One of the hardest roles of the emergency physician is giving bad news to a patient or their family members. We review the challenges of this difficult task and introduce a method that can be used to effectively communicate to our patients and/or their families.
Check out Take Home PEARLS from this week’s Wednesday EM Conference! Topics include Asthma/COPD, Sepsis, and mgmt of hemoptysis.
CC: Vomiting for 2 days HPI: 32 yo female with PMH of Romano Ward Syndrome s/p AICD, previous cardiac arrest, Atrial Fibrillation s/p Ablation, renal artery thrombosis on Coumadin and deafness presents to the Emegency Department (ED) via ALS after being found unresponsive at home and with ventricular tachycardia. Paramedics state they were called to …
Check out Take Home PEARLS from today’s Wednesday EM Conference!
We have another cool EKG and arrhythmia coming in today, check it out!
CC: Generalized Weakness HPI: 55 y/o male presents complaining of 4 days of gradually worsening weakness in bilateral arms and legs. The patient also reports lower extremity pain one week ago, which resolved. Patient also complains of intermittent left sided back pain for the past couple of months that is exacerbated by walking. ROS: …
Here’s a quick hit summary of the evidence regarding the use of systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of SJS/TEN
Case of the week #3 is brought to us by Dr. Nilesh Patel with a case of an entity that most of us have never heard of before! Check it out
Check out this review of the key points of each lecture from the 2017 University of Maryland Emergency Cardiology Symposium which was hosted by Amal Mattu, MD in Baltimore, MD. This year’s topic was cardiac arrest.
If you are cutting into someone’s chest to put a tube in it, should they get presumptive antibiotics? Check this out
This week’s COTW is about a surprising cause of urinary retention, check it out!
Patients that stink can really hinder an ED. It creates a difficult work environment for ED staff and makes nearby patients, families and visitors uncomfortable. Here are a few ways I came across to neutralize the stank
Not much gets more exciting than bronchiolitis! Check out this quick review of the quick hitting points
Our inaugural first Case of the Week is brought to you by Dr. Kristen Pena with a tricky EKG case!
You head over to bed 44 to meet the BLS crew as they start telling you about an 82 year old man who has been having trouble breathing and is “confused” as per his family. His oxygen saturation when you check is 76% and quicker than you can say “sepsis”, the eager resident has popped …
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