Trauma in Pregnancy
This week at conference we reviewed how trauma management differs in the pregnant patient
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Chad Simpkins, MD
Board Review: Heat Stroke
A 76 year old female is brought to your ED by EMS on a hot summer day after she was found sitting in a wheelchair outside of her house..
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Advanced Topics - Extra Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis in the Wildnerness
This three-minute video could help you one day save a life while hiking! It demonstrates how you can obtain and use additional doses of epinephrine from a single use epinephrine auto-injector in an emergency situation in which there would be a delay to definitive medical care.
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Board Review: Hypothyroidism
Weekly board review question on the topic of hypothyroidism
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Back to Basics: Symptomatic Hypothyroidism
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A patient is sent into the ED for "abnormal test results" by their PCP and found to have hypothyroidism. What's our next step in the ED?
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Advanced Practice: Zebras in the ED
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24 y/o F visiting from Guatemala with no medical history presented to the ER after a syncopal event from standing during which she fall backwards hitting her head on a hard surface. Patient was witnessed to be shaking while on the ground per family member. She continued to feel dizzy while in the ED. Her lab work was normal and a head CT was performed which showed the following:
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Advanced Practice: A rare cause of refractory shock
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A 34 year old woman comes to the ER after a few days of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. She is found to be disoriented and hypotensive, but she isn’t improving with fluid hydration. What gives?
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Back to Basics: Bili Checks
You are working a Sunday shift when the outpatient labs are closed, when a newborn arrives for their bilirubin check. Checking the lab is easy enough but do you know what to do with the result?
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Advanced Practice: Neutropenic Fever in the ED
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The cancer population is at an increased risk for morbidity and mortality from common infections due to their impaired immunity. Knowledge on how to approach the febrile neutropenic patient can have a huge impact on an otherwise horrific mortality rate in this vulnerable population.
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Back to Basics: Food Impaction
A 56 year old male presents to the ED reporting foreign body sensation in his throat after eating a large steak dinner the night before…
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