AMA after Narcan – Is it safe?

In comes a 34-year-old male who is obtunded with pinpoint pupils and breathing at five times a minute; likely due to heroin abuse.  He wakes up after Narcan is appropriately administered, but now he wants to leave.  What is the risk of death if he leaves?  Do we restrain him against his will to monitor him …

Recent Pubs

We’ve had a bunch of publications in both peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed sources over the past few weeks! Check them out when you get a chance: Traficante and Kashani in the Journal of Clinical Toxicology talking about a Massive Calcium Channel Blocker OD McGovern and D’Amore in Annals of Emergency Medicine talking about Peds EM …

Just because she cannot pee, does not mean “No UCG”

Let’s face it, we’ve all done it. And, believe me when I tell you all the cool cats are doing it, too.  Of course, I am referring to the use of whole blood to determine a woman’s pregnancy status in the Emergency Department using the urine pregnancy test strip.  Did you know that the common …