Back to Basics: Insulin in the ED (Part 2)
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Last week, we covered the basic types of insulin and their pharmacokinetics. This week, we will discuss indications for use in the ED.
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Back to Basics: Insulin Quick & Dirty in the ED (Part 1)
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This is your quick & dirty intro to insulin in the ED
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Back to Basics: Swollen Joint
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A 64M with history of opioid use disorder, HCV, HTN presented to the ED with left knee pain and swelling 10 days after mechanical fall onto that knee. He was unable to bear weight. His knee was extremely swollen with an effusion, warm, and he had severe pain with any ROM of the joint. His X-ray negative for fracture. What else could be causing this patient's swollen painful knee?
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Back to Basics: Pediatric ETTs & Blades
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Intubating children can be scary but Dr. Chew has you covered with the basics on endotracheal tube sizes and laryngoscope blade sizes.
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Back to Basics: Informed Consent
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You’re working a shift in the Emergency Department and your patient needs an LP. You grab an informed consent form and head into the room to discuss the procedure with the patient... Of course you know you have to discuss risks and benefits and get the patient to sign the form, but what does "informed consent" actually mean?
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Back to Basics: Beta Blocker & Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose Treatment
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Last week, we discussed signs & symptoms of beta blocker and calcium channel blocker overdoses. This week, we will cover treatment.
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Back to Basics: Beta Blocker & Calcium Channel Blocker Overdoses
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Today we will cover the indications for calcium channel & beta blocker use, how they work and how an overdose may present.
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Back to Basics: Fever, Cough, SOB
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A patient comes into the ED with a high fever, shortness of breath, mild headache, diarrhea, and general malaise. It’s 2021… so naturally, the ‘COVID alarms’ start sounding in our heads. But if it were that simple, we probably wouldn't be posting about it, would we?
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A General Approach to Febrile Seizures
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A 4 year old boy, otherwise healthy, is rushed into the emergency room by his mom because she thinks he had a seizure. His mom states he was sitting on the ground playing a game on his iPad when he suddenly started having jerking movements of his entire body that eventually self resolved after around 2 minutes. He has never had a seizure before. He is up to date on vaccines and had an unremarkable birth history.
On exam, the child is not actively seizing at this time, he just seems slightly drowsy and confused. It is noted that he is febrile to 38.2 C, otherwise vitals are stable. The rest of the exam is nonfocal.
What should you be thinking about? What are your next steps?
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Back to Basics: Open Fractures
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What is an open fracture? How to we manage them? What antibiotics should you give and when?
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