The podcasts are created by David H. Newman, MD, and Teri Reynolds, MD, PhD. Dr. Newman teaches at Columbia University and is the Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He is an Evidence-Based Medicine editor at Annals of Emergency Medicine, authored the critically acclaimed Hippocrates' Shadow, and is widely published in both scientific and popular media journals. Dr. Reynolds trained at Highland Hospital in Oakland and is currently completing the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship and the Global Health Masters at UCSF. She is a Department Editor at Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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Audio and Podcasting Archives
February 2010 Issue
February (Vol. 55, Issue 2) Audio (MP3)
Highlights:
-Validation of the ABCD2 score for predicting stroke within 7 days in admitted TIA patients
-Average wait times and lengths of stay for EDs in the U.S.
-Handoffs: Emergency physician-hospitalist and Emergency physician-Emergency physician signouts – the good, the bad, and how to start assessing
-A bedside visual test to quantify methemoglobinemia
-Methamphetamine body stuffers and their outcomes
January 2010 Issue
January (Vol. 55, Issue 1) Audio (MP3)
Highlights include:
-How accurate is noncontrast CT for the diagnosis of appendicitis? A meta-analysis
-International experiences – the ethical challenge of short-term medical excursions
-Impact of a mobile pediatric emergency response team for an influenza epidemic
-How often are emergency physicians testing and treating for influenza?
-Informed consent – are media messages accurate for “community consent” in high risk trials? And in low risk, observational studies how often do subjects read the consent document?
And from the EBM section…
-How accurate are clinical factors in the diagnosis of IBS?
-Is nebulized saline effective for ED management of bronchiolitis?
December 2009 Issue
December (Vol. 54, Issue 6) Audio (MP3)
Highlights include:
* The prevalence of prolonged QTc in the ED
* Risk levels for major adverse events after syncope in the elderly
* 80-lead EKG: how much does it add, and what is it adding?
* Admission v. discharge imbalances and crowding in the ED
* What patient groups are disproportionately filling our ED’s as volumes increase?
November 2009 Issue
November (Vol. 54, Issue 5) Audio (MP3)
Highlights include:
* Interruptions during EMS CPR – how common? And is a non-rebreather better than a BVM?
* Out-of-hospital use of the Canadian c-spine rule
* Med student testing for EM rotations: a randomized controlled trial
* Battery-operated intraosseus needle driver: success rate in cadavers
* MRSA in septic arthritis
* EBM reviews: Factor VII in trauma, ED cardioversion for AF, and H&P for PAD
October 2009 Issue
October (Vol. 54, Issue 4) Audio (MP3)
Highlights include:
* The safety of inpatient hallway beds
* Impact of ED crowding on delays to treatment of high acuity patients
* The ‘LEAN’ method of ED process streamlining
* Utility of a tracking system to forecast crowding
* Rate of serious infections in ALTE patients
* New decision aids for blunt abdominal trauma in children and in adults, and a comparison of decision aids for ankle fracture in children
Also, new randomized controlled trials
* NSAIDs vs. APAP+codeine for pediatric arm fracture pain
* The ‘1+1’ hydromorphone protocol vs. typical treatment for acute pain
* IV paracetamol vs. morphine vs. placebo for renal colic pain
* Evidence-based summary of pediatric wrist fracture treatment
September 2009 Issue
September (Vol. 54, Issue 3) Audio (MP3)
Highlights include:
* tPa for stroke - two studies, two editorials, one massive controversy
* EM workforce - how many ED physicians are now board certified? The answer is...
* Patient expectations - do they determine satisfaction?
* Physician signouts - is there a better way?
* ED boarding of admitted patients led to dangerous errors
* Tamsulosin for ureteral stones - beneficial?
* Evidence-based Emergency Medicine:
* Diagnosis of DVT, paracentesis results in ascites, and treatment of pneumothorax
August 2009 Issue
August (Vol. 54, Issue 2) Audio (MP3)
Content for this month includes:
* Risk factors for VTE
* Ketamine and cerebral oximetry for pediatric sedation
* Local anesthesia for IVs
Also, articles on cardiac arrest resuscitation including:
* Cost effectiveness of public access AEDs
* Termination criteria for out-of-hospital resuscitation
* Post-resuscitation care for survivors
* Disparities in survival in the U.S.
...and much more.
July 2009 Issue
July (Vol. 54, Issue 1) Audio (MP3)
Highlights include:
-Chest pain research and eliciting a history: who’s right, the doctor or the researcher?
-The utility of stress tests for chest pain patients <40 y/o: little to none?
-Chest Pain Center outcomes and adherence to guidelines
-A surprising finding in the use of ultrasound for peripheral IV’s: not better, maybe worse
-CT angiography of the chest for PE: repeat customers
-HIV testing in the ED, including an interview with the investigator
-Penicillin skin testing: guess how often penicillin allergy is real…
-Gram’s stain of peritoneal fluid from the ED: hard to find a reason
-Palliative care in the ED
Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine summaries including:
-The utility of albumin administration
-The value of oral rehydration for dehydrated kids
-Reliable physical exam indicators of stroke
-Contrast-induced nephropathy – what is the literature telling us?
June 2009 Issue
June (Vol. 53, Issue 6) Audio (MP3)
* Dr. Deb Diercks on chest pain triage and Dr. Vivek Tayal on ultrasound training
Summaries include:
* Failures in patient hand-offs
* Family presence: no impact on efficiency
* Computerized risk assessments in low risk chest pain
* Optic nerve diameter doesn't predict ICP
* Neurocognitive testing may identify mild TBI
* S3 doesn't help to diagnose CHF
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