Browsing: October 2015

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal

Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Children

10/8/2015 EM Resident

Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Children From the April 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Apparent Life-Threatening Events In Children: Practical Evaluation And Management.”

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Photophobia

10/8/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD , Brittany White, MD

Photophobia The Patient A 31-year-old female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of right eye pain, redness, excessive tearing, and photophobia. She denies any trauma, chemical exposures

Clinical , Infectious Disease

Foreign Travelers: Cutaneous Parasitic Infections from Abroad

10/8/2015 Zina Semenovskaya, MD, FAWM , Anne Katz, MD

Foreign Travelers: Cutaneous Parasitic Infections from Abroad Case Presentation You step into the room of a 22-year-old female sent from her primary care physician for incision and drainage of two fa

The Options for Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

10/8/2015 Chris Lemon, MD , Ashley Strobel, MD

The Options for Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Do you remember the “sorting hat” from Harry Potter? Plop it down on the noggin of an aspiring young student, and it mumbles and grumbles in

Clinical , OB/GYN

Emergent Concerns in Ovarian Stimulation

10/8/2015 Taylor R. Spencer, MD, MPH , Stephen Verdini, DO , Luke Duncan, MD

Emergent Concerns in Ovarian Stimulation Clinical Case A 39-year-old female presents with acute right lower abdominal pain that awoke her from sleep. Her only medical history involves progesterone us

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Pain Management

Nitrous Oxide for Pediatric Sedation

10/8/2015 Lisa Greenfield, MD

Nitrous Oxide for Pediatric Sedation In the emergency department, we perform minor surgical procedures and invasive tests on children every day. Intravenous procedural sedation is often used to facil

Neurology

Management of Post-tPA Intracerebral Hemorrhage

10/8/2015 Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH , Joseph Bove, DO

Management of Post-tPA Intracerebral Hemorrhage On your next shift, you find yourself evaluating a 58-year-old-male with acute onset of left upper and lower extremity weakness and a facial droop that

Clinical , Ultrasound

Finding the Invisible: Using Ultrasound to Combat Fournier's

10/8/2015 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Di Coneybeare, MD

Finding the Invisible: Using Ultrasound to Combat Fournier's Case A 77-year-old male with coronary artery disease, diabetes, and a recent left femoral neck fracture is sent to the ED for non-resolvin

Clinical , Ultrasound

A Literature Review and Discussion: Sheath & Sound

10/8/2015 Michael Schick, DO, MA , Jay Taylor Williams, MD

A Literature Review and Discussion: Sheath & Sound Case You are working in Central America doing emergency development work, when a 7-year-old girl presents in status epilepticus. She has no seizure

Financial , Personal , Career Planning , Resident

EMRA Resident Forum and ACEP15: Make the Most of It!

10/8/2015 M. Shayne Ruffing, CLU, ChFC, AEP

EMRA Resident Forum and ACEP15: Make the Most of It! It happens in late fall and accelerates into spring: Graduating residents start to stress about the move into practice. Not the medical or profess