Independently interpreting plain film imaging is an essential skill for the Emergency Medicine provider. Among the most notorious of injuries likely to be missed is the Maisonneuve fracture. In this post we demonstrate the "can't miss" imaging findings to ensure that you don't make the mistake of thinking this is "just an ankle sprain!"
Read moreSubmitted by Richard Byrne, MD
Asthma is one of the most common causes of respiratory distress seen in the emergency department. Most often, our patients will get better with some nebulizers and steroids. But when this fails, treatment becomes more complicated and patients can decompensate quickly. What are your options to step up therapy in your most severe asthma cases?
Read moreSubmitted by Loran Hatch, DO
Patients presenting to the ED with critical illness may require transfer to a different hospital for a higher level of care or for services unavailable locally. Here are some considerations to be made when tansferring a critically ill patient.
Read moreSubmitted by Lars-Kristofer Peterson, MD
A 60 yo M presents to the ED for head trauma.
Read moreSubmitted by Loran Hatch, DO
As with most complaints in Emergency Medicine, headaches are usually benign and self-limited conditions. Occasionally, however, the etiology can be potentially devastating, particularly in post-partum patients...
Read moreSubmitted by Sydney Tabaac, MD
Your patient is seizing, your benzo didn't work, what's next?
Knowing your action plan for a patient in status epilepticus is crucial. Preparation = success! Review this chart until you've got a 1st, 2nd & 3rd line medication, with doses, always ready in your mind. If you've got this down already, how about for pediatrics?
Read moreSubmitted by Kristen Adorno, MD
Dialysis can be too much of a good thing.
Read moreSubmitted by Morgan Oskutis, MD