Episode 2

Api US’s | Cost of EM Life

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Jan 23-27, 2022.

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Api US’s Spoon Feed

When performed by an experienced EM physician or radiologist, a conclusive appendix ultrasound is both sensitive and specific when evaluating for acute appendicitis and can be used in place of CT. 


Cost of EM Life Spoon Feed

Emergency physicians (EPs) suffer from poor sleep quality and lower sleep quantity than recommended. EPs were also objectively more fatigued during late afternoon and evening shifts and spend almost a quarter of their shift in a fatigued state. 

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Nicholas Zelt

The voice behind the mic! I'm an emergency medicine resident with a real nerdy love for podcasts and evidence based medicine. Joined the JournalFeed team way back in the before times (pre-COVID).
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Clay Smith

Hi! I've been practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years and started JournalFeed. I'm the Chief Spoon-Feeder, which means I either write or edit everything that's posted on the JournalFeed blog. But Nick totally runs the show with the podcast!