Here’s Dr. Basile with today’s Morning Report! Ankle Dislocations – Can lead to long-term morbidity – Most commonly in young people in sports, falls, or MVCs – Isolated ankle dislocation is rare – Usually associated with malleolar fractures or fracture of the tip of the tibia – Open 25% Read more…
Have you ever had a medical student give you a presentation on chest pain that involved various aspects of the patients hobby of collecting Star Trek memorabilia? Have you received way too much information about the patients pet cat for a chief complaint of toothache? This may leave you thinking Read more…
Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. Semenovskaya! Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Background – PPCM: Idiopathic cardiomyopathy that presents with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction, typically manifesting in the last month of pregnancy and up to the first four months post-partum. – Etiology is unknown – theories Read more…
Welcome to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. The motivation for this comes from a common question that I am sure all of you have had at one point or another. The other day during a shift there was a debate about the accuracy of ruling in or ruling Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Yeo for today’s Morning Report! Here’s the Case: A 22 year-old male patient is brought in by EMS from a nearby club for seizures. On arrival he is lethargic, hypertensive, febrile, and tachycardic. He is accompanied by his friend who reports the patient ingested multiple tablets Read more…
I just wanted to take a second to introduce you all to a new section of our KCH blog. It is going to be called Boundless in Brooklyn and it is going to feature wilderness medicine topics. I hope you all enjoy it and follow our conversations there. Enjoy.
Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition and embarrassment on this blog. This month’s edition goes to . Read more…
Here is a case where most to all of the medical history could be obtained from the chest x-ray. Patient is an 81 yo W found apneic and cyanotic and EMS was called and patient was intubated. Patient had never been here before and no history came with the patient. Read more…