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…
Rhythm Nation EKG #3 – October
You’re working one night in UHB and you see this patient roll into the resus bay. Its a woman in her 60s with a history of scleroderma who’s chief complaint is shortness of breath. The tech hands you the…
See One, Do One, TEACH ONE
See One, Do One, TEACH ONE Welcome to the new blog titled See One, Do One, TEACH ONE with obvious emphasis on TEACH ONE! At Kings County Emergency Medicine residency, we are taught to believe in the power of the…
Staten Island Corner: The Intubated Asthmatic
Welcome back to this month’s edition of Staten Island Corner. I decided to review the literature on the proper initial management of intubated asthmatic patients. Although asthma is a very common disease and something that we deal with on a…
Trauma Drama: E-FAST in the Trauma Bay; Your questions answered.
E-FAST. What do the letters stand for? Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (as opposed to FAST- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) How is E-FAST different than the FAST? There are 4 anatomical spaces examined in the FAST:…
Peds in a Pod: Myocarditis
Here’s another edition of Peds in a Pod courtesy of Dr. Melendez! It’s that time of the year when all of the kids go back to school and the peds ED fills up because germs are now being spread from…