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EM@3AM: Tympanic Membrane Rupture

A 31-year-old female presents with right ear pain and decreased hearing. Her symptoms started suddenly after trying to clean her ears with a Q-tip. She denies vertigo, nausea, vomiting, or other facial symptoms. On examination, you see a small perforation in the tympanic membrane (TM) with no discharge or other trauma. What is your next step in evaluation and management?

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 20: Perspectives on Failure with Rob Orman

As emergency physicians, we experience a great deal of success, and failure, in our journeys. What can failure and success teach us, and how can we best use these to grow? Today on the emDocs podcast we interview Rob Orman, host of ERCast, the Stimulus Podcast, and Essentials of Emergency Medicine. This first part looks at Rob’s perspectives on failure and how to learn from it.