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Critical Care

Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis

10/2/2016 John Ramos, MMS, PA-C
Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis At a rural acute stroke-ready hospital in the year 2030, you are using a tele-stroke tablet to evaluate a 62-year-old male en route by mobile computed tomog
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Toxicology

The Danger of Weight Loss Supplements

10/2/2016 Maryam Arshad, MD
The Danger of Weight Loss Supplements A 54-year-old male presents with a chief complaint of heat exhaustion. He is a truck driver who has been traveling across the country without air conditioning. P
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Informatics

Perils and Pitfalls of Adopting Bleeding-Edge Technology in the ED

10/2/2016 Philip Kray, MD
Perils and Pitfalls of Adopting Bleeding-Edge Technology in the ED “Wearable technology” has become a part of daily life for millions of individuals. Who can remember the last time they navigated a
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Cardiology

STEMI or no STEMI? A Challenging Diagnosis

10/2/2016 Ryan Joseph, DO, DTM&H
STEMI or no STEMI? A Challenging Diagnosis A 26-year-old anxious, diaphoretic male presents with crushing mid-sternal chest pain that awakened him from sleep. Past medical history is unremarkable asi
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ECG Challenge , Cardiology , Clinical

ECG Challenge

10/2/2016 Zachary S. Wilson, MD
ECG Challenge Case. A 59-year-old male smoker with a history of hypertension, familial hyperlipidemia and insulin dependent diabetes presents with 2 hours of substernal chest pressure radiating to hi
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Palliative Care

Palliative Care, Part 1

9/27/2016 Laura E. Creel, MA , Christina Creel-Bulos, RN-BSN, MD
Palliative Care, Part 1 The Importance of Early Implementation in the ED Emily is tired. The illness is evident when she arrives in the emergency department (ED). You can see it in her face, her skin
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Critical Care

REBOA: A Precious (Life)line

9/27/2016 Megan Simon Thomas, MD , Danish Malik, MD
REBOA: A Precious (Life)line A 25-year-old male is brought in by EMS with a gunshot wound. Vital signs are as follows: HR 130 BPM, BP 60/palp, RR 24, SpO2 99% RA, and temperature 37.5 Celsius. He app
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Medical Education , Simulation

Becoming America's Next Top Medical Performer

9/27/2016 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH, FACEP , David Lindquist, MD, FACEP
Becoming America's Next Top Medical Performer Medical simulation has experienced rapid growth over the past 15 years, with up to 92% of emergency medicine residencies using simulation in some capacit
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Toxicology

Gasping for Air: Albuterol-Induced Lactic Acidosis

9/27/2016 Alexandra Amaducci, DO
Gasping for Air: Albuterol-Induced Lactic Acidosis Pyruvate + NADH + H+  †” lactate + NAD+ Lactic acidosis is a commonly encountered phenomenon within the emergency department (ED). In the setting of
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Ultrasound

The UtiliTEE of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

9/27/2016 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Heidi Sher, MD
The UtiliTEE of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest A 57-year-old obese man with unknown past medical history becomes unresponsive and pulseless on the subway platform with bystander CPR initiated. EMS arri

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