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

Mar 27, 2018

Building off of our last post with Harrison Reed talking about communication, we are moving to a very similar and related topic this time talking about cognitive stop points with paramedic Tyler Christifulli.  He also has his own blog and podcast called FOAMfrat and one we have actually featured on our website.  Our...


Mar 20, 2018

Critical care PA Harrison Reed joins us to discuss communication in critical care resuscitation by breaking it down into phases along with talking about the pearls and pitfalls when it comes to these challenging situations.


Mar 13, 2018

​Fever can be scary.  It brings in many parents and even adults no matter the time of day.  However, there is a lot of misinformation regarding fevers which brings about this important discussion.  Using available evidence, we are going to talk about fevers and some of the main myths versus the actual evidence.  As...


Mar 6, 2018

​Every time we transfer the care of a patient, we are performing in many ways a high risk maneuver.  It is so second nature to many that we do not think about the risks.  However, according to the Joint Commission up to 80% of serious preventable medical errors are attributed to poorly communicated handoffs.  It begs...