Author Archives: ketaminh

JC The REVERT trial: Dip or doom for SVT in the Emergency Department?

St.Emlyn’s – Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) is something we see a lot of in Emergency Medicine.  Any emergency physician will tell you exactly how satisfying it is to treat a patient with SVT.  There must be close to a 100% successful cardioversion rate, one way or another, and after cardioversion patients can usually…Continue reading “JC The REVERT trial: Dip or doom for SVT in the Emergency Department?”

Music therapy, a refuge in the ICU

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Many times we have spoken on this blog about the inclusion of music in the ICU, source of benefits for patients without side effects.In the pain management, for the anxiety in ventilated patients, help in decreasing the need for sedatives or even in the developmental care.I invite you to watch this short…Continue reading “Music therapy, a refuge in the ICU”

How to Teach Doctors Empathy

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Today we talk about a very interesting opinion article published in The Atlantic, with a devastating headline: “Being a good doctor requires an understanding of people, not just science.” Although I personally think that empathy is a thing of everybody. Empathy has always been considered much less important than technical…Continue reading “How to Teach Doctors Empathy”