Dr. Berzon presents some airway pearls for today’s Morning Report! Airway Pearls Rotate on Anesthesia as a senior, you will learn things that will make you a better intubator. As a junior, you just wanna shove that tube through cords. Now, you can take the time to perfect your Read more…
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Youn! OPEN FRACTURES Definition: any fx that communicates with an overlying disruption of skin and soft tissues Initial assessment: still the ABCs (including pulses, hemorrhage control) Key history: mechanism, time course of event Physical exam: neurovascular status of injury, degree of Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Freedman for today’s Morning Report! Digoxin Toxicity Background: Naturally occurring chemical compounds Na+/ATPase Channel blockers Prone to poisoning Large volume of distribution Long half-life, ~36 hours Narrow therapeutic window, 0.6 – 1.3 ng/mL Digoxin: An Old Drug: CHF, A fib ~2% of all international patients. One 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…
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Shin! Eye Foreign Body Removal Immediately refer to an ophthalmologist in case of the following: o Hyphema o Diffuse corneal damage (focal or diffuse opacity) o Scleral or corneal laceration o Lid edema o Posttraumatic dilation of pupil or abnormal shape Read more…
Here’s Dr. Aluisio with today’s Morning Report!
Thanks to Dr. McMillan for today’s Morning Report! Traumatic Brain Injury – American Association of Neurological Surgeons Guidelines Case#1: A 45 year-old man helmeted motorcyclist struck by van, negative loss of consciousness, and currently GCS 15 and appropriate but complaining of headache. CT scan shows a small, lenticular hematoma Read more…
EMS notification. 115 year old female in cardiac arrest. ACLS in progress. Estimated time of arrival: 5 minutes. Your stomach groans. Upon EMS arrival, you learn that she comes from a nursing facility and has end-stage dementia; she is bed-bound, contracted and non-verbal. Maybe she’s got a PEG tube or Read more…