Silk City Emergency Medicine

A Clinical Blog by the Emergency Medicine Residents at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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