Advanced Practice: Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy

Tue, 03/20/2018 - 8:37pm

A very gravid patient arrives in your ED after sudden cardiac arrest. You begin to panic as you wonder what differences you need to consider for a pregnant patient in cardiac arrest. Lucky for you, you are an avid EM Daily reader!

Submitted by John Cafaro MD

Back to Basics: Hyperthermia and Altered Mental Status

Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:37am

Who is Tim and what is the deal with his hands?!?! Read on below for a review of the differential diagnosis of patients who present altered found to be hyperthermic.

Submitted by John Cafaro MD

Board Review: Electrical Injury

Sat, 03/17/2018 - 11:06am

A toddler bites on a power cord.

Submitted by John Cafaro MD

#EMconf: Capnography for Procedural Sedation

Thu, 03/15/2018 - 6:58am

For his critically appraised topic, Dr. John Cafaro reviewed if capnography for procedural sedatiion reduces hypoxic events. Read ahead for the details...

Submitted by John Cafaro MD

What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Erica Schramm

Wed, 03/14/2018 - 7:00am

An 18 y/o M restrained driver is rear ended in a high speed MVC.

Tue, 03/13/2018 - 2:43pm

A patient presents to your ED with a painful, red ear. Is this just "ear celluliits?" No...no it isn't. Read on for a high yield summary of this potentially serious bacterial infection of the ear.

Submitted by John Cafaro MD