A deep dive analysis of current topics in Emergency Medicine
Author: Esteban Davila Peer Editor: Alec Feuerbach The Case You’re having a relatively quiet morning when you hear EMS bringing in a patient. The patient is an 18-year-old male who collapsed on the route of a half marathon. You reflect that this day is particularly warm and humid. EMS reports Read more…
Authors: Taylor Douglas; Naomi Rebollo Rodriguez Edited by: Nicole Anthony; Wesley Chan Many patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) with the chief complaint of shortness of breath. There are myriad causes and extensive treatments available. However, what about the patient who has dyspnea because they have a terminal illness Read more…
“So, what are you going to give me for the pain, doc?” “I don’t want to have to come back because of the pain.” We’ve all heard it before. After having received any myriad of pain strategies to ensure you didn’t undermanage their pain in the emergency room: The patient Read more…
Author: Marie Murphy, MD Editor: Nicole Anthony, MD “Stroke Code to the Stroke Assessment Area” A 60-year-old, left-handed man with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia is brought in by EMS for persistent sudden onset, left arm weakness that began 20 minutes ago. On exam, Read more…
Author: Jonathan McMahon, DO, MA Edited by: Robert Allen, MD; Noah Berland, MD Tranexamic Acid (TXA) has been in the literature a lot recently. Between the HALT-IT trial for its use in GI bleed, CRASH-2 and MATTERs for its use in trauma victims, WOMAN for TXA for postpartum hemorrhage, CRASH-3 Read more…
Author: Taylor Conrad Edited by: Eden Kim, Taylor Douglas, Robby Allen What is EBM? Evidenced-Based Medicine (EBM) is an important part of all medical disciplines and has been integral throughout the development of Emergency Medicine. According to the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ) at the Department of Health Read more…
Author: Jonathan McMahon, DO, MA Edited by: Robert Allen, MD Case A 46-year-old female with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia presents to the ED with a chief complaint of syncope that happened about an hour ago. She states that she was walking to the kitchen when she suddenly lost Read more…
Author: Robby Allen, MD Edited by: Eden Kim MD, Roshanak Benabbas MD Acknowledgments: Michael Lucchesi MD, Aleksandr Gleyzer MD Our “EM controversies” lecture series continued with a faculty showdown: Dr. Lucchesi versus Dr. Gleyzer. Watch the debate here. Their Challenge? Antibiotics for nasal packing. What does the evidence say? Read more…
Episode recap: When last we left our hero, known throughout the globe as Clotting Wonder, it was after a grueling battle with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Having been put to the test by post-partum hemorrhage in the WOMAN trial, our hero vanquished the evil villain of traumatic hemorrhage (in the exhilarating Read more…
Ted Segarra, MD & Nicole Anthony, MD The New 2020 GINA Asthma treatment guidelines[1] are out! Our focus will be on Adults & Adolescents 12+ years. The biggest change to our practice in the ED is that we will no longer be sending these patients home with short-acting beta-agonist (SABA)-only PRN Read more…