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With this feed, you do not miss anything. You will find all published blog posts and chapters during this week. Click the “title” or “read more” to open each page you interested in.
Selected Diagnostic Tests
Selected Diagnostic Laboratory Tests are just uploaded to the website. Do you need more?
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From Experts to Our Students! – Communication Skills in the ED
Communication and Interpersonal Interactions chapter written by Vijay Nagpal and Bret A. Nicks from USA is just uploaded to the Website!
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Data Gathering
by Chew Keng Sheng Introduction Although a medical student has always been taught to take a comprehensive history and a complete physical examination from
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Medical Professionalism
Medical Professionalism chapter written by Amila Punyadasa from Singapore is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Medical Professionalism”
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From Experts to Our Students! – The art of gathering data in the ED
Data Gathering chapter written by gathering data – Chew Keng Sheng from Malaysia is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Data Gathering”
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Effective Communication in the ED
Read “Communication and Interpersonal Interactions”
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Diagnostic Testing In Emergency Medicine
by Yusuf Ali Altunci Case 1 A fifty-one-year-old male patient is admitted to your emergency department (ED) with chest pain that started 30 minutes
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Diagnostic Testing
Diagnostic Testing In Emergency Medicine chapter written by Yusuf Ali Altunci from Turkey is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Diagnostic Testing In Emergency Medicine”
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Creating Your Action Plan
by Chew Keng Sheng Introduction As the patient’s physiologic condition is dynamic and changes from time to time, we need to remember that the
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Documentation
by Muneer Al Marzouqi and Qais Abuagla Introduction Whether you are rotating in the Emergency Department (ED) or elsewhere, one of the key skills
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Action Plan
Creating Your Action Plan chapter written by Chew Keng Sheng from Malaysia is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Creating Your Action Plan”
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Discharge Communications
by Justin Brooten and Bret Nicks Introduction The process of patient discharge from the emergency department (ED) provides critical information for patients to manage
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Legible patient record
Documentation chapter written by Muneer Al Marzouqi and Qais Abuagla from UAE and Sudan is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Documentation”
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ED-based Patient Handoff Tool (I-CAN)
Read “Communication and Interpersonal Interactions”
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Clinical Decision Rules
by Stacey Chamberlain Introduction Clinical Decision Rules (CDRs), also known as Decision “Instruments” or “Aids,” are evidence-based tools to assist the practitioner in decision-making
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From Experts To Our Students! – Clinical Decision Tools
Clinical Decision Rules chapter written by Stacey Chamberlain from USA is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Clinical Decision Rules”
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Safely Discharge Your Patient
Discharge Communications chapter written by Justin Brooten and Bret A. Nicks from USA is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Discharge Communications”
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Classifications and Scores
by Sarah Attwa and Marwan Galal Case 1 A 20-year-old male presents to your ED with a 5 cm wound after he fell off his
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New Section is Uploaded – Emergency Medicine Clerkship: Things to Know
Emergency Medicine Clerkship: Things to Know selected from SAEM and IFEM undergraduate curriculum recommendations are uploaded into the website. More specific disease entities are on
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Mnemonics
by Ozlem Dikme 3 D’s: Beck’s triad (cardiac tamponade) D = Distant heart sounds D = Distended jugular veins D = Decreased arterial pressure
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Burns
by Rahul Goswami Introduction The skin is the largest organ in the body. Its physiological purpose is to protect the body contents from foreign
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Lovely Mnemonics of Emergency Medicine
Mnemonics chapter by Ozlem Dikme from Turkey is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Mnemonics”
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Classifications and Scores in Emergency Medicine
Classifications and Scores chapter written by Sarah Attwa and Marwan Galal from Egypt and UAE is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Classifications and Scores”
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From Experts To Our Students! – Burn Injuries
Burns chapter written by Rahul Goswami from Singapore is just uploaded to the Website! Read “Burns”
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