@mkeccp Independent of the the question of efficacy... how many patient take their own nitro each year at home for chest pain without IV access or a screening 12-lead to Rule out inferior MI first.
Dr. Levy bringing some stats real talk to the mix. Resuscitation time bias (opposite of survival time bias) is not often taken into consideration in prehospital observational studies. @EaglesGather@mklevy10#GatheringEagles19
Every person in EMS should mark their calendar today. Thanks to work from individuals across the country, we are moving to payment for treatment rather than payment for transport #emsismorethanataxi@NAEMSP#ET3
@kavitababu Ideally, when the rule misclassified a pt. they were DC'd with a responsible adult & have been given take-home naloxone kit
In EM "what if your wrong" can be applied to just about every patient.
PERC, HEART, NEXUS etc are good but not perfect, why is this different?
#SGEMHOP
Risk stratifying patients for discharge after opiate OD is just the beginning. Check out the amazing work @JLynchDO and @Buffalo_matters are doing linking patients to treatment from the ED after OD.
https://t.co/umqQgdWy3J
#SGEMHOP#opioidcrisis
https://t.co/bHyXwNf6tx