New Guideline: ECG Warranted in Syncope Evaluation
(MedPage Today) -- Joint statement does not recommend routine MRI, CT imaging (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - March 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Smartphone-Linked Ultrasound Probe Wins FDA Clearance
(MedPage Today) -- Images viewable on mobile device screens, no bulky console needed (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 13, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Lay Navigators Reduce ER Visits, ICU Admissions
(MedPage Today) -- Trained nonmedical personnel can improve ER and ICU efficiency (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 12, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Not-So-Obvious Apps for the ER
(MedPage Today) -- Must-haves for emergency medicine physicians (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Still No Consensus on Antibiotics for Persistent Sinus Infection (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- To prescribe or not prescribe? (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 6, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

By the Numbers: That Dang Recordkeeping
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians spend a fourth of their time on administrative tasks, study finds (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 3, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

10 Questions: Mark Friedman, MD
(MedPage Today) -- The biggest barrier to practicing medicine is a lack of vision (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - February 3, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Rates of Infant Head Trauma Abuse Remain High (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Parental education improves knowledge, but not behavior (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 30, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Unbraided Sutures for C-Section Linked to Lowered Infection (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- But no cosmetic difference between unbraided sutures, glue (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 27, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Revisiting Tight Glucose Control in the ICU (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Lower mortality risk with lower glucose target (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 23, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Medical Teams Prepare for Inauguration
(MedPage Today) -- Lots of coordination required between federal, local governments (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 19, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

CardioBreak: AED Shutdown; Prehospital Stroke Scale; Another Certification
(MedPage Today) -- Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 16, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Neurocognitive Tests for Concussion: Wave of the Past?
(MedPage Today) -- Mayo team says current protocols outmoded (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - January 14, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

ACOG Backs Delayed Cord Clamping for Healthy Infants
(MedPage Today) -- 30- to 60-second delay tied to better neonatal outcomes (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 22, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Study: Older Stored Blood Still Safe (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- No excess mortality seen with transfused red cells stored up to 42 days (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 21, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news