A young female presents in your ED waiting area in active labor. What steps are you going to take to safely delivery the baby and prevent fetal and maternal complications?
EM Daily's critical care section has done several excellent posts on tracheostomy management. Here we take a step back and review the basics of tracheostomies.
LVADs (Left Ventricular Assist Device) are
How do you detect a jaw dislocation? How do you fix it?
Admittedly not so much a “basic” concept, but this does bring me back to textbooks and medical school. Having seen this recently in a real patient, thought it was useful to review. Highlights the importance of a good medication reconciliation!
MAOI + tyramine tyramine reaction hypertensive urgency/emergency
Your two minute review on right and left bundle branch blocks - brought to you by Dr. Kate Billings.
With several anticoagulants now on the market, one needs to be well versed in the various reversal options in the setting of lifethreatening bleed (or if supratherapeutic on coumadin). Here's your quick review.
Hypoglycemia can be a lifethreatening emergency - here's your quick review of s/sx, causes and management.
A few quick basics and pearls about ectopic pregnancy in the ED
What exactly is drowning? What do we need to worry about in drowning injuries? How do we manage them in the ED?
