Episode 24

Chest Pain Stats | Private vs EMS

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 8-12, 2026.

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:

In this large national ED study, only 5.5% of patients presenting with atraumatic chest pain were diagnosed with one of seven predefined life-threatening conditions, with ACS accounting for most cases (4.5%).

Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:

A large, multiyear retrospective cohort of adult trauma patients found those transported by private vehicle (POV) had lower odds of mortality and shorter length of stays than ground EMS.

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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!