Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. White-McCrimmon! Here’s the Case: Notification phone rings: “Hi this is an EMS notification … we have a 42 year old male en route to the hospital who is actively seizing after a Read more…
MR is back from a small hiatus (vacation!). Here’s Dr. McMillan with today’s edition: Here’s the case: You have a 47 year-old male who presents with shortness of breath and leg weakness… Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Crisis Myasthenia Read more…
You’re working one night in UHB and you see this patient roll into the resus bay. Its a woman in her 60s with a history of scleroderma who’s chief complaint is shortness of breath. The tech hands you the Read more…
See One, Do One, TEACH ONE Welcome to the new blog titled See One, Do One, TEACH ONE with obvious emphasis on TEACH ONE! At Kings County Emergency Medicine residency, we are taught to believe in the power of the Read more…
Thank you to Dr. Melendez for today’s Morning Report! Thyroid Storm Patients may have a known history of thyrotoxicosis. In the absence of previously diagnosed thyrotoxicosis, the history may include symptoms such as irritability, agitation, emotional lability, a Read more…
Thanks Dr. Coquillon for today’s Morning Report! Alteplase: Mechanism of Action Recombinant human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA); produces local fibrinolysis Promotes thrombolysis by converting plasminogen to plasmin which degrades fibrin and fibrinogen Pharmacokinetics Initial Half-Life: 5 minutes (free unbound Read more…
Today’s Morning Report comes courtesy of Dr. Melendez: Posterior Knee Dislocation Approximately 30 percent rate of amputation because the popliteal artery is interrupted and sometimes goes unrecognized In some instances, a knee will dislocate and relocate prior to medical Read more…
Welcome back to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. I decided to review the literature on the proper initial management of intubated asthmatic patients. Although asthma is a very common disease and something that we deal with on a Read more…
E-FAST. What do the letters stand for? Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (as opposed to FAST- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) How is E-FAST different than the FAST? There are 4 anatomical spaces examined in the FAST: Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Semenovskaya for today’s Morning Report! Heat Illness Heat Illness comprises a spectrum of disorders caused by environmental heat exposure. Can be subdivided into three relative stages: 1) Heat Cramps: Heavy sweating; muscle cramps and Read more…
