It’s not just opiates that cause pin-point pupils: Clonidine Benzos Sedative Hypnotics Antipsychotics Organophosphates Pontine Stroke SAH #FOAMed

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Duke Emergency Medicine : Thanks to Sam Francis, MD for his great EKG Pearls for STEMI! What a great start to the new academic year!

Duke Emergency Medicine- Thanks Sam Francis, MD for the great start to the day with a reminder of how to maintain compassion and empathy towards patients who are upset.

Scenes from a successful 2018 Duke EM Research Showcase. Thanks to everyone who came and presented. Anticipating a year of great research progress! @alimkakeng Stephanie Eucker Sam Francis, MD Catherine Staton @DMBuckland Charles J Gerardo

"Multicenter Evaluation of the YEARS Criteria in ED patients evaluated for PE" OPEN ACCESS / #FOAMed from AEM Journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111… Learn more about the YEARS criteria from Salim R. Rezaie, MD onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111… & from our AEM Podcast! brownemblog.com/blog-1/2018/8/…

Great Journal Club with .Duke Emergency Medicine with lots to learn about propensity scores and retrospective studies- Tracheal Intubation During Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival ja.ma/2B6oXn8

Take-home points from Sam Francis, MD’s super cool lecture on illicit drugs (and their adulterants) at #emconf this morning Duke Emergency Medicine

Love sharing ideas and strategies on grant writing with @DukeEmergency colleagues. Biosketch drafting is an art! Thanks Charles J Gerardo, @alimkakeng, @AnjniJoiner, @SAEucker, Sam Francis, MD.

Check out our open access paper on D dimer levels in patients with suspected VTE bit.ly/2RE4MqA In patients with suspected VTE and D dimer levels over 4,000 ng/ml, over 50% of patients were VTE positive.

Susanna Naggie, MD, Named Associate Dean for Clinical Research Initiatives and Regulatory Affairs. Will provide strategic vision/oversight of CRUs, Office of Regulatory Affairs & Quality, IRB, and Duke Health Data & Specimen Repository. Susanna Naggie Duke Clinical Research Institute ow.ly/TbVA30nDdzr

Old school aPTT testing using a fibrometer. Reagent added to plasma to activate the coagulation cascade. Above a certain threshold viscosity of fibrin strands, the arm stops moving stopping the timer.

Call for abstracts! ACEP is now accepting abstract submissions for the #ACEP19 Research Forum. Go here to submit yours today: acep.org/rf/ CC: @alimkakeng @joepiktel LorenRives

Happy Match Day! Welcome to the Duke EM Class of 2022! We can’t wait for your arrival.

DID I MISS THE LECTURE IN MED SCHOOL ON THE UNIVERSAL ANTIDOTE??? Taken from a 1950s emergency antidote flyer meant to be placed on medicine cabinets.

Did anyone ever actually perform artificial respirations as per those instructions???

Find out why #bullcityem chooses the Moon - sign up to #dinewithdukeem and learn more about pursuing an EM residency at Duke 🔵😈🚀 bit.ly/2Dj1Ee1

Four Faculty Receive School of Medicine Physician-Scientist Strong Start Awards. The award program supports promising, early career physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs. bit.ly/3tpGuCC Duke University Duke Health

Get ready 🐍 ⁦Duke Emergency Medicine⁩ ⁦Sam Francis, MD⁩ ⁦Sean Bush MD⁩ #snake venomweek.com

💡 Editor’s Choice Papers Recommendation 👉Clot #Imaging Using Photostable #Nanodiamond 👥 Marco D. Torelli et al. 🔍 Read more: mdpi.com/2079-4991/13/6…