29 year old male presents s/p trauma. During your primary survey, you notice a deformity to the patient’s right forearm. You obtain a xray and see… Describe the xray and name the fracture. What is the treatment for this patient?
Xray Vision: My Arm!
Hypotension and Bradycardia in the Poisoned Patient: Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists
As you recall, we are discussing the case of a 23 year old female with an intentional, unknown overdose and subsequent hypotension and bradycardia. We had a brief discussion of the differential and are now going to discuss specific…
Rhythm Nation February 2015
50 yo F pmh ESRD, CHF presents with one day of “feeling bad.” HR 170s, received adenosine for suspected AVNRT and the rate “broke” into this ECG seen below: Your only question… what could this rhythm be, and…
Case of the Month #8, Answer
Congratulations to this month’s winners. Prizes will go to both dzeccola and edenkim for their excellent answers. Recap Oldish gentleman vomiting with epigastric/chest pain, low sat, decreased L side breath sounds, ill appearance. CXR shows a left sided…
How to Give A Lecture
Creating and presenting a lecture can be done in many different ways. The two majors formats are horrible and good. There are some simple rules to abide by that make any lecture palatable. Beyond that the sky is the…
TXA is not just for trauma, maybe…
This one comes not from our annals but it is interesting. Patients with UGIB can be very unstable and getting control of that bleeding is a key factor in keeping them alive. Here is a SR that provides evidence that…