A deep dive analysis of current topics in Emergency Medicine
Welcome to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. I was recently on EMS rotation so the inspiration for this month’s edition comes from an EMS topic. I decided to look into the debate of whether endotracheal intubation is the best way to manage an airway in the pre-hospital setting. 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 daily basis in the Emergency Department, it has the potential Read more…
Welcome to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. The inspiration for this month’s entry was a “disagreement” that I was involved with on a pediatric shift. We had an 18 year old patient with presumed hyperemesis gravidarum. After the initial NS IVF bolus, I asked the nurse to switch Read more…
WELCOME to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. For this month we have a guest appearance from the Staten Island Chief himself Dr. Caputo. …So without further adieu please read the following written by Billy: Asthma is one of the most common reasons for patients to present for Read more…
Welcome back to this month’s Staten Island Corner. Please come up with ideas or topics that you are interested in and I will be happy to try to find some useful information and articles on the topic. I think we will all get more out of the blog that way. Read more…
Welcome everyone to a new edition of the EBM blog, which is now renamed Staten Island Corner (Billy and Michelle this is a plea for you two to get involved and add to this). I am taking over for Zina and will doing this on a monthly basis. For Read more…
Welcome to the first Evidence Based Medicine blog entry, where we discuss the mounds or molehills of data for what we do in the ED. Are we practicing dogma? Or is there some science behind it? For the first topic, I bring you… To Lavage or Not – Are We Read more…