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On the move: McLeod, TarnackiUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 13 hours agoShe also completed her residency in emergency medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Prior to joining Faxton, she was the Emergency ... |
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Former Norman resident begins residency at UTNorman Transcript, OK - May 7, 2008Weatherall was matched with the emergency medicine program at UT Southwestern -- his first choice. "Nobody has more resources than we do," said Weatherall, ... |
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College of Medicine honors gradsRockford Register Star, IL - May 3, 2008Matthew D. Heslinga, Glen Ellyn, Emergency Medicine; Carrie N. Hood, Rushville, Obstetrics-Gynecology. Sherrell T. Lam, Queens, NY, Psychiatry; ... |
Emergency departments turn triage upside down6minutes, Australia - May 6, 2008Writing in Emergency Medicine Australasia (Online 6 May, link here), the study authors say the introduction of Fast Track system for low-complexity patients ... |
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Italians coming to study crisis medicineJerusalem Post, Israel - Apr 25, 2008By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Italians are experts in pizza, pasta and design, but Israel is where the Italians come to learn about emergency medicine. ... |
Senator Supports E LA CityhoodCity Watch, CA - 4 hours ago... to expand its capacity on short notice," said Dr. Roger J. Lewis, a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. ... |
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Faith notesKansas City Star, MO - May 2, 2008Health seminar: The church will host a community education seminar on Emergency Medicine Today at 10 am Wednesday. Dr. Alie Scholes from St. Luke’s Health ... |
Business MilestonesWinston-Salem Journal, NC - May 4, 2008The campaign, which is part of ACEP's 40th anniversary, recognizes emergency physicians who have made significant contributions to emergency medicine, ... |
Family MDs to the rescueTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Apr 30, 2008Dr. John Ross, chief of emergency medicine for the Capital district health authority, is at the end of a second straight busy month, though April is going ... |
Thomason emergency room loses 9th doctorEl Paso Times, TX - Apr 29, 2008Woolard, who will remain on staff as a tenured professor of emergency medicine, was unavailable for comment. He previously was a professor at Brown ... |
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Q&A: How would 'rapid organ recovery' work?USA Today - May 7, 2008... who get organs recovered by the RORA, says Lewis Goldfrank, professor and chairman of Emergency Medicine at Bellevue Hospital, who heads the team. ... |
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Northland Community Calendar May 7-13Kansas City Star, MO - May 6, 2008Explore how the field of emergency medicine has changed and how it affects you, as a patient, today. Alie Scholes speaking. North Kansas City Schools, ... |
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Domestic violence discussedGreenville Daily Reflector, NC - 8 hours agoThe associate professor of emergency medicine at East Carolina University said many don't go to the hospital for treatment of injuries caused by domestic ... |
Camden County News in BriefPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - May 4, 2008The campaign recognizes emergency physicians who have made significant contributions to emergency medicine, their communities and their patients. ... |
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Ann Emerg Med
Evidence-based perspectives on pay for performance and quality of patient care and outcomes in emergency medicine.
(May 2008)
Electrocardiographic Criteria for Detecting Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block: A Meta-analysis.
(Mar 2008)
Acad Emerg Med
International survey of emergency physicians' priorities for clinical decision rules.
(Feb 2008)
Ondansetron versus promethazine to treat acute undifferentiated nausea in the emergency department: a randomized, double-blind, noninferiority trial.
(Mar 2008)
Emerg Med Clin North Am
The evolving approach to the young child who has fever and no obvious source.
(Nov 2007)
Ophthalmologic procedures in the emergency department.
(Feb 2008)
Am J Emerg Med
Spontaneous septic diskitis: a common complaint with a serious pathologic cause that should not been overlooked.
(May 2008)
The efficacy of low-dose antivenom therapy on morbidity and mortality in snakebite cases.
(May 2008)
Pediatr Emerg Care
An infant with fever and stridor.
(Jan 2008)
Clinical diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure among children with hydrocephalus.
(Apr 2008)
Eur J Emerg Med
Clinical assessment of heart-type fatty acid binding protein in early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.
(Jun 2008)
Hypokalemic paralysis is not just a hypokalemic paralysis.
