Background: One of my favorite ED superstitions is that if someone says the word “quiet,” all hell is going to break loose. Many believe this superstition and as the ED inevitably gets busier as the day goes on, the person ...
REBEL EM-ers: Salim & I would like to introduce the launch of a new REBEL EM project. We are adding a podcast focused on a wide variety of resuscitation and critical care topics in both Adult & Pediatric Medicine to ...
Background: Dealing with a patient in status epilepticus, refractory to treatment with benzodiazepines, can be a sphincter tightening ordeal. While most seizure activity responds to appropriately dosed benzodiazipines, some will not respond. The choice of second line medication has been ...
Background: E-cigarettes or “vapes” are now the most popular tobacco product among US teens and are used by 20% of all high-schoolers2. Vapes are used to heat and vaporize a liquid (e-juice or vape juice) that may contain nicotine, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), ...
Take Home Points Important as front line providers to know research and data behind stroke care Patients eligible for endovascular care are those with large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation – anterior cerebral artery, middle cerebral artery, distal intracranial ...
Background: The clinical diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) can be challenging given its variable presentation, thus requiring dependence on objective testing. decision instruments such as PERC and the Wells’ score help stratify patients to low or high probability, enabling focused ...
Background: The 2015 American Heart Association guidelines for Adult Advanced Cardiac Life Support recommend adenosine in non-hypotensive patients in regular narrow-complex supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Adenosine has a rapid onset and a half-life that is <10 seconds, which makes it an ...
Take Home Points Ask the patient if they vape! Worry about the sick looking patient and those seen recently CXR is nonspecific and CT might tell you what’s going on Start antibiotics and if you have strong suspicions of vaping ...
You are working at a Level 1 Trauma Center; a 35-year-old female arrives via EMS from the scene of a motor vehicle accident. She was an unrestrained passenger, ejected 50 feet. She was hypotensive and hypoxic on scene with concern ...
Background: Saline (0.9% sodium chloride) has historically been one of the most common intravenous fluids administered in critically ill adults. However, the supraphysiologic chloride concentration can cause hyperchloremia, metabolic acidosis, renal vasoconstriction and alter immune function. There is nothing normal ...
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