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…
It’s another bucolic day in NYC, and you’re stuck in the trenches of the ER with 10 deep to be seen. You pick your next patient, a 23 year-old guy, history of HIV, undomiciled, with a chief complaint of “mouth pain.” You go to the patient and ask what’s wrong, and Read more…
55 y/o M w/ ESRD p/w chest pain. As you’re finished evaluating him and leaving, he says, “Oh doc, 1 more thing. Can you take a look at these lumps on my thighs? It’s been growing for a few months and bothering me.” You take a quick peek and notice Read more…
It’s 1:28am and the Red Phone in your critical care area rings. It’s the vice president who is notifying you personally that the HAZMAT team is enroute with Steven Seagal. Seagal, who single handedly stopped a terrorist with a nondescript accent from setting off a nuclear weapon in Read more…
This month in the WM meeting, we spoke about jellyfish envenomations. The paper we discussed can be found here: Jellyfish Paper This was a great paper that covered a lot of information about the different jellyfish in different parts of the world and how each should be treated. If you Read more…
31 yo M presents to your Emergency Department with palpitations and shortness of breath. His EKG is below: 1. What is the interpretation? Rate, rhythm, axis, intervals, etc…. 2. What is the emergent and subsequent treatment? Best answer by 8/21/15 at noon will be the winner!
Congratulations to Dr. Blumenberg on winning this month’s COtM. There were two well thought out responses dueling for supremacy this month, but there can only be one, and Blumenberg highlighted a crucial aspect to the management of this patient which cannot go unawarded. Here was the presentation for those Read more…