There are countless guides and references that can be used in emergency medicine.  However, some books prove to be better resources than others and it is vital to identify them.  In this post, we review one of the books you should seriously consider having if you work in emergency medicine.

Last year, the American Heart Association (AHA) provided updates to their basic life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and pediatric advanced life support (PALS) programs.  Mike Sharma is helping again by reviewing some of the key updates and changes to guidelines.  We also provide some additional feedback and information to consider with these new guidelines.

March is Women's History Month and we wanted to celebrate some of the accomplishments of women in medicine.  While there are countless women that could be mentioned, we wanted to focus on a few that have been seen as pioneers in medicine.

Recently there was commentary in a forum that suggested the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria (PERC Rule) was essentially useless for detecting a pulmonary embolism (PE).  It started with an anecdote, which is a logical fallacy (post hoc ergo propter hoc) and went wild from there.  This led to the realization that many still do not understand how to use the Wells' Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism (referred to from here simply as the Wells' Criteria) and the PERC Rule.

Injuries to the spine can occur both in blunt and penetrating trauma.  They can also be with or without neurological deficits.  For this reason, they should be considered in all patients with multiple injuries.  In this podcast, Chip Lange and Mike Sharma review the pearls and pitfalls of this disease process.

We are able to provide a sneak peak at some updated content with Practical POCUS.  Over the last few months, Practical POCUS has been working to improve its content with the plan to help further promote point of care ultrasound (POCUS) to a broader audience.  One audience in particular is with EMS.  This 10 minute video is an excerpt from the updated course worth 24 hours of CME.  Make sure  to check out PracticalPOCUS.com to learn more.

A little while back, we asked for help on getting out more content.  David Wright and Kate Randolph answered that call and provided a special podcast on osteogenesis imperfecta.  We hope you enjoy this unique podcast and encourage you to reach out if you want to contribute, as well.

Neonatal sepsis can be subtle, especially early on.  It can rapidly progress to multisystem organ failure, meningitis, and death.  Given the real dangers of neonatal sepsis, we will focus on 10 key points to remember when evaluating for this lurking terror.

Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) was just discussed in our last podcast on head injuries.  However, we briefly mentioned how there is a certain amount of controversy on this subject.  This separate podcast is to act as a supplement to the Chapter 6 ATLS podcast on head trauma that was just covered.  We find this particularly important given how long our ATLS podcasts run in general.

The newest Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) blog and podcast is here!  This time we talk about head trauma.  Get the key pearls and pitfalls as provided by Chip Lange and Mike Sharma.