A woman in her 40s with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with one hour of sudden-onset, left-sided abdominal pain. The pain was described as severe, constant, and radiated to the epigastric area. There was associated eructation. The patient reported difficult bowel movements but denied Read more…
It’s the end of a long shift in the ED, and you are daydreaming about the cold alcoholic beverage waiting for you to start off your golden weekend, when the nurse comes up to you and states there is a young woman in triage who she wants you to take Read more…
It’s a busy shift in good old A pod. A nurse comes up to you with a bag of blood tubes for a vomiting patient and asks if you want to shotgun labs and give some anti-emetics. You happily oblige, ordering a liter of normal saline, Zofran, and some labs. Read more…