By Angela Cai, Rushabh Shah, Gururaj Shan As she walked out of her last shift at Kings County Hospital, many of her colleagues and trainees had no idea she was leaving. Even fewer knew the incredible journey she had been Read more…
You are just getting over your third viral illness this winter. Your tummy will never forget this one, but on the bright side you lost 5 pounds nibbling on saltine crackers for a week. You drink some coffee and coconut Read more…
Congratulations to Dr. Noah Berland, aka Julia Man-Child, for this month’s Save of the Month. Dr. Berland was in Fast Track getting peppered with Shetty trivia when a middle-aged man came in complaining of headache and pain in his right Read more…
With the increase in interest and participation in hospital administration, the mini-fellowship held an alumni mixer. Recent and older alums who have found their way into an administrative role shared their experiences with the current residents of County. Read more…
Emergency departments (EDs) bill more frequently at the highest levels of service than they did in prior years. This trend has generated questions as to whether the apparent rise in case severity is due to real changes in patient care Read more…
Background 2017 AHA/ACC guidelines for the treatment of hemodynamically stable patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) include the following recommendations:1 Intravenous procainamide can be useful to terminate VT. (Class IIa) Intravenous amiodarone or sotalol may be considered to terminate VT. (Class Read more…
The use of whole body CT (WBCT) – or “pan scan” – in trauma is an often debated topic in the emergency department (ED). The poly-consult setting of trauma involves multiple services that rapidly evaluate and treat a patient. With Read more…
For those who were not in conference yesterday: Dr. Rushabh Shah discussed AV nodal blocks: For all AV blocks consider: beta blocker or calcium channel blocker overdose, hyperkalemia, inferior MI, cardiomyopathy, and myocarditis 1st degree and 2nd degree Mobitz type Read more…
You just spent the last three months on off-service rotations and you’re so relieved to be back home in your ED. You arrive 30 minutes early to your first shift and high five all the ED nurses, technicians, patient care Read more…
This article is brief overview of the management of femur fractures in the emergency department. In general, femur fractures can be identified with x-ray. AP pelvis, hip and femur x-rays will be sufficient in most cases. Femur fractures can be Read more…