(Jun 2008)
JAMA
Association of volume with outcome of coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Scheduled vs nonscheduled operations.
(Feb 1987)
Management of hypertensive crises.
(Aug 1991)
N Engl J Med
Public Health Service study on Reye's syndrome and medications. Report of the pilot phase.
(Oct 1985)
Emergency duties and deaths from heart disease among firefighters in the United States.
(Mar 2007)
BMJ
Indication for computed tomography of the brain in patients with first uncomplicated generalised seizure.
(Oct 1994)
Paramedics and technicians are equally successful at managing cardiac arrest outside hospital.
(Apr 1995)
Prehosp Emerg Care
Derivation of a formula to predict patient volume based on temperature at college football games.
(Oct-Dec 2007)
Chronic Stress and Associated Coping Strategies Among Volunteer EMS Personnel.
(Jan-Mar 2008)
Air Med J
Air medical rapid sequence intubation: How can we achieve success?
(Jan-Feb 2005)
Formal testing and utilization of streaming media to improve flight crew safety knowledge.
(Mar-Apr 2008)
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Links to other web pages related to Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases.
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The Centers for Disease Control has established a Bioterrorism Program to ensure the rapid development of federal, state, and local capacity to address potential bioterrorism events.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Centers for Disease Control notifies clinicians of serious ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
The Health and Human Services Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for managing and coordinating Federal medical responses to major emergencies, including those resulting from terrorism.
Documents and resources to facilitate response planning for a terrorist incident
eMedicine CBRNE
An extensive list of CBRNE topics from the world's largest medical textbooks.
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Chemical Warfare Mass Casualty Management
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Cyanides, Cyanogen Chloride
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Evaluation Of A Biological Warfare Victim
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Evaluation Of A Chemical Warfare Victim
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Glanders and Melioidosis
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Incapacitating Agents, 3-quinuclidinyl Benzilate
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Incapacitating Agents, Agent 15
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Incapacitating Agents, LSD
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Incendiary Agents, Magnesium and Thermite
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Incendiary Agents, Napalm
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Incendiary Agents, White Phosphorus
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Irritants: Cs, Cn, Cnc, Ca, Cr, Cnb, PS
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Lung-damaging Agents, Chloropicrin
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Lung-damaging Agents, Diphosgene
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Lung-damaging Agents, Toxic Smokes: Nox, Hc, Rp, Fs, Fm, Sgf2, Teflon
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Nerve Agents, G-series: Tabun, Sarin, Soman
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Nerve Agents, V-series: Ve, Vg, Vm, Vx
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Urticants, Phosgene Oxime
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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
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Vesicants, Mustard: Hd, Hn1-3, H
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Vesicants, Organic Arsenicals: L, ED, MD, PD, HL
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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Vomiting Agents: Dm, Da, Dc
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RECENT BLOG POSTINGS
The wreck of the good ship, EMTALA
The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine
For those of us who practice emergency medicine, and by now any medicine in a hospital that accepts Medicare payments, no one can be turned away for financial reasons. On the surface, this seems fair. Certainly, the potential exists for ...
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ED Moonlighting
Student Doctor Network Forums - Emergency Medicine
Not too long ago I was having a discussion with an EM attending at my medical school about moonlighting. He felt that it was inappropriate for residents to moonlight, unsupervised, in the ED because he believed that it undermines the ...
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Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine 9.0.5
versiontracker: Palm OS
evidence-based information on diagnosing & treating illness.
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EM Residency Planning for 2009!
UW Emergency Medicine Interest Group
Dr. Jared Strote will be leading our final EMIG event of the year next Thursday, May 8th at 5:00PM in T550. Dr. Strote and a panel will offer guidance and answer questions related to planning for EM residency applications. ...
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Conference Spotlight: Joe Lex MD, FACEP, FAAEM
International Emergency Medicine
Dr. Joe Lex, FACEP, FAAEM, has been involved in Emergency Medicine for more than 40 years, initially as an Army medic with the 25th Infantry "Tropic Lightning" Division in Vietnam . He spent several years as an Emergency Medicine ...
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Florida Emergency Medicine LL3254x - Broward and Palm Beach - N/A ...
