A stringy-haired pimply teenager in a long trench-coat was found in his room listening to death metal, in a puddle of vomit, having had urinary and fecal incontinence. En route to your hospital he begins to seize. The paramedics who bring him begin to have teary-eyes, vomiting and diarrhea. The Read more…
And the answer to Case of the Month for July is… Thanks to all who participated! This prize goes to Dr. Zeccola (only right answer, and an impressive calm excellence leading sim conference on Wednesday) To recap, we have a 65 yo F who presents with: new onset Atrial fibrillation, Read more…
45 yo nulliparous F of Hispanic and Caucasian descent pmhx HTN on longstanding ARB p/w left intermittent arm pain x 1 year and 2 days of worsening mid back discomfort and SOB. Pt regularly walks 5 miles a day and has a BMI of 22. Had a benign Read more…
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…
A 23-year-old female, completely entranced by 4th of July fireworks ducks the barrier and gets a little too close to the excitement. While ashing her cigarette next to a giant box labelled “explosives,” she hears a loud noise and is promptly thrown through the air, landing 25 feet away, injured. Read more…
Greetings everyone from sunny Florida! As you all know, I’m finishing up my 1st year of my peds EM fellowship and I just couldn’t stay away from County so I wanted to write a short blog article. I figured we could talk about something very common in both the pediatric Read more…
This is a fictitious patient seen at a fictitious hospital called Janus General. Don’t believe me? I’m on staff there – see 65 yo F pmhx HTN/DM presents with worsening abdominal pain for 2 days. Pain is generalized, 10/10, no radiation, previously intermittent, but is now constant for hours. Read more…
I know Board Review is usually Tuesday…but this one couldn’t wait. Chief Carl’s asked an interesting question during conference. Let’s make his implied knowledge a little more obvious. A Case 70 yo Male with no related past medical history presents with acute on chronic low back pain. Recently he Read more…
