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TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine

Aug 15, 2022

There are a variety of anorectal emergencies that present to the emergency department.  Recently, there were updated guidelines made by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST).  In this post, we review some of the updated guidelines including...


Jul 15, 2022

We are back to providing our ATLS content and we are picking up where we left off.  Our last ATLS podcast was on spine and spinal cord trauma.  Somewhat similar in nature is musculoskeletal trauma.  This is a very common form of trauma.  However, delayed recognition and  treatment can result in life-threatening...


Jun 15, 2022

Cluster headaches are often considered one of the most painful human experiences.  They are short (lasting usually 15-180 minutes), frequent (up to 8 a day), unilateral headaches behind or around the eye often with ipsilateral autonomic symptoms and restlessness.  While migraines and tension headaches are...


Jun 15, 2021

The use of tranexamic acid (TXA) has expanded with growing evidence in its use for a variety of clinical situations.  However, not all evidence is created equal and not all applications show benefit.  In this blog and podcast we discuss the various uses of TXA and the surrounding evidence.


Jun 1, 2021

For decades, there has been a major name debate regarding the appropriate title for PAs.  However, on May 24, 2021 the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) House of Delegates (HOD) came to a vote.  Over 100 possible titles were considered, but ultimately the winning vote was for "physician associate" which has led to a...