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  • Abdominal and Gastrointestinal
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  • Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and Electrolytes
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  • Ethical and Legal
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REBEL Core Cast 58.0 – Wound Care IV – Future Directions

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Trauma

Droperidol: Making a Comeback!!!

Background: Droperidol came onto the market in 1967 and, over time, became a frequently employed treatment of headache, nausea, agitation, acute pain, chronic pain, pain in the context of opioid-tolerance and refractory abdominal pain.  Unfortunately, in December 2011, the US ...

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Toxicology

Oral Sucrose for Pain Control in Infants: A Useless Practice?

Background: Oral sweet solutions have been used for some time as a pain-reducing agent for procedures in the neonatal population.  However, there has been some mixed results in its effectiveness, especially in the <12 months of age group. Nasopharyngeal aspiration (NPA) ...

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Pediatrics

REBEL Core Cast 57.0 – Crush Your Rotation

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From Emergency Medicine to Hostage Negotiation

Earlier this year, my home shop began administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to patients in the emergency department (ED). Thirteen years of experience in emergency medicine has afforded me many opportunities to counsel patients on lifestyle modifications, death ...

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Infectious Disease

LIVE-AIR Trial: What the Heck is Lenzilumab?

Background: We have all seen the wide spectrum of illness caused by COVID-19 ranging from asymptomatic disease on one extreme all the way up to critical illness, acute respiratory disease and ultimately death at the other extreme.  In the most ...

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Infectious Disease

REBEL Cast Ep99: The INTUBE Study –  Adverse Peri-Intubation Events in the Critically Ill

Background: It’s no surprise that unplanned, emergency intubations are significantly different from intubations in the operating room (OR). Unplanned intubations on the floors and in the ED and ICU settings are highly unlikely to be “physiologically optimized:” they have underlying ...

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Procedures and SkillsThoracic and Respiratory

CCTA vs Invasive Coronary Angiography in NSTEMI

Background: Coronary pathology in patients with NSTEMI can range from structurally normal vessels to varying degrees of nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) to extensive obstructive CAD affecting the coronary tree.  The current diagnostic pathway to differentiate these different coronary pathologies ...

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Cardiovascular

REBEL Core Cast 56.0 – Wound Care III – Pitfalls

Take Home Points If youre concerned about a retained foreign body make sure to get imaging There is a higher risk of wound infection associated with age, diabetes, wound size, contamination, and a location not on the head or neck. ...

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Trauma

Asymptomatic Hypertension: A 2 Year Look Back from Canada

Background: A patient presents to the emergency department (ED) for medical treatment. After comprehensive evaluation and management, the patient’s condition improves and you prepare to discharge the patient home. The nurse notifies you the blood pressure (BP) is 185/105 and ...

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CardiovascularNeurology
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