A 67-year-old female with a history of ALL comes into the ED for weakness, stating her oncologist sent her for her semi-regular transfusion. From review of the EMR, her hemoglobin in 5.9 mg/dL and her platelet count was 1,000 cells/uL. A transfusion of platelets was initiated, though within approxim...
A 67-year-old female with a history of CHF and CKD was brought in by ambulance from her nursing home for a gastrointestinal bleed. The patient’s total fluid balance from her nursing home was 2.5L over the past 24 hours. Her point of care hemoglobin is 4 g/dL and a transfusion of 2U pRBC and 1 FFP ...
A 37-year-old female with history of alcohol and drug abuse is brought in after being found asleep on a bench on a cold winter morning. She is unresponsive. Vital signs are notable for HR 45, BP 85/40, SaO2 90%, rectal temperature 29C. Naloxone is given with no improvement, and the patient is intuba...
A 63-year-old male without any past medical history presents to the emergency department with several weeks of headaches, some blurry vision while walking at a quick pace, and shortness of breath. His last checkup with his primary doctor was about 3 years ago and everything was ‘normal’. He take...
A 42-year-old female with a past medical history of iron deficiency anemia presents to the ED with a peritonsillar abscess. You give 2 benzocaine sprays and successfully aspirate the abscess. As she is waiting for her discharge paperwork, the nurse alerts you that her oxygen saturation is now in the...
A 3-month-old male is brought in for increased work of breathing for the last 4 days. The patient has had no fevers or sick contacts. He was born full term without complications, is fully vaccinated, and has no familial medical history. Triage vital signs (VS): BP 85/50, HR 152, RR 56, SpO2 92% on r...
A 3-day full term male presents with poor feeding and lethargy, looking grey. He is diaphoretic with feeds. He has not gained weight since birth. He is afebrile, tachycardic, tachypneic, grey appearing, with cool extremities and poor capillary refill. What should you consider?
A 6-day-old male presents with increased work of breathing for last 4 hours and an episode of turning blue, which concerned the family. The baby is lethargic, afebrile, and cyanotic, with a weak cry to stimulation. There is a sunken fontanelle, perioral cyanosis with purple intra-oral mucosa, and b...
