A college baseball player presents to your ED with right arm pain, which is worse with elevation of his arm (especially while throwing baseball) and has progressively worsened over past two weeks. He comes to your ED because of increased arm swelling and numbness in arm over past two days. Could this be thoracic outlet syndrome??
The classic intraoral technique for the reduction of a mandibular dislocation requires significant force and sedation, but what if you could preform the reduction without requiring either?
How to add this quick and simple trick to your migraine treatment repertoire
A feared complication of fertility treatments: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. What is it?? How do I treat it?? Here are some pearls!
There is an estimated 1 in-flight emergency per 11,000 passengers. And with the aging of the population, the chance of you being on-board when an emergency occurs is becoming more of a possibility. Prepare yourself by knowing what will be available to you!
Chief Complaint: Finger infection. Gosh, I hope it’s only a paronychia. Oh no…it’s a felon! How do I drain those again??
Mr. Clean, Escape, Extend IA. So many trials...just tell me the bottom line! Here are some of the most critical neuro-interventional trials and their take home points.
Oncological patients are at risk of developing several complications including life threatening infections. We often first worry about neutropenic fever in these patients. However, there are other oncological emergencies with which the emergency medicine physician needs to be familiar.
Delivering a baby in the emergency department is far from ideal and although all usually goes well, you need to be prepared in case it doesn’t. Shoulder dystocia gets a lot of hype because of those fancy corkscrew maneuvers, so instead of that we’re going to talk about another dreaded complication, post-partum hemorrhage.
