Tachypnea is defined as rapid breathing noted on clinical presentation. This finding can signify the presence of a dangerous condition, and this post evaluates the etiologies, evaluation, and management of the tachypneic patient in the ED. Are you missing something with tachypnea in the ED?
Need a quick refresher on how to address a suicidal patient? This article offers key tips and tricks for your emergency department evaluation and management.
Patients with infectious symptoms account for a large number of ED visits. Emergency providers prescribe significant numbers of antibiotics for these patients, leaving room for potential patient harm and error. How can you reduce these risks? Read on to find out!
IBD consists of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. These two diseases and their complications can have significant morbidity. This post provides pearls and pitfalls in the emergency medicine evaluation and management of these patients.
Patients with chronic liver disease typically have elevated INRs and thromocytopenia. Thus, clinicians may believe that blood clots are not possible in this patient group. This is a brief review of hemostasis in liver disease and why blood clots can occur even with low platelet counts and elevated INRs.
Intubation is an important intervention in the ED. We see a critical or impending airway problem and we secure the airway with intubation--very satisfying! Yet our job does not stop there. In addition to maintaining an appropriate ventilation strategy after intubation, it is crucial that we use appr...
Motorcycle accidents can be deadly. Riders are at high risk of injury due to the dangers of riding a motorcycle, which are vastly different from other vehicles. This post is full of pearls and pitfalls on motorcycle crashes and how to care for these patients.
Deliveries that occur in the emergency department are high-risk and high-stress situations. ED OB patients often have little or no prenatal care, and ED births have a higher perinatal mortality. The emergency provider needs to expect the unexpected, including precipitous delivery, shoulder dystocia,...
