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Shift question: 72-year-old syncope, normal ECG, negative first troponin—can he go home?
Open the response: FOAM Cortex frames high-risk features, SFSR/CSRS context, and how to teach the discharge call. foamcortex.com/share/NmPmwAe…
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Jun 13
Local antibiotic guidance should account for local resistance.
FOAM Cortex uses the selected institution site to interpret a local antibiogram and return practical recommendations: options, dosing, cautions, adjustments, and sources.
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Jun 12
EHR downtime is rare enough that most teams are unfamiliar with the details—and high-stakes enough that guessing is a bad plan.
FOAM Cortex makes downtime easier to manage by turning local forms and policies into usable answers.
foamcortex.com/institutions
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Jun 10
EHR downtime is rare enough that most teams are unfamiliar with the details—and high-stakes enough that guessing is a bad plan.
FOAM Cortex makes downtime easier to manage by turning local forms and policies into usable answers.
foamcortex.com/institutions
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Jun 9
Troponin, decoded.
hsTn algorithms can be maddening. 10 ng/L is low, but not automatically “negative.” Serial testing, delta, ECG, timing, clinical risk, and institutional pathways all matter.
FOAM Cortex turns the threshold maze into the next step.
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Jun 8
Shift question: Febrile infant UTI fork
42-day-old fever, UA positive, well appearing: LP, ceftriaxone, or discharge?
Open the response to see FOAM Cortex map the AAP-style pathway and follow-up traps:
foamcortex.com/share/KPCpSAz…
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Jun 7
Shift question: Asthma vent trap
Intubated asthma with rising CO2: what vent settings avoid auto-PEEP?
Open the response to see a resus pathway for breath stacking, permissive hypercapnia, and sedation/paralysis:
foamcortex.com/share/O48Ji17…
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Jun 6
Shift question: Hidden respiratory failure
pH 7.22, HCO3 10, PaCO2 38: what’s the hidden second process?
Open the response—FOAM Cortex uses the acid-base card Winters logic instead of hand-waving:
foamcortex.com/share/ls8ioAi…
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Jun 5
Question of the shift: Lateral canthotomy steps
Orbital compartment syndrome: how do I perform lateral canthotomy and cantholysis?
Open the response to see FOAM Cortex structure the procedure steps, pitfalls, and aftercare:
foamcortex.com/share/HshOMgK…
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Jun 4
Question of the shift: POCUS in crashing shock
Crashing undifferentiated shock: which POCUS findings change management now?
Open the response and see how it structures the next moves:
foamcortex.com/share/ruFoZ0L…
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Jun 3
Question of the shift: Toddler vomiting after fall
3-year-old minor head injury with vomiting, normal exam: CT or observe?
Open the response—FOAM Cortex preselects PECARN and prefills age ≥2 vomiting before the answer.
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Jun 2
Source spotlight: Fractures.app
A free bedside fracture-management app with injury-pattern illustrations, splint recommendations, management pearls, high-risk alerts, and follow-up guidance.
Source: fractures.app
FOAM Cortex: foamcortex.com
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Jun 1
Institutional search should not treat every document equally.
A current local pathway should beat an old slide deck. A concise algorithm should beat a twenty-page policy.
FOAM Cortex routes the right content forward by recency, site specificity, and actionability.
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May 31
Source spotlight: NAEMSP
NAEMSP is a national professional association founded in 1984 that connects, educates, and advocates for EMS physicians and multidisciplinary EMS professionals to advance…
Source: naemsp.org
FOAM Cortex: foamcortex.com
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May 29
Source spotlight: St. Emelyn's Podcast
The St. Emlyn’s podcast is a UK-based emergency medicine show for anyone working in emergency care, delivering high-quality, evidence-based education centered on…
Source: stemlynspodcast.org
FOAM Cortex: foamcortex.com
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May 29
Most operational updates already move by email.
With FOAM Cortex Smart Inbox, an ED director or ops lead can add a dedicated FOAM Cortex address to the existing mailing list.
Relevant attachments and updates get captured, indexed, and searchable — without a new workflow.
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May 29
Every ED has local knowledge scattered across PDFs, emails, pathways, and shared drives.
FOAM Cortex for Institutions brings it into a governed, source-backed clinical assistant: site routing, source controls, user management, audit trails.
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May 27
Source spotlight: St.Emlyn's
St Emlyn’s is a team of emergency medicine and critical care clinicians producing high-quality, multimedia education to improve clinician learning and patient care, grounded in…
Source: stemlynsblog.org
FOAM Cortex: foamcortex.com
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May 27
One institution. Different sites. Different workflows.
FOAM Cortex Institutions supports site-specific content, so the pediatric ED, trauma center, freestanding ED, or clinic can surface the answer that actually applies locally.
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May 27
Source spotlight: EM Updates
EM Updates brings fresh curated emergency medicine evidence updates to clinicians, highlighting practice-changing studies and systematic reviews…
Source: emupdates.com
FOAM Cortex: foamcortex.com
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