AEDs save lives: Why more people should know how to use them
Did you know that over 300,000 people a year visit a doctor for symptoms of anaphylaxis — yet, thankfully, between 1999-2010 only 2,458 died from anaphylaxis? Compare that with the fact that each year anywhere between 180,000 to 450,000 people in the United States die from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). While both anaphylaxis and SCA […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/nathan-scherer" rel="tag" > Nathan Scherer, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Cardiology Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
The Atomizer and Naloxone: Life-Saving Treatment for Opioid ODs
The atomizer is a handy tool to instill life-saving medication into the nose, and you should consider stocking them if you don't already. An atomizer can be used to administer naloxone and countless other drugs as well as for moderate sedation and pain control. Pediatric and adult patients alike can benefit from intranasal fentanyl or Versed. Studies on intranasal epinephrine for anaphylaxis also look promising, but it does require a higher dose—5 mg instead of 0.3 mg. (Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2016;34[1]:38; http://bit.ly/2Prpjhb.)The atomizer is easy to use and can be attached to any syringe. Each spray c...
Source: The Procedural Pause - December 4, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Fighting Against A Small Enemy: The Nima Peanut Sensor Review
Peanut accounts for the majority of severe allergic reactions, and so far there was no possibility to double-check the foods said not to contain the harmful ingredient. That has changed with Nima’s latest innovation, the portable, pocket-sized peanut sensor. I was excited to test the newest tool in the fight against food allergies. Here, you find my verdict about the peanut sensor.
Peanuts are deadlier than tornadoes
As odd as it sounds, peanuts might be more dangerous than hurricanes. While the allergic reactions to the underground seeds kill every year about 150 people, tornadoes stay in the range of 100-120 – except...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 23, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Food Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Professionals Patients allergy eating food allergy food sensor Innovation meals peanut review technology wellness Source Type: blogs
Veta Smart Case for Epinephrine Auto Injectors Now Available
Aterica, a Canadian company, is releasing its Veta smart case for epinephrine auto injectors (think EPIPEN). The device works in conjunction with a paired app to track usage of an auto-injector, as well as to monitor its location, its temperature, and expiration dates.
The Veta is used in place of the standard cases that auto injectors come with, and it’s not much larger than the simple plastic holders that don’t have all the electronics of the Veta.
Some of the features of the device according to the manufacturer:
Removal Alerts to indicate when the auto-injector is removed from Veta Smart Case as well as s...
Source: Medgadget - September 11, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Food allergy: Death is not our only fear
Recently, a respected allergist reassured his audience: the mortality rate for food allergy is very low. The risk of dying in a car crash is much greater than the risk of dying from food allergy. The implication seemed to be that the anxiety around food allergy is misplaced. Though any loss of life is too great; statistically, food allergy deaths are rare. To the food allergy community, it just doesn’t feel that way. As a scientist, I believe evidence should triumph over emotional reasoning. But as a food allergy mom, I was not reassured. Other food allergy families present that day felt the same. Why, I wondered, is the...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/gianine-d-rosenblum" rel="tag" > Gianine D. Rosenblum, PhD < /a > Tags: Conditions Allergies & Immunology Source Type: blogs
Tropical Travel Trouble 011 Tonsillitis and the Bull
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Peer Reviewers: Dr Jennifer Ho, ID physician QLD, Australia and Dr Mark Little, ED physician QLD, Australia.
You are working in far North Queensland and encounter a 20 year old Indigenous man with tonsillitis on your ED short stay ward round. He has been receiving IV penicillin and metronidazole overnight but is deteriorating and now cannot open his mouth beyond 1.5cm, and has a swollen neck (some might say ‘Bull neck’). In add...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 25, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Amanda McConnell Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine antitoxin bull neck c. diphtheriae c.ulcerans DAT pseudomembrane vaccine Source Type: blogs
Tropical Travel Trouble 011 Tonsillitis and the Bull
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
aka Tropical Travel Trouble 011
Peer Reviewers: Dr Jennifer Ho, ID physician QLD, Australia and Dr Mark Little, ED physician QLD, Australia.
