Lung ultrasound for pneumothorax by paramedics
Image: Nissan Paramedic Front view, Original equipment manufacturer(OEM) by Isuzu Elf, by Mj-bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons This […]
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Only when I laugh
A middle-aged martial arts enthusiast was training in Krav Maga, and participated in a high-contact punching and grappling sparring exercise […]
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International recommendations for lung ultrasound
Image: A medical ultrasound linear array probe, scan head, transducer by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A […]
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Spinal imaging for the adult obtunded blunt trauma patient
‘You can’t clear the cervical spine until the patient wakes up!’ How often have you heard this said about a […]
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Prehospital echo predicts arrest outcome
In hospital, the detection of cardiac standstill with ultrasound predicts a fatal outcome from cardiac arrest with a high degree […]
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Ultrasound for pneumonia
Lung ultrasound done by a single keen individual had better test characteristics than CXR in diagnosing pneumonia as defined by […]
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Potassium levels and AMI death
An association is demonstrated between abnormal (both high and low) serum potassium levels and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute […]
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Predicting massive transfusion
Do you have access to thromboelastometry in your Emergency Department? Further research by some of the first discoverers of acute […]
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Delayed diagnosis of aortic dissection
Being female or having atypical pain is associated with delays to diagnosis of aortic dissection. This recent study also shows […]
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'Cryptic shock' important but not always very cryptic
Patients with severe sepsis and an elevated lactate who appear to be normotensive had a mortality similar to those presenting […]