A review of bread and butter Emergency Medicine topics
Spoiler alert! EM-CCM next week will continue on this very seasonal topic. A fire breaks out in a fictional borough in a fictional metropolis. A family of 4 is brought from a fire in a townhouse.The three children disappear into the loving care of the pediatric ED and you are Read more…
Jonny Utah () presents to your ED clutching his knee, grimacing, and firing his weapon unnecessarily into the ceiling. After he puts his weapon down, you assess the leg. He has a deformity to the knee, cannot bear weight, and is NV intact at the foot. Read more…
A 27-year-old female is brought to the emergency department in the wee hours of January 1st 2015. She was found by a bystander in her skimpy New Years dress confused, laying on the lawn of a stranger’s home. She is rousable to light touch, does not know where she is, Read more…
A 14 year old named Fred Weasely presents to your ER complaining of finger pain while playing some game called “Quidditch”. He reports he grabbed an opposing players cape as they were “flying…er…running” away. Since, he has had trouble making a fist with that finger. PS The answer isn’t skele-gro. PPS Read more…
Days before a large archery competition, Robin Hood walks into your ER complaining of painless loss of vision to his left eye (or as ophtho would haughtily write: OS). Name the diagnosis associated with each of the following fundoscopic exam findings: By Dr. Andrew Grock and Read more…
A 19-year-old motorcyclist is brought in by EMS after losing control of his bike and flying through the air, only to strike a pole with his extended and abducted arm. The helmeted patient, immobilized, is awake, alert and oriented. He complains of pain in his right arm and chest. Physical Read more…
The following patients present to your fictitious ER near Hogwarts (though you are still a muggle and limited to non-magical medicine). Please describe the appropriate treatment. By Dr. Andrew Grock and Dr. Slappy Baguette (Dr. Sally Bogoch) References Robert W. Neumar,et al. 2010 Read more…
During your snotty/barfy/whiny evening shift at a made-up-HIPPA-compliant hospital, an 11-month-old child is brought to the ED by his parents for excessive crying. The child spends his days at “Jerks-are-Us Daycare” while his parents are working for “the man.” The child is usually able to pull-to-stand but today he lays Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Freedman for today’s Morning Report! Part 1: ECG Findings of Hypokalemia First some definitions: Mild: K < 3.5 mmol/L Moderate: K < 3.0 Severe: K < 2.5 ECG Changes: Typically appear at ~2.7 Increased amplitude and duration of P wave PR prolongation T wave Read more…
A made up patient walks into Dr. Sally Bogoch’s fictitious Hospital (the aptly named “Bogoch General”). 6 year old male is brought in by ambulance for limping for 7 weeks. ROS neg, VS wnl. PE: He has no bony tenderness or pain on range of motion to his knee, but does Read more…