Mike Cadogan
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care bloggers and Podcasters
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These trials were stunningly successful and not soon after their publication there was a cry for global implementation of hypothermia protocols. There were those who were more hesitant along the way. They reminded us that trials of this size performed without proper blinding or controls were hypothesis generating only and more definitive research was needed before moving forward.
Free educational blog for rural GP / proceduralists
The first time I came in contact with CV hunters was during a four week extracurricular clinical rotation in Prague. I went there for the fun of it and to improve my Czech and was surprised to see how other medical students were asking everyone for recommendation letters.
About me: I am an ER physician and administrator living in the Pacific Northwest. I live with my wife and four kids. Various other interests include Shorin-ryu karate, general aviation, Irish music, Apple computers, and progressive politics. My kids do their best to ensure that I have little time to pursue these hobbies.
A blog combining medical education, simulation and helicopter retrieval medicine
So for the first time since June, I feel somewhat ready for the week ahead. For the past 10 days or so my main life goal has been to empty the dishwasher. I thought, if I could pull that off I might even lift my game and wash the sheets on my bed.
A última hora de la tarde, nuestra compañera de refuerzo nos comentó que había estado mirando en el Global la valoración de un chaval de 11 años al que había derivado al hospital para descartar una apendicitis. Con cara de interrogación, nos preguntó si sabíamos que era un "infarto omental", que era lo que la ecografía realizada sugería que le pasaba al pequeño...¡Aguaaaaa!-pensé.
The Auckland HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical System) initiative is a 2 year joint venture between Auckland District Health Board and the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust to add Emergency, ICU, or Anaesthesia doctors to the paramedic/crewman/pilot team on the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter. Our goal is to provide the best possible patient care by adding additional...
It's that time of year again. The time of the year that you see the new interns scrambling through the department, eyes wide as saucers, running scared, and hungry for experience. As an educator, it's a refreshing time to be at work!
Video laryngoscopy has changed the game in in airway management, but has it made direct laryngoscopy obsolete? Anand "The Swami" Swaminathan joins Ercast to discuss the controversy and share some of his research. Direct Download Links Discussed in this episode EM Lyceum EM Basic What's the best bottled cold brew coffee?
A little Rob Orman for you? Check out Rob's snazzy podcast ERcast.org and then check him out LIVE at Essentials... It's coming this Saturday! Sign up now to watch online www.EssentialsofEM.com Rob will be drinking himself silly during the Pub Crawl. Not to be missed.
Reading Selection Chapter 100: Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in the Nonpregnant Female Pages 672 - 676 (Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, 7th Edition) Key Points and Pearls The bimanual exam is of limited value given its lack of accuracy and reproducibility for complaints such as CMT, adnexal tenderness or masses Ovarian cysts
I never thought I'd embrace dictation. For emergency physicians, dictation varies department to department. Some require it, some make it an option, and for others it's an exotic luxury. For my part, I'd seen too many errors in transcription and watched too many colleagues struggle with a phrase over and over to get enthusiastic about it.
Is it good to be cold? Therapeutic hypothermia is recognised in improving outcomes in neonates with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, and for adults with return of spontaneous circulation. A recent Cochrane study showed that by using cooling blankets or cooling helmets to obtained controlled hypothermia, patients were 55% more likely to leave the hospital without significant neurological damage.
Welcome to Rick Body's blog, devoted to provoking thought, debate and controversy in the field of emergency medicine. Please enjoy!
If you follow BoringEM you may have noticed that there has not been as much new content lately. While I plan to continue writing and occasionally hosting content from other Canadian writers, the frequency of my posts on this site will be decreasing to ~1 per month. After 70,000 hits in...
Positioning, Pre-Oxygenation, Prongs, Preparation, Pharmacology, Placement, Post-intubation care. These are the 7 P's that should now be the standard approach to RSI in the Emergency Department.
Free educational blog for rural GP / proceduralists
Well, the boxes are finally unpacked, and AG and I are both here, in the same house! The house is much larger than the apartment we were living in, and for the most part, it's pretty empty. The sofa and armchair that made our apartment living room feel cozy and filled, doesn't even take up half of our "bonus room" upstairs.
Join course director Amal Mattu and other University of Maryland faculty at The Crashing Patient conference in Baltimore on Oct 28-30, 2013. This conference will address both parties at risk in emergency medicine--the patient and the provider. Learn optimal care of the sickest patients we see in daily ED practice--sepsis, cardiac ischemia, aortic dissection, etc--and how to bullet-proof yourself from the plaintiff attorneys.
Variceal bleeding is a frightening condition seen infrequently in the ED, but when it shows its face it sparks high anxiety. It is one of the most rapid type of not compressible bleeding (unless you consider the blakemore), in my eyes it is comparable to intraperitoneal traumatic bleeding.
