The world of emergency neuroimaging is evolving and increasingly influencing time-sensitive treatment decisions. A basic understanding of the imaging studies and sequences you may be asked to obtain in the ED may help you better manage your patients. In this post, Dr. Matthew Siket reviews the major four neuroimaging modalities (CT, CTA, Perfusion, and MRI).
Read MoreIt’s one of those diseases that really tightens the sphincter and we need to talk about it - a foreign body in a kid’s upper airway and how to deal with it. In this blog and podcast we review the complexity of the oral foreign body (FB) in kids and why this disease process is so tough to handle.
Read MoreWe talk a fair bit in MedEd (that's medical education for cool people) about how to best teach medicine, but rarely ask those who these conversations and thoughts most effect... the residents.
So we sat down with two of our graduating chief residents to ask them their parting thoughts on GME.
Read MoreMetacognition is a person’s ability to understand their thought patterns and how they come to their conclusions. It is a critically important skill for health care providers as it has the ability to both hinder and help their medical decision making. In this podcast episode, Dr. Samantha Wood describes the dual process theory of thinking as well as seven metacognition hacks that you can use on your next shift.
Read MoreWhen you're intubating your patient, twiddling your thumbs and waiting for your induction and paralytic to work, do you ever ask yourself "hmm, should I be bagging this patient?" In this podcast episode we talk about that very question and the new data from the PREVENT trial.
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In this blog post we talk ear infections, or Acute Otitis Media (AOM)- a common disease commonly diagnosed... and probably commonly done wrong. We'll talk definitions of disease, common alternative diagnoses, and treatment plans by age. I assure you- you'll learn something new.
Read MorePrompt, safe, and effective pain management is a core competency of the emergency provider. Unfortunately, traditional strategies for administering analgesics for acute pain have shown poor success rates. In this podcast episode, Dr. Matthew Delaney shares a few evidence based pain management pearls you can use on your next shift.
Read MoreIn this blog post and podcast we take a look at the PARAMEDIC-2 trial and discuss the implications this study has on the use of epinephrine in out of hospital cardiac arrest.
Read MoreHow we deal with the Opioid Epidemic in the Emergency Department has been a topic of hot debate. We sat down with addiction medicine specialist Dr. Ken Starr to discuss buprenorphine use in the Emergency Department.
Read MoreCoding patients in the community setting is difficult given constraints of man power, specialists, equipment, and other resources. Knowing how to code a patient well in the community is a skill all EM practitioners should master. In this post we review the priorities and pitfalls of coding in the community, with our guest Salim Rezaie.
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