The role of palliative medicine in emergency care has received increasing attention since ACEP’s decision in February of 2013 to join the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation’s Choosing Wisely ® initiative. In an effort to maintain (and potentially improve) quality of care whil...
The patient with attempted hanging can present several challenges for ED providers. What injuries should you evaluate for, and how do you maximize outcomes?
The LBB should not be used as a therapeutic intervention. Instead, spinal motion restriction should be practiced.
What do you do with the head trauma patient who is anticoagulated? Do you discharge the patient, observe and repeat CT, or admit the patient? This post evaluates this question and more.
There is no data driven or evidence based research that demonstrates time to antibiotic administration in severe sepsis/septic shock as a reliable quality metric. Sepsis is a heterogeneous spectrum of illness and as such, one size does not fit all.
Is there a way to help define a group of kids who are at Low Risk for Intra Abdominal Trauma?
Salient critical care and trauma pearls as incorporated into a blunt trauma case
How will you approach this sick, unstable cirrhotic patient? What are some of the complications of patients with cirrhosis and chronic liver disease?
