Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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Todays Pearl on management of traumatic cardiac arrest

#umem #trauma #arrest

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Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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Help with when to use ED thoracotomy in trauma.

#reboa #thoracotomy #fast #umem

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Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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Firearm violence is an issue in both urban and rural communities. Here is data to illustrate it is a rural issue as much as urban

#umem #firearm #violence #rural #urban #publichealth

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Circulation comes before airway or breathing in trauma resuscitation.

#umem #trauma #Pearl #resuscitation

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Use this link to get daily educational pearls from University of Maryland Emergency Medicine emailed to you.

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#umem #FOAM #pearls #emergency #listserve

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UMEM Educational Pearls - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

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No evidence these devices improve patient outcome.

#umem #cardiacarrest #inhospital

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Investigate the possibility of IM TXA with this week’s Pearl.

#umem #trauma #txa #Pearl

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A letter addressing the recent NHTSA study evaluating the pre elands of substance use by road injured users.

#umem #trauma #nhtsa #umsom #substanceUseDisorder

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Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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UMEM Educational Pearls - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

umem.org/educational_pearls/41

Use RABT to predict the need for activation of MHP.

#umem #UM #trauma #Pearl #umsom #mhp #blood #masstransfusion

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Excited to get this letter published in Trauma. In reviewing the ACS position paper, it’s clear trauma patients need screening and interventions for substance use disorders.

#umem #umemresidency #trauma #sages #substanceUseDisorder #lettertoeditor #americancollegeofsurgeons #umschoolofmedicine

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Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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The American College of surgeons put out a nice position statement regarding screening trauma patients for mental health and substance use disorders. This Pearl gives a brief overview. Bottom line, intervention prevents future trauma morbidity and mortality.

#trauma #traumapearl #substanceUseDisorder #recidivism #umem #acs

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Think of penetrating neck trauma not in terms of anatomic zones but physiologic/anatomic presenting signs. This helps differentiate who needs emergent operative intervention vs. CT angiography.

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#necktrauma #penetratingtrauma #trauma #zones #traumapearl #umem

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A recent systematic review and meta analysis by a group from looked at prophylactic antibiotics and their use surrounding tube thorocostomy in patients. Here is a link to my pearl assessing their findings. medicine

#east #trauma #em #emergencyphysicain #emergency #umemresidency #umem #traumapearl

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This week’s pearl looks at after fractures. Be cautious with the anticoagulants, concomitant abdominal injuries, psychiatric patients and the elderly.

#trauma #readmission #rib #umem #umsom #umemresidency

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Rob Flint, MD · @Robflint97
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Link to all of my weekly pearls at

Love to hear your thoughts!

#trauma #umem

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