A Clinical Blog by the Emergency Medicine Residents at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center
Silk City Emergency Medicine
About the Residency
Established originally in 2004, our residency program has quickly grown to support the needs of the Emergency Department at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. With over 165,000 annual ED visits…
Case of the Week COW#16
CC: BIB BLS for “Psych Evaluation” HPI: 46-year-old female w/ PMH of asthma, SLE, RA and seizure disorder presents to the emergency department by BLS for evaluation. Patient states, “I don’t like people accusing me of doing things I didn’t do, I only took 2 Percocet and that’s it!” Patient states that she has been…
May 23rd 2018 Resident Retreat
Scavenger Hunt in Hoboken !
Case of the week COW #15
CC: Shortness of breath HPI: 7 day old female presents to the Emergency Dept. (ED) after being seen earlier in clinic. Mother is rom Nigeria and arrived to the U.S a few weeks prior to delivery. Prenatal care is unclear. Patient was delivered via C-Section at 39 weeks at another nearby hospital. Both mother and…
UMEM Emergency Cardiology Symposium PEARLS
Every year we love going to the University of Maryland Emergency Cardiology Symposium hosted by Dr. Amal Mattu. Check out our PEARLS from this year’s lectures on Cardiology Conundrums!
Case of the Week COW #14
Is ST-Segment Elevation in Lead aVR Getting Too Much Respect? Check out another Cardio Case of the Week.
Pediatric Pneumonia
Dr. Mike Hong PGY-4 presents a case and excellent review for the management of pneumonia in the pediatric population.
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center 10th Annual Emergency Medicine Symposium
Join us for the 10th Annual Emergency Medicine Symposium on April 17, 2018! Click here for more information.
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Case of the Week COW#13
CC: Chest Pain HPI: 49-year-old female brought in via ALS presents complaining of Chest pain. As per the Paramedics, the patient was found to be in no acute distress, stating she had exertional chest pain, which had subsided. The pre-hospital ECG was suspicious for ischemia and she was given ASA. Patient states she was walking home…
Pediatric Pearls – Bronchiolitis
Check out this month’s Pediatric Pearls on Bronchiolitis brought to you by our own Dr. Hima Khamar PGY-2!
Varicella in Pregnancy
Varicella-zoster virus Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV)2 and may cause maternal mortality or serious morbidity > Reactivation of latent infection, usually many years after the primary infection, may result in herpes zoster (shingles), a painful vesicular eruption in the distribution of sensory nerve roots2 >…
Student Clerkship
Our Emergency Department (ED) is one of the busiest in the country and provides an excellent opportunity for medical students interested in Emergency Medicine. Throughout the 4-week rotation students will…