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Emergency Medicine

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Befast Assessment In A Rural Community Hospital – The Birch Study, Caroline Knight, Eileen Hawkins, Hilary Merrifield, Laura Stein, Robert Stein May 2023

Befast Assessment In A Rural Community Hospital – The Birch Study, Caroline Knight, Eileen Hawkins, Hilary Merrifield, Laura Stein, Robert Stein

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2023

Background: There are known regional disparities in treatment rates with thrombolysis and thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. BEFAST has been implemented in acute stroke protocols to aid in recognition of signs of stroke, but its utility in a rural ED is not well known.


Simulation-Based Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography Training For Emergency Medicine Residents, August Felix, Andrew Fried, Jessica Hathaway, Tania D. Strout May 2023

Simulation-Based Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography Training For Emergency Medicine Residents, August Felix, Andrew Fried, Jessica Hathaway, Tania D. Strout

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2023

Introduction: Resuscitative TEE is an emerging tool in the cardiac arrest tool-box, and can improve outcomes in OHCA.

• Identifies reversible causes

• Decreases time off chest

• Evaluates compression efficacy

• Improves assessment during pulse-checks

• Simulation training can prepare EM residents to obtain and interpret TEE views on a live patient.