EM-CCM Presentation Review 09/16/2020 Authors: Keesandra Agenor MD, John Riggins Jr MD Edited by: Raymond Beyda MD, Eden Kim DO Case A 74-year-old male with PMH of hypertension and dyslipidemia presents to the ED with acute tongue swelling, neck swelling, and changes in his voice that started the prior evening. Read more…
Written by Adrian Aurrecoechea, MD Edited by Andrea Greene, MD A Case HPI: A 22-year-old female with no PMH presents to Fast Track, referred from urgent care for lip laceration. Her chief complaint is pain to the face, and the patient reports she was texting on her phone and accidentally Read more…
Authors: John Riggins Jr MD, Adam Shore MD Edited by: Wesley Chan MD and Robby Allen, MD You are sitting in the pediatric emergency department on a beautiful but steamy day in July. You are feeling good about the summer. You have moved up in the ranks of residency. Your Read more…
The Ultrasound Mini-Fellowship (Team Sono) met last month to discuss TransEsophageal Echocardiography (TEE) in cardiac arrest. We specifically discussed two major papers in the TEE literature discussing TEE during cardiac arrest. First, thank you to all of our amazing faculty (Drs. Maurelus, Ozaki, Aherne, Mahalingham, Balakrishnan, Kim, Cutright, Reisman, Beyda, Read more…
In the last few hours of your busy Pod A shift, you sign up for a patient with the chief complaint “penile pain.” His chart indicates a history of sickle cell and multiple prior urology appointments and ED presentations for recurrent priapism. As you enter the room, the patient yells, Read more…
The Administration Mini-Fellowship met with our chairman, Dr. Michael Lucchesi, to discuss the concept of Managing Up. Here is an overview of what we discussed: What is Managing Up? Also known as the “politics of medicine”, it is the practice of forging a fruitful relationship with your higher-ups, whether Read more…
Our toxicology mini-fellowship meeting last week was all about bupe (buprenorphine)! Here is a brief review of the key points of discussion. Why does this matter? As emergency physicians, we are on the frontline in caring for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). These patients come to the ED Read more…
This month’s Save of The Month goes to a repeat awardee and one of our editors, Dr. Noah Berland. We are recognizing Noah for correctly identifying the sickest patient in the room, advocating for that patient, and expediting her care. Case A middle-aged woman with a history of diabetes presented Read more…
Viral conjunctivitis accounts for almost 700,000 yearly visits to the emergency department1 and 92% of those can be attributed to adenovirus, termed Adenoviral Conjunctivitis (Ad-Cs)2. Patients may experience ocular irritation, photophobia, blurred vision, eyelid swelling, and conjunctival edema. Although the condition is generally self-limited, it is highly infectious and occasionally Read more…
The notification phone rings: “Cardiac arrest, intubated, ETA 3 minutes.” Take a breath. You look around and notice you have a loaded team! EMS rolls in and moves that patient to the stretcher. Your awesome nurses get IV access on the first try while you promptly assemble the LUCAS device Read more…