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BE/BC Emergency Medicine physicians needed in Florida for Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Opportunity is in upscale urgent care centers. Sites are known for friendly customer service, quick and effic...
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The Nuances of Emergency Medicine CD
Bill Dunbar and Associates Blog
The Nuances of Emergency Medicine: Documentation, Coding and Reimbursement This audio program features a discussion regarding some of the trends and strategies impacting documentation, coding, and reimbursement in Emergency Medicine ...
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s UMKC - 6 of 9 PGY1 spots filled by grads from the same school
Student Doctor Network Forums - Emergency Medicine
I was looking over this years match results and it appears that KUmed matched 6 students into EM at UMKC. This strikes me as fairly remarkable because UMKC only has 9 PGY1 spots! Is this just a fluke of the match? ...
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Physician Assistant - Emergency Medicine
gadball.com
Emergency Department PA needed for hospital in Oklahoma. Hours are 5pm-7am, but often the PA is allowed to go home around 10 pm and remain on call the rest of the night if ER not busy. 7days on 7 days off. Competitive salary based on ...
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VeriChip Launches Health Link System Revolutionizing The Future Of ...
Data Collection Online News
... in cooperation with 16 regional hospitals. Health Link connects a person to his or her personal health record, allowing emergency room physicians and nurses to have immediate access to those records during an emergency.
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Downloading .flv files from You Tube, Google Video, etc?
Emergency Medicine Blog
Introduction As video sharing is getting more and more important and more and more people are getting into the business of blogging (be it political - hot issues in Malaysia, as well as low profile blogs like mine), it is high time we ...
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Six Rules of Doctor Etiquette
The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine
Kahn, who lays out the idea in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine, cites the work of Peter Pronovost, a Johns Hopkins doc who came up with a straightforward checklist to reduce infections in the ICU. “The results of this simple ...
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EM-1 opening:
Student Doctor Network Forums - Emergency Medicine
at Alameda/Highland per SAEM website. For those in need of a spot...give them a shout.
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Case #28 Right Side/ Back Side
Emergency Medicine Forum
A 62 y/o female arrives at the ED with chest pain for two hours, described as burning, indigestion and is associated with mild shortness of breath. She has had this before, but never sought medical attention. ...
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New OA journal of emergency medicine
Open Access News
The Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock is a new OA journal published by the INDO-US Academic Council for Emergency and Trauma and Medknow. The web site was launched on April 15. According to the announcement, the journal will be ...
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New Database: AccessEmergency Medicine
What's New on JEFFLINE
Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide; Emergency Medicine Manual; Emergency Medicine Procedures; Atlas of Emergency Medicine; Infectious Diseases: Emergency Department Diagnosis & Management; and more! ...
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START the DAY with the U of A
Tom's Tavern Blog
Professor of Emergency Medicine. The. University. of. Arizona. Enjoy breakfast during the presentation. Q&A immediately following. Cost: Free, Breakfast Additional. RSVP to: bquinlan@email.arizona.edu. or 602-827-2024 ...
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Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI)
College And School Admissions In India Educational Informations And Career References
The program focuses on education in emergency medical service, emergency medical care and related research. Highlights: A 2-Year full-time residential program at EMRI, Hyderabad Senior Emergency Medicine doctors and Stanford faculties ...
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Betting That a House Call Is Cheaper Than a Trip to the ER
The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine
More than half the time, the employee will be told the situation isn’t an emergency, and can wait for a trip to the doctor or the urgent care center. About 10% of the people who call are told to head for the ER immediately. ...
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Ethics in Emergency Medicine Research
Episcopal Chaplain at the Bedside
Research in emergency medicine is difficult, and particularly difficult ethically. First, patients are rarely able themselves to consent, and commonly family members are not available. Then, too, exposing a patient to an unproven ...
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Daily Question
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What is the usual age range in which simple febrile seizures occur?
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Simple febrile seizures usually occur in children between three months and five years of age.
Tintinalli 3rd ed. p 480
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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
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Ar sphingolipidosis (sulfatidose), from beta-galactosidase deficiency, resulting in increased galactocerebrosides, mental retardation, blindness, deafness, paralysis, convulsions, total absence of myelin, globoid bodies in white matter of brain, fatal in early life.
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