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…
COW #19
Presenting Resident Nicholas Mota, DO PGY3 Chief Complaint Double vision Brief HPI 30-year-old male with no past medical history presented with acute onset left ocular pain and double vision x1d. Patient states that last night he turned off the light and had immediate symptoms. Patient denies using glasses or contact lenses. Patient has never felt…
Case of the Week COW #18
CC: Shortness of Breath HPI: ALS box call to St. Joseph Wayne ED # 1: 92 year old female from nursing home with PMH of Alzheimer Disease and failure to thrive, RUE DVT on Eliquis with complaints of SOB. BiPAP was initiated in the nursing home with minimal improvement. On arrival, Patient was in severe respiratory…
Case of the Week COW#17
CC: Hand Injury-Job Related HPI: 35 yo otherwise healthy male presents to the Emergency Dept. (ED) with a laceration over the palmar surface of the left hand, proximal to the PIP joint and extending over the MCP joints of the 4th and 5th digit. He sustained this injury at work one hour ago. He is…
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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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…