Browsing: February 2022

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten

2/27/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Natalie Htet, MD, MS

Obtaining arterial access is a common procedure in both emergency medicine and in critical care. It's a good idea to become familiar with the axillary artery as an alternative location for placement o

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: David Barnes, MD | EM Residency Program Director at University of California Davis

2/24/2022 Alexander Gallaer

In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series, we got to chat with David Barnes, MD, to learn about the University of California Davis Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Barnes tell

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: February-March 2022

2/12/2022 Diane Y. Wang, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 79-year-old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease s/p CABG in 2012 presents with chest pain. His initial ECG showed atrial fibrillation with RVR at 168 bpm. Despite rate contro

Social EM , COVID-19

Office of Minority Health Announces 2022 Focus

2/12/2022

Every April, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) observes National Minority Health Month to highlight the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities and reducing health dis

Medical Students , Advising , Op-Ed

SLOEs: Leaving Students Blind

2/12/2022 Luke Wohlford, MD, MPH , John Dickens , Kelsey Mercedes Morgan, RN-BSN, CEN, PMHN , Matthew Carvey, EMT-P, FP-C , Kevin Bennett , Tyler Rigdon , Grace Bunemann , Sahar Rammaha , David Wilson

SLOEs are arguably the most influential piece of a medical student's application to an EM residency. Yet, there is an important distinction from other factors such as board scores, grades, and experie

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Critical Care , Gastroenterology

Balloon Tamponade to Stabilize Life-Threatening Rectal Bleeding

2/12/2022 Matthew Welles, MD , Robert Nocito, MD , Peter Viccellio, MD, FACEP , Scott Weingart, MD, FACEP, FCCM

Balloon tamponade devices specifically designed for upper GI bleeding are well-established as a temporizing measure in life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding, but rarely have been used for l

Infectious Disease

Case Report: West Nile Encephalitis

2/12/2022 Jefferey S. Holoman, DO , Chad Gunsolly, DO

West Nile Virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States. This case report examines a case of headache, weakness, and gait ataxia in a 63-year-old male, with the

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Ultrasound , Urology

Not so FAST: Intraperitoneal Bladder Rupture

2/12/2022 Courtney Smith, MD , Sara Paradise Dimeo, MD

Bladder rupture is a relatively rare condition due to the protection of the bladder in the bony pelvis; most cases of bladder rupture are intraperitoneal. But a small percentage are intraperitoneal r

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Pediatric EM , Endocrinology

Pediatric Emergency Management of Adrenal Insufficiency and Adrenal Crisis

2/12/2022 Amal Malik , Elizabeth Quaal Hines, MD

Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is a rare diagnosis in childhood and adolescence; however, it can become a major cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients.

Gastroenterology

Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Gastric Outlet Obstruction

2/12/2022 Collin Stinogel, DO

Gallstone-induced ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis. Gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone is even rarer. If a patient presents to you with Bouveret syndrome, will you know how