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Ten (Trauma Resuscitation) Commandments

“I’ve been in this game for years, it made me an animal There’s rules to this sh*t; I wrote me a manual” — Notorious BIG You know, whether you sling crack rocks or not, there are some sage words of ...

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Trauma

REBEL Cast Episode 16: Home Treatment of VTE with Rivaroxaban & RV Dilation on Bedside Echo

Welcome to the September 2015 REBELCast, where Swami, Matt, and I are going to tackle a couple of topics in the world of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE). Seems like we are hearing more and more about VTE in terms of workup, management, ...

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CardiovascularResuscitation

More Dogma: Epinephrine in Digital Nerve Blocks

You are working as an EM resident and have just evaluated a patient with a right long finger DIP joint dislocation. You perform a digital nerve block with 1% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine, and go to present to your attending ...

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Trauma

Dancing with the Devil: Taking Dabigatran to the OR

So you are minding your own business working in the ED at Big Hospital, when two dudes (paramedics) bring in a patient with abdominal pain. As luck would have it, this person has a perforated bowel and needs surgery pretty ...

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Hematology and Oncology

Presentation Zen

Recently, I just finished reading a book called Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds.  This book is a game changer in the presentation world in my humble opinion.  If you are giving presentations at any level, this is a must read ...

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Beyond ACLS – POCUS in Cardiac Arrest

As we have discussed in previous posts, the care of patients with cardiac arrest is a key skill for Emergency Providers. ACLS provides a foundation for care but is rife with shortcomings including, but not limited to, reliance on outdated ...

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Resuscitation

REBEL Cast Episode 15: MET for Renal Colic & Use of Broselow Tape to Estimate Pediatric Weights

Welcome to the August 2015 REBEL Cast, where Swami, Matt, and I are going to tackle a couple of topics. First topic: renal colic. Renal colic is a commonly seen condition encountered in emergency departments and the use of medical expulsive therapy ...

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PediatricsRenal and Genitourinary

Management of Mild to Moderate Asthma Exacerbations

This post is meant to accompany the REBEL Cast episode on The Crashing Asthmatic from June 2015. This blog post will also be simultaneously posted on the Core EM site here. Come over and check out our core content offerings. ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

Post Intubation Sedation for Pregnant Patients

  You have just intubated a seizing eclamptic woman who is 34 weeks pregnant. As she is being prepped for transfer to the OB unit for an emergent C-section your nurse asks you what medications you would like for post ...

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Obstetrics and GynecologyResuscitation

Medical Expulsion Therapy in Ureteral Colic: An Update

Back in August 2014, we posted an in depth review on medical expulsion therapy (MET) with tamsulosin in patients with renal colic. The summary of that post was: “Clearly, there is disagreement in the literature. None of the studies are ...

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Renal and Genitourinary
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