbooks.
See complete eMedicine table of contents
Anthrax Infection
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Arsenicals, Arsine
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Biological Warfare Agents
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Botulism
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Brucellosis
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Chemical Decontamination
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Chemical Detection Equipment
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Chemical Warfare Agents
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Chemical Warfare Mass Casualty Management
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Cyanides, Cyanogen Chloride
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Cyanides, Hydrogen
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Evaluation Of A Biological Warfare Victim
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Evaluation Of A Chemical Warfare Victim
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Glanders and Melioidosis
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Incapacitating Agents, 3-quinuclidinyl Benzilate
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Incapacitating Agents, Agent 15
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Incapacitating Agents, Cannabinoids
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Incapacitating Agents, LSD
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Incendiary Agents, Magnesium and Thermite
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Incendiary Agents, Napalm
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Incendiary Agents, White Phosphorus
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Irritants: Cs, Cn, Cnc, Ca, Cr, Cnb, PS
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Lung-Damaging Agents, Chlorine
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Lung-damaging Agents, Chloropicrin
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Lung-damaging Agents, Diphosgene
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Lung-damaging Agents, Phosgene
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Lung-damaging Agents, Toxic Smokes: Nox, Hc, Rp, Fs, Fm, Sgf2, Teflon
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Nerve Agents, G-series: Tabun, Sarin, Soman
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Nerve Agents, V-series: Ve, Vg, Vm, Vx
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Personal Protective Equipment
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Plague
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Q Fever
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Ricin
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Smallpox
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Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B
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T-2 Mycotoxins
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Urticants, Phosgene Oxime
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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
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Vesicants, Mustard: Hd, Hn1-3, H
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Vesicants, Organic Arsenicals: L, ED, MD, PD, HL
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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Vomiting Agents: Dm, Da, Dc
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RECENT BLOG POSTINGS
Emergency Medicine Literature of Note: ED Physicians are Clueless ...
Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and AHRQ Patient Safety and Quality Keck Fellow. This blog serves primarily as a repository to organize my thoughts ...
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The 3MG Trial - Emergency Medicine Ireland
Emergency Medicine Ireland
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 1, no. 4 (June 2013): ... Emergency Medicine Ireland by Andy Neill is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Powered by LITFL ...
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Emergency Medicine Vs. Survival Medicine | Doom and Bloom (TM)
Doom and Bloom (TM)
(No images at the moment, web site being worked on). Standard emergency medicine strategies are intended to aid you in managing situations where the incident did not occur within easy reach of a hospital . Certainly ...
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Akron General leads nation in emergency medicine training ...
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News and sports coverage from Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Copley, Fairlawn, Green, Hudson, Tallmadge, Bath Township, Summit County, Portage County, Kent, Stark County, Canton, Jackson, Wadsworth, Medina County ...
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'Emergency Medicine Jeopardy' Brings Out the Best In Jefferson ...
CBS Philly
A second-floor classroom was buzzing on Thursday as four teams played "Jeopardy" with a decidedly medical twist.
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Sim Case ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2012 Nov;30(4):903-17. PMID 23137402; Selvidge R, Dart R. Emergencies in the second and third trimesters: hypertensive disorders and antepartum hemorrhage. Emergency Medicine Practice.
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Disability Insurance - Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to disrupt how medical providers and trainees can gain public access to high-quality, educational content while also engaging in a dialogue about best-practices in Emergency Medicine and medical education.
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Pilot Program Using Telemedicine to Decrease Emergency Room Wait
Releases: Pages
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has been a major issue nationally for 20 years and continues to increase in severity. To address this issue, a pilot study has been launched at UC San Diego Health System's ED to ...
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Top 10 tweets ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
ALiEM is your digital connection to the collaborative world of EM. We strive to reshape medical education and academia in their evolution beyond the traditional classroom. Popular; Recent. Need your help! Favorite medical ...
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POC Ultrasound Guide - Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to disrupt how medical providers and trainees can gain public access to high-quality, educational content while also engaging in a dialogue about best-practices in Emergency Medicine and medical education.
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Trick of the Trade ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to disrupt how medical providers and trainees can gain public access to high-quality, educational content while also engaging in a dialogue about best-practices in Emergency Medicine and medical education.
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Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine physician offers spring cleaning ...
Vanderbilt News
Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine physician offers spring cleaning ladder safety tips. Spring cleaning sometimes takes intrepid householders to new heights. Unfortunately, ladders can be among the most hazardous of common ...
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Paucis Verbis ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to disrupt how medical providers and trainees can gain public access to high-quality, educational content while also engaging in a dialogue about best-practices in Emergency Medicine and medical education.
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Do you know your ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
When I was in medical school doing my critical care elective in EM, I remember seeing the interns preparing tubes and IVs before their shifts started. Since then it was instilled in me that coming early to the shift was essential to ...
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Emergency medicine faculty honored at national meeting
ExcitingAds! System
Three members of the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine were honored recently for their achievements and leadership at this year's annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) meeting in Atlanta.
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Creating a ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
A blog run by an emergency physician who explores and gives his opinion on primary literature. www.sinaiem.org - A website run by Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Residency, they explore and give their impression on ...
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � What's the 'Code ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to disrupt how medical providers and trainees can gain public access to high-quality, educational content while also engaging in a dialogue about best-practices in Emergency Medicine and medical education.
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Doctor From Wexford to Lead Emergency Medicine Research at ...
Pine-Richland Patch
Dr. Arvind Venkat's research and academic work has been widely lauded.
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ALiEM � Academic Life in Emergency Medicine � Tricks of the Trade ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to disrupt how medical providers and trainees can gain public access to high-quality, educational content while also engaging in a dialogue about best-practices in Emergency Medicine and medical education.
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Prepping for EM oral boards - Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
ABEM. For those of you in an EM residency program, the American Board of Emergency Medicine oral board exam looms in the not-too-distance future. I came across the University of Maryland's EM Oral Boards Training ...
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What seizure drug has been found to be beneficial in cases of hydroxychloroquine toxicity?
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After securing the airway, high dose diazepam can be useful in these patients. The mechanism of action is unknown.
Poisoning and Drug Overdose, edited by Kent R. Olson MD, and by the California Poison Control System, 3rd Edition, 1999 p 139
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Daily Aphorism
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Daily Eponym
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Deoxygenated hemoglobin having a greater affinity for co2 than oxygenated hemoglobin.
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Daily Phobia
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ARDS - Acute onset
- Ratio (PaO2/FiO2) less than 200
- Diffuse infiltration
- Swan-Ganz Wedge pressure less than 19 mmHg
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