A Novel Point-of-care Ultrasound Curriculum for Air Critical Care Personnel.

Introduction: Point-of care-ultrasound (POCUS) has become ubiquitous in emergency medicine practice for the management of emergent pathophysiology. There is growing interest in its potential as a diagnostic tool in the prehospital setting. Few studies have examined the feasibility or efficacy of curricula targeted at teaching POCUS to prehospital personnel.

A Rare Case of Cranial Nerve VII Neuropraxia Associated with Alveolar Nerve Blocks.

Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male presented to our emergency department for six days of right-sided facial myasthenia and parasthesias following a dental procedure using anesthetic nerve blocks.

Discussion: Iatrogenic cranial nerve VII neuropraxia, a peripheral nerve injury, is an uncommon complication of alveolar nerve blocks with few documented cases specifically due to dental anesthesia. Treatment usually involves use of oral corticosteroid and/or antiviral medications along with close follow-up in clinic with a neurologist and/or otolaryngologist.

Emergency Department Visits for Gastroenteritis Before and After Rotavirus Vaccine Implementation in 2006.

Objectives: Gastroenteritis (GE) accounts for a significant number of emergency department (ED) visits in children. Several studies since the introduction of a new rotavirus vaccine in 2006 have found decreases in rotavirus illness. We sought to determine in a large multicenter ED database whether there was also a decrease in ED visits in young children for GE.