🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Food for thought

This week's topic: Cat bites. Accounts for ~10% of mammalian bites with 80% of bites becoming infected (Pasteurella multocida). Consider x-ray for deep wounds -> high risk for missing foreign bodies (teeth). #emergencymedicine #EMBoards #myemcert #medtwitter

An excellent summary of cat bites in Dan Zumsteg's infographic. To find more infographics, questions AND a review book and lecture series visit EM Coach: bit.ly/3w7EjUo #EMboards #emergencymedicine #medtwitter #myemcert

Emergency medicine consults

An excellent summary of thyroid storm in Dan Zumsteg's infographic. To find more infographics, questions AND a review book and lecture series visit EM Coach: bit.ly/3w7EjUo #EMboards #emergencymedicine #medtwitter #myemcert

This week's topic: Tetanus. Caused by Clostridium tetani toxin which prevents inhibitory neurotransmission. Generalized tetanus presents with trismus, tachycardia, and muscle contractions. Neonatal tetanus presents with feeding difficulty #emergencymedicine #EMBoards #MyEMCert

Tetanus (con't): Manage symptomatic tetanus w/ metronidazole to limit toxin production. To bind circulating toxin, administer tetanus toxoid vaccine (deltoid) and tetanus immune globulin (wound site). Provide respiratory support and manage muscle spasms w/ benzos #MyEMCert

An outstanding summary of tetanus in Dan Zumsteg's infographic. To find more infographics, questions AND a review book and lecture series visit EM Coach: bit.ly/3w7EjUo #EMboards #emergencymedicine #medtwitter #MyEMCert

Cardiac contusion can be very subtle!

This week's topic: Tooth avulsion. Presenting after oral trauma w/ the tooth completely removed from its socket. Associated w/ alveolar ridge fracture. Consider facial imaging w/ CXR if concerns for aspiration #emergencymedicine #EMBoards #MyEMCert

An outstanding summary of angioedema in Dan Zumsteg's infographic. To find more infographics, questions AND a review book and lecture series visit EM Coach: bit.ly/3w7EjUo #EMboards #emergencymedicine #medtwitter #MyEMCert

This week's topic: Supraventricular tachycardia. Abrupt onset due to triggers such as stimulants, exercise, emotional stress, or metabolic conditions. Dx w/ EKG showing narrow QRS (blue), no P waves (green), and regular tachycardia (red). #emergencymedicine #MyEMCert #EMBoards

If you've developed or want to develop a scale to measure some psycho-social construct in #MedEd/#HigherEd, & you're wondering how to do it, this paper is my new favorite example. And yes, I'm very biased. 😂 Led by Will Bynum, we're very proud of this #survey development

Hands-on mechanical ventilation teaching at #AAEM24 from EM-CCM members: Bassam Zahid, MD /UMiami CC Andrew W Phillips/EM Coach HarmanSGill/@SBHEMStrong Gregory Wu/Albany Med Resuscitation Fellowship Skyler Lentz/University of Vermont Emergency Medicine Dr. Kene Chukwuanu/SLU Emergency Medicine Residency

RV Dysfunction from PE at #AAEM24 by Skyler Lentz HarmanSGill Andrew W Phillips & Elias Wan: 🫁High Dose Oxygen can be a Pulm Vasodilator 🩸RHS + Trop + BNP + Vasopressors =Massive PE 🚫Avoid Heparin in High Bleeding Risk #FOAMed AAEM Ally M. Hynes, MD, FAAEM, FACEP AAEM/RSA Critical Care Guys Christopher Colbert, DO, FACOEP, FACEP, FAAEM

Awesome product you can demo at #aaem24. Support an AAEM member!

Great course at #aaem24

Great lecture on LVADs happening now in Lone Star FG at #AAEM24! Elias Wan

Decompensated AS? No problem for these guys! #aaem25