Emergency Medicine resident in downstate medical center, King’s County hospital.
You are working in the critical care area and need to log a trauma resuscitation since this is your last chance to get certified! A 65 year old male is brought by EMS for shortness of breath. He is tachypneic to 30, speaking in short phrases, has a blood pressure Read more…
Let’s go and see your next patient in the pediatric ER: a 4 month baby with a chief complaint of “head injury”. Mom says that she was playing with the baby yesterday. While playing, the baby kicked and then hit his head against the wall! He cried immediately for 10 Read more…
Let’s imagine you are in this very shift in your critical care area (who knows, maybe this really happened). A 56 year old man was shot in lower abdomen in a robbery, brought in by EMS as a notification and a trauma code was called. But this post is not Read more…