The opioid epidemic
Author: Molly Jeffery PhD @mollyjeffery Commentary about: Jeffery at al. Trends in opioid use in commercially insured and Medicare Advantage populations in 2007-16: retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2018. With all the attention that is being paid to opioid prescribing over the past few years, we wanted to know whether we’re moving [...]
Blockchain: A new technology for health professions education
Author: Eric Funk, MD @efunkem
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Addressing the Active Shooter Challenge through In-situ Simulation
Author: Mark Mannenbach, MD. @MMannenbach Commentary on: Mannenbach et al. An In Situ Simulation-Based Training Approach to Active Shooter Response in the Emergency Department. in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness With an increased number of active shooter events in the United States, emergency departments are challenged to ensure preparedness for this low-frequency, but extremely [...]
We all make mistakes
Author: Laura Walker, M.D. @dortzus
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Intravenous Lidocaine for pain in the ED: what the evidence shows?
Author: Lucas Oliveira J. e Silva (@lucasojesilva12)
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Better informed consent in the ED: going through the research to practice continuum
Author: Lucas Oliveira J. e Silva (@lucasojesilva12)
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Social Media Scholarship as a Criterion for Academic Promotion
This is crosspost from the Mayo Clinic Social Media network. Below a video with our webinar on Social Media and Academic Promotion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1uimiEhix8
The ED does not hand out opioids like candy
Author: Molly M. Jeffery, PhD @mollyjeffery Everyone “knows” they hand out opioids like candy in the ED. Or if they don’t now, they certainly used to. That idea didn’t square with the clinical experience of any of the ED doctors I’ve talked to. We wanted to know what the [...]
How to best identify patients that have a high likelihood of dying in one year?
Author: Caitlin Loprinzi-Brauer, MD @cloprinzi
To determine who should have goals of care discussions, encourage advanced care planning and consider palliative medicine consultation
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Apneic Oxygenation actually works (for some things)
Author: Lucas Silva (@lucasojesilva12) In the last few years, the use of apneic oxygenation has been recommended by experts for management of high-risk airway situations, including emergency intubations in the ED (1), and for patients at risk for difficult laryngoscopy and intubation in the operating room (2). The [...]
