Doctor: an agentive noun from the latin verb docere “to teach”. We all have great clinician-teachers that seamlessly jump from subject to subject effectively being able to teach pearls with each case. You stand in awe as you realize how…
The Case: (due to HIPAA all facts in this case have been changed) Middle aged Male, currently being treated for malignancy (with mets to liver/kidney/chest) presents with SOB from recurrent pleural effusions and is found to have a DVT. Other…
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…
This was an elderly woman who fell. This is a very difficult case and even with the 12 other views that were offered it was difficult to tell which way the fracture was displaced. This was read by radiology as…
A few weeks ago, Dr Harriott gave a talk on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and pre-hospital airway management. She reviewed some historical context for the current EMS system and airway management. Her literature search suggested that for OHCA, paramedic-operated endotracheal…
The Wilderness group once again got together over a few beers and talked about an interesting scenario. The group was lead by Bonnie Brown and we spoke about exercise induced hyponatremia. The article we spoke about can be found here: exercise_hyponatremia.…