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Emergency Medical Minute

 

Dec 29, 2022

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Pediatric patients frequently have vital signs considered abnormal for age at discharge
  • Large multicenter study recently evaluated if pediatric patients discharged with abnormal vital signs have worse outcomes
    •  97,824 pediatric discharges were included in the study


Dec 19, 2022

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • The causes of pancreatitis can be remembered with the mnemonic: “GET SMASHED” 
    • G: Gallstones (Most common cause of pancreatitis overall) 
    • E: Ethanol (Alcohol consumption is the most common cause of chronic pancreatitis)
    • T: Trauma 
    • S: Steroids
    • M: Malignancy
    • A:...


Dec 13, 2022

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint is uncommon accounting for <1% of septic arthritis cases
  • Immunosuppression and IV drug use increases the risk
    •  Can account for up to 17% of septic arthritis cases in patients who use IV drugs
  • Symptoms are typically vague...


Dec 12, 2022

Contributor: Meghan Hurley, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Venomous snakes in the United States include species from the family Elapidae and subfamily Crotalinae
  • In prehospital setting, elevate the bitten extremity and transport to hospital immediately
    • Do not attempt interventions with the bite site 
  • Monitor for progression...


Dec 6, 2022

Contributor: Jared Scott, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Two conventional ways to aid in external jugular vein (EJ) catheter placement are Trendelenburg’s position and Valsalva’s maneuver by patient 
  • One study compared ultrasound visualization of cross sections of EJ and common femoral vein at baseline and with patients in...