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Paramedics responding to elderly patients who had fallen in an assisted living facility followed a protocol that included discussing the case with the patient's primary care physician (PCP).  This drastically reduced the number actually getting transported to the ED by 63% and was safe.

Gun shows in Nevada were associated with more firearm related violence in nearby California.  Whereas gun show in California did not correlate with increased gun violence locally.  Authors concluded that this may have been due to stricter gun laws in California.

The combination of videolaryngoscopy (VL) and Bonfils rigid intubation endoscope (BIE) was an excellent way to safely intubate patients with extremely difficult airways.

Ketofol vs ketamine alone had the advantage of fewer unpleasant emergence reactions and less post-procedural vomiting.

Patients may still have opiate abuse or dependence even if they have no prescriptions recorded on a public controlled substance database.

Cuffed endotracheal tubes (ETT) had better ventilation characteristics and fewer complications during routine surgery than uncuffed.

Patients in PEA arrest with organized cardiac activity on bedside ultrasound appear to have better survival than those with disorganized, agonal cardiac activity and may respond to treatments not usually performed in standard ACLS, like continuous vasoactive drips during arrest.

Neither morphine+ibuprofen nor either drug alone+placebo improved pain to a minimal score at 1 hour in children with acute extremity pain.

Patients with acute stroke from occluded intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) or proximal middle cerebral artery (MCA) presenting from 6-24 hours from onset benefitted from endovascular thrombectomy when clinical deficits of stroke were greater than expected based on infarct volume on diffusion-weighted MRI or perfusion CT.

A dose of ibuprofen 400mg + acetaminophen 1000mg was as good as an oral opiate for extremity pain.