My residency program discussed the EMS chapters in Rosen’s tonight and went over the START protocol for triage in mass casualty incidents.
For the unacquainted, START stands for Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment. This protocol aims to make triage extremely fast and simple to allow first responders to quickly assess large numbers of patients. Triaged patients are clearly marked with colors (black = dead, red = immediate attention, yellow = delayed attention, green = minor injuries).
As a...
Altered mental status is a frequent presentation with a very broad differential. Having a solid approach helps provide structure to the workup of a difficult group of patients.
IS IT MEAT is a common mnemonic for this presentation and the best one that I have come across (thanks to Nadim Lalani from ermentor.com for teaching it to me and George Farjou for the quick comments to improve it). Not only do the letters have fairly intuitive meaning, but they also provide a structural approach with IS IT...
Here we go again, it’s Canadian FOAM of the week episode 009 covering content posted since May 10th, 2013. What we may lack in quantity this week, we certainly make up for with quality in the featured posts.
Canadian FOAM of the Week: Sim and Choppers
Andrew Petrosoniak of Sim and Choppers is our FOAM of the week with his post on patient safety entitled “Patient safety strategies ready for primetime“. In this post, Andrew shares with us his thoughts on several recommendations...
For the background on this project check out my post The AnkiEM Project. Basically, when I started making cards to review for my board exams I knew that I wanted to use a spaced-repetition flashcard tool (thanks to Chris Nickson‘s from Life in the Fast Lane for exposing me to this concept) and Anki seemed like the best bet. However, as I collected feedback from Eve Purdy, Andrew Tagg, Joshua Power and Reuben Strayer I began to consider other alternatives. Specifically, I agreed with...
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