Hey everyone. It’s time for another peds blog. We were in a short hiatus but now we are back on. I figured that while we were in our procedure blog, we should cover a topic involving the little ones. And…
Wednesday Wrap-up: 11/28/2012
During conference today, Dr. Chapman gave us a really creative choose your own adventure style review of potential environmental emergencies you might encounter on a camping trip followed by CBL and some procedure simulation. I think it was nice to…
Staten Island Corner: Pre-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation?
Welcome to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. I was recently on EMS rotation so the inspiration for this month’s edition comes from an EMS topic. I decided to look into the debate of whether endotracheal intubation is the…
X-ray Vision: Case 2 – Answer!
So to recap… our case was that of a 44yo F presenting from St. Vincents with fever, AMS and abdominal pain. Further pertinent negatives ans positives that were obtained through your questions were the following: No hx of DVT, abnormal rhythm, IVDU,…
Wednesday Wrap-up: 11/21/2012
Just a quick “Wrap-up” today. Lots of good talks about environmental emergencies today. Dr. Shin, during ICU conference, mentioned a video on EMCrit that showed a technique for placing the esophageal temperature probe using an ETT. Just wanted to share…
X-Ray Vision: Case 2
This month’s image is actually a CT scan. Take a look at the video below. 44yo woman presented to the ED. She just got off a plane from St. Vincents. Her chief complaint was fever, altered mental status and abdominal…