Author: Jay Khadpe MD

Editor in Chief of "The Original Kings of County" Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Assistant Residency Director SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital

Morning Report: 8/5/2014

Dr. Berzon presents some airway pearls for today’s Morning Report!   Airway Pearls   Rotate on Anesthesia as a senior, you will learn things that will make you a better intubator. As a junior, you just wanna shove that tube through…

Morning Report: 7/31/2014

Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Youn!   OPEN FRACTURES   Definition: any fx that communicates with an overlying disruption of skin and soft tissues Initial assessment: still the ABCs (including pulses, hemorrhage control) Key history: mechanism, time course…

Morning Report: 7/29/2014

Thanks to Dr. Freedman for today’s Morning Report!   Digoxin Toxicity Background: Naturally occurring chemical compounds Na+/ATPase Channel blockers Prone to poisoning Large volume of distribution Long half-life, ~36 hours Narrow therapeutic window, 0.6 – 1.3 ng/mL Digoxin: An Old…

Save of the Month! June 2014

Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition…

Morning Report: 6/27/2014

Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Shin!   Eye Foreign Body Removal   Immediately refer to an ophthalmologist in case of the following: o      Hyphema o      Diffuse corneal damage (focal or diffuse opacity) o      Scleral or corneal laceration o     …