Have you ever heard an entire lecture on sinus tachycardia?

Why is pyridoxine effective in INH toxicity, and how is it administered?

This month’s case is another reminder to think of spinal epidural abscess in back pain patients. Doing the right thing, while not always keeping one from getting sued, will (almost always) keep a jury on your side. We are not responsible for foreseeing the future.

Hyponatremia is challenging. This post from Nikita Desai and David Jang looks at the patient with critical hyponatremia.

A 22-year-old male is brought in by EMS to the ED after falling 20 feet. He landed primarily on his right leg, which is now obviously deformed with broken skin and exposed bone distally. He is in obvious pain with a grossly deformed right ankle. Pulses are normal and equal bilaterally. What’s the next step in your evaluation and treatment?

Burn and inhalation injury patients present to the ED more often than one might think, with a staggering half a million annual visits in the USA alone. It turns out that for all burn patients—from minor to severe—there is a lot of room for improvement in ED management, counselling and disposition.

The EM Educator series covers ESRD and its complications, dialysis access, and laboratory/medication considerations.

Cleavon MD is back with a video on how to read an EKG.