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  • All Categories
  • Abdominal and Gastroinstestinal
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Cardiovascular
  • Dermatology
  • EMS and Disaster
  • Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and Electrolytes
  • Environmental
  • Ethical and Legal
  • Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
  • Hematology and Oncology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Procedures and Skills
  • Pyschobehavioral
  • Renal and Genitourinary
  • Resuscitation
  • Thoracic and Respiratory
  • Toxicology
  • Trauma

Midazolam vs Ketamine as Second Line in Status Epilepticus

Status epilepticus is traditionally defined as a seizure lasting ≥5 minutes or recurrent seizures without return to baseline in between. It is a neurologic emergency associated with increased morbidity and mortality the longer it persists. Some complications include cardiac arrhythmias, ...

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NeurologyResuscitation

REBEL Core Cast 144.0: Tourniquet Tips

In this episode of the Rebel Core Content podcast, Swami provides crucial tips on using tourniquets. Highlighting the significance of these life and limb-saving devices, the discussion focuses on the optimal placement of tourniquets, emphasizing placing them 2-3 inches (5-6 ...

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitation

MDCalc Wars – The Rise of BISAP: Is Ranson Retiring?

Predicting severity in acute pancreatitis matters — it guides where patients go, how closely we watch them, and how aggressively we manage fluids and complications. Two of the most commonly used tools are Ranson’s Criteria and the BISAP Score.

Ranson’s offers ...

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Abdominal and Gastroinstestinal

REBEL CAST – IncrEMentuM26 Speaker Spotlight : George Willis and Mark Ramzy

🧭 REBEL Rundown 📝Introduction In this exciting episode of REBEL Cast, host Dr. Mark Ramzy joins forces with renowned educator and speaker, Dr. George Willis. Broadcasting straight from the ACEP 25 in Salt Lake City, the duo talk about bringing ...

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Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and ElectrolytesResuscitation

REBEL Core Cast – DKA: Beyond the Basics Part 2 – SCOPE DKA-Trial

Managing diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) requires careful consideration of fluid therapy, especially in severe cases. In part two of our REBEL Cast DKA series, we shifted from insulin strategies to fluid choice in severe DKA, diving into the SCOPE-DKA trial—a cluster, ...

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Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and ElectrolytesResuscitation

The TRAUMOX2 Trial: Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen Strategies in Adult Trauma Patients

The TRAUMOX2 trial was an open-label pragmatic, international randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate whether a restrictive oxygen strategy targeting lower oxygen saturation reduces death and/or major respiratory complications compared with a liberal oxygen strategy in adult trauma patients.

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ResuscitationTrauma

REBEL Core Cast – DKA: Beyond the Basics Part 1 – The SQuID Protocol

In this episode of REBEL Cast, we dive into part one of our Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) series with a twist—subcutaneous insulin instead of the traditional IV drip. We explore the SQuID Protocol (Subcutaneous Insulin in DKA), which could potentially shift ...

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Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and Electrolytes

Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Emergency medicine physicians were trailblazers during the opioid epidemic, and now we have the same opportunity with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Treating AUD deserves the same attention we give to opioid overdose, diabetic ketoacidosis, or hypertensive emergencies. Even when alcohol ...

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Toxicology

Screening for Alcohol Use Disorder

Each year, about 1 in 7 men and 1 in 11 women in the United States meet criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD)—affecting nearly 29 million people, roughly the entire population of Texas. Patients with AUD face staggering health risks: ...

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Toxicology

REBEL Core Cast 143.0–Ventilators Part 3: Oxygenation & Ventilation — Mastering the Balance on the Ventilator

When you take the airway, you take the wheel and you now control the patient’s oxygenation and ventilation. In this REBEL Crit episode, Dr. Lodeserto and Dr. Acker walk through the physiology, ventilator strategies, and clinical curveballs that separate calm ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

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