Browsing: November 2017

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose this Condition

11/30/2017 Browning S. Wayman, MD, DTM&H , Branden Skarpiak, MD , Bradley Goettl, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, ENP-C

Diagnose this Condition The Case. A 31-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a chief complaint of “rash to both legs.” Three weeks ago, the patient's vehicle was stuck in the sand

Match , MSIV , MSIII , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Sorabh Khandelwal, MD | The Ohio State University College of Medicine

11/30/2017 Teimojin Tan, MS-IV , Sorabh Khandelwal, MD

Program Director Interview Series: Sorabh Khandelwal, MD | The Ohio State University College of Medicine Sorabh Khandelwal, MD, is the residency program director at The Ohio State University College

Critical Care

Who Ya Gonna Call?! A Primer on Left Ventricular Assist Device Emergencies

11/30/2017 Rohit B. Sangal, MD , Melissa Geary, MD , Abdulaziz Almehlisi, MD

Who Ya Gonna Call?! A Primer on Left Ventricular Assist Device Emergencies Background Patients with end-stage systolic heart failure (defined as New York Heart Association Class IV or Ejection Fracti

Board Review , Medical Education

Board Review Questions: December 2017

11/30/2017 EM Resident

Board Review Questions: December 2017 NEW! PEER IX QUESTIONS NOW AVAILABLE! PEER (Physician's Evaluation and Educational Review in Emergency Medicine) is ACEP's gold standard in self-assessment and e

EMRA Board of Directors

Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders!

11/30/2017 EM Resident

Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders! Zach Jarou, MD President president@emra.org Denver Health @zachjarou At any given moment, Zach Jarou's to-do list is filled with everything from presenting at

ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge - Nov 2017

11/30/2017 Jeremy Berberian, MD , Jayram Pai, MD , Daniel O’Sullivan, MD

ECG Challenge - Nov 2017 Case. A 71-year-old male presents with exertional syncope. What do you see in the following ECGs (taken 4 minutes apart)? Answer Image 1. This ECG shows an atrial rate of ~78

Ultrasound

Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output

11/30/2017 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Joseph Levin, MD

Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output A 75-year-old male with a past medical history of congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease pres

Toxicology

It's Getting HOT in Here! A Review of Serotonin Syndrome

11/30/2017 Stephen Hallisey, MD , Joshua Glick, MD , Clinton J. Orloski, MD

It's Getting HOT in Here! A Review of Serotonin Syndrome You are called to evaluate a 74-year-old woman who was found by her daughter, confused and unable to get out of bed. The patient's only medica

Ultrasound

Tamponade and Valvular Catastrophe: TTE in the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient

11/30/2017 Phil Andrus, MD, FACEP , Di Coneybeare, MD , Clark Owyang, MD

Tamponade and Valvular Catastrophe: TTE in the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient A 70-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes is brought to t

Medical Education

The Do's and Dont's of Docere: How to Be an Effective Teacher

11/30/2017 Megan Fix, MD, FACEP , Andrew Pugh, MD

The Do's and Dont's of Docere: How to Be an Effective Teacher Physicians take on many roles and responsibilities — including that of a teacher. In fact, the word “doctor” itself derives from the Lat