REBELEM Blog

I was fortunate enough to record a podcast on Rob Orman’s, Stimulus podcast on Oct 14th, 2021.  We both felt it was an important enough topic that we should post it on both his and my site.  The treatment of …

In this 10-minute presentation from Rebellion in EM 2021, Dr. Andy Little, DO discusses the bougie assisted cricothyrotomy. Of the many High Acuity Low Occurence (HALO) procedures in medicine, few are as daunting as performing a bougie assisted Cric. For …

Take-Home Points Always consider STEMI as the diagnosis prior to diagnosing pericarditis. If the EKG shows convex ST elevations, reciprocal ST depressions, or dynamic changes, the patient is much more likely to have a STEMI. Patients with pericarditis should be …

Background information: Buprenorphine and buprenorphine-containing medications are being used in emergency departments for treatment of patients with opioid use disorder (1). Buprenorphine is a high-affinity partial agonist of the μ-opioid receptor. Buprenorphine has a higher affinity for the μ-opioid receptor …

In this 17-minute presentation from Rebellion in EM 2021, Dr. Jennifer Carnell, MD demonstrates how ultrasound can be used to make a diversity of diagnoses in patients with right upper quadrant pain beyond ultrasound’s expected use in the diagnosis of …

Background: Not a single clinical shift passes without evaluation of at least one patient with chest pain. This chief complaint accounts for 6.5 million visits per year and is the second most common presenting symptom to the emergency department (ED).1 …

In this 14-minute presentation from Rebellion in EM 2021, Dr. Jenny Beck-Esmay, MD discusses postpartum emergencies including hypertension, preeclampsia/eclampsia and HELLP syndrome.  All of these entities frequently present through the emergency department, and failure to recognize these disease processes can …

In this 16-minute lecture from Rebellion in EM 2021, Dr. Hilary Fairbrother focuses on the description of PECARN, CHALICE, and CATCH algorithms with best practices for use in pediatric patients with head trauma.

In this 15-minute lecture from Rebellion in EM 2021, George Willis, MD discusses acute ischemic stroke and the evidence base for and against thrombolysis.