Faculty Reviewer: Sage Wiener, MD The Case It’s Saturday at 11:30 pm. You are just beginning your shift, when EMS rolls in accompanied by the NYPD. Their 24-year-old patient looks extremely sick and is moaning to you that he wants to die. He is asking about “little people” and Read more…
It’s intern year and you’re on nights in the MICU. You’re always a little bit out of your element when not in the ED. Tonight you get sign out on an older lady with afib and CHF presenting for AMS, being followed by neuro and on BiPAP and critically ill Read more…
Welcome to Wednesday Wrap Up! Here is a summary of what we learned in conference today:
It’s four o’ clock on a gentle Sunday afternoon. You stir the dregs of your Turkish coffee, secretly hoping for an exciting patient to fill the last three hours of you Critical Care & Trauma shift. As you set your mug on top of the “No eating or drinking!” sign, Read more…
She was a 14 year-old rebellious, care-free, hippie, feminist, vegan, gluten-free teenager, sitting in her room watching Donald Trump’s RNC speech. It only took few minutes till she furiously got out her room and started roaming around the house. From afar, she saw her mommy’s orange pill box, typed on Read more…
The Case 34 year-old woman with past medical history of postpartum cardiomyopathy (EF 15%) with AICD, mechanical mitral valve replacement, and depression was brought in by EMS for non-accidental ingestion of bupropion, furosemide, and warfarin. The dosage, number of tablets, and timing of ingestion was unknown. The patient was lethargic and Read more…
By: Mj Jo It begins as a routine case of food poisoning. An otherwise healthy 16 year-old girl is rolled into your ED with vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness after eating a home cooked fish meal. Her 47 year-old mother is being treated treated concurrently on the adult ED side Read more…
A 70 y/o woman with CHF, irregular heart beat and DM presents with malaise, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea x 1 week. On exam, she appears weak and confused. Vitals are normal except mild bradycardia. FS is 100. EKG is shown. Read more…
A 29-year-old male comes to your ED complaining of pressure-like left sided chest pain that started an hour after he smoked marijuana. He has never felt anything like this before. He has no medical problems, surgeries, medications, allergies, and has no family history of heart disease. He does not smoke cigarettes, Read more…
A 52 y/o woman w/ fibromyalgia is found alone in her room in a confused state by her maid. She recently lost all of her retirement money and constantly “Blames Obama.” She is then rushed to the emergency room where she is found to be disoriented x2 (oriented to the Read more…