You are working in far North Queensland and encounter a 20 year old Indigenous man with tonsillitis on your ED short stay ward round. He has been receiving IV penicillin and metronidazole overnight but is deteriorating and now cannot open his mouth beyond 1.5cm, and has a swollen neck (some might say ‘Bull neck’). In add...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 25, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Amanda McConnell Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine antitoxin bull neck c. diphtheriae c.ulcerans DAT pseudomembrane vaccine Source Type: blogs
Wardround 1viii18
Welcome to C5. The ward ' s Consultants, Drs McMahon, Jones, Munang, Russell and Buabeng, look forward to working with you and hope you will get the most out of your attachment.This blog will be a reminder of your training assignments each week. In addition to the departmental teaching sessions we have three ward based events:1. Read& think :Each Tuesday there is a discussion of a subject or paper. I will usually set a paper but if you come across something which you believe we should read, I am happy to include it. Give yourself time to think.2. Two Minute talks: each Friday you will give the team ...
Source: MJM Wardrounds - July 13, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: blogs
Wardround 3viii18
Welcome to C5. The ward ' s Consultants, Drs McMahon, Jones, Munang, Russell and Buabeng, look forward to working with you and hope you will get the most out of your attachment.This blog will be a reminder of your training assignments each week. In addition to the departmental teaching sessions we have three ward based events:1. Read& think :Each Tuesday there is a discussion of a subject or paper. I will usually set a paper but if you come across something which you believe we should read, I am happy to include it. Give yourself time to think.2. Two Minute talks: each Friday you will give the team ...
Source: MJM Wardrounds - July 13, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: blogs
“Smart” Training Devices Alleviate Concerns of Self-Injection: Interview with Noble International’s Joe Reynolds
Most patients encounter shots and injections, like the flu vaccine, in the context of a clinic or local pharmacy. However, for many patients, shots and injections are not an annual occurrence but are required frequently and, as a result, need to be self-administered at home. Biologic drugs have recently found success addressing chronic diseases but can require at-home administration using prefilled syringes (PFSs) and autoinjectors.
Patients using these self-injection devices can experience psychological challenges ranging from mild squeamishness to extreme anxiety. A recent study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and...
Source: Medgadget - May 3, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Cardiac arrest #3: ST depression, Is it STEMI? or it he an ACCESS Trial Candidate?
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Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - May 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Cardiac arrest #3: ST depression, Is it STEMI? or is he an ACCESS Trial Candidate?
This article was commented on at REBEL EM: http://rebelem.com/the-role-of-tee-in-cardiac-arrest/ (Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog)
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - May 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
How to talk to your doctor about medication
Pharmacology has changed the practice of medicine. Scientists are continually working on new and better drugs to manage medical conditions, from high blood pressure to autoimmune diseases to cancer. The mechanism of a drug — how it actually works on the condition it is mean to treat — is one important factor, but drug delivery, meaning how the medication arrives at the target it is meant to affect, is also key.
As a patient, it’s your right to understand everything about a medication prescribed for you. That doesn’t mean you have to become a scientist or pass an exam about pharmacology. But you can and should ask y...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, FAHS Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Health care Source Type: blogs
Bee venom acupuncture: Deadly quackery that can kill
Bee venom acupuncture is a form of apitherapy (treatment with bee products, such as venom, honey, or pollen) in which bee venom is injected along acupuncture points, often by actual bees. It also recently resulted in the death of a woman from anaphylactic shock. Basically, the use of bee venom acupuncture cannot be justified because it has no proven benefits and is potentially deadly.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - March 23, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Medicine Popular culture Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture anaphylactic shock apitherapy bee pollen bee venom bee venom acupuncture featured Goop Gwyneth Paltrow Source Type: blogs
