Case A 35 year-old female with no PMH is brought in by her mother for acting strangely. Mother notes the patient has had two days of cough and cold-like symptoms with nausea today. She slept all day and upon waking, she was confused and not making any sense. +fever, +epigastric Read more…
Why are your lungs so fluffy? Ventilation of the difficult-to-oxygenate patient. Written by Dr. Bryan Jarrett A patient with unknown history was brought in by EMS after being found down by his brother in their apartment. He had agonal respirations with oxygen saturation in the 70s and HR in Read more…
The Case: A 20 year-old male h/o DM was found down and unresponsive after a gas explosion downtown with agonal respirations and extensive burns to anterior trunk, right upper extremity and bilateral lower extremities. Vital signs were BP 150/92 HR 98 RR 10 O2 sat 97% on room air, FSG Read more…