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…
Last blog post as 2013 comes to a close and I thought in the spirit of the holidays I would give the gift of my top five educational cases/adventures/inspirations of 2013! Feel free to share any interesting cases/adventures/inspirations below enjoy!…
We’ve all been there – the 89 yo with cancer you want to admit for pneumonia who doesn’t want to spend another precious day in the hospital…the NSTEMI that has to sign out AMA to stop his car from getting…
Thanks to those who participated. That’s Dr. Dan Zeccola. And, Dr. Dan Zeccola. Dan did a fantastic job of running through the findings that can help distinguish ventricular tachycardia vs a rhythm of supraventricular origin. I also recommend you…
Food-borne illness is all too common. Scott did a great job at our last WM meeting discussing the different types of food-borne illness and some of their treatments. The PDF for the article he discussed can be found here: Treating…
EM CCM Conference: October 2013 BETA-BLOCKER TOXICITY PRESENTED BY DR. KENDALL SUMMARY BY DR. YOUN The Case: HISTORY: 91F with HTN, DM on carvedilol, labetalol BIBEMS for weakness, dizziness, and near-syncope. VITALS: BP 76/38, HR 41 PRIMARY INTERVENTIONS:…