The Sphincter Series Part II: Scalpel to the Neck. When, Why, How, and What you Need to Perform a Cricothryotomy.
Updates in wound care: Normal saline or tap water? What pressure do you need to use? What volume is needed? Should you irrigate clean wounds?
The mechanical man - pearls and pitfalls in the management of the patient with an LVAD. What do you need to know?
"Remember that patient you saw?" The tricky diagnosis of flu-like symptoms associated with a rash and a tick bite. Pearls and pitfalls in the management of RMSF.
Is Tamsulosin actually useful for renal stone expulsion? Anand Swaminathan does a deep dive evaluation of the literature. You don't want to miss this!
Airway management is one of the most challenging and critical skills that the emergency medicine physician must master. This is particularly true in the setting of the trauma patient, where the ABCs of trauma evaluation begin with establishing the patency of the airway and ensuring adequate oxygena...
A 64 year-old woman with past medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2 that is well-controlled on insulin, hypertension, and asthma presents with 1 week of shortness of breath and cough productive of blood-tinged sputum. The shortness of breath became suddenly worse about an hour ago as she was w...
Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) is one of the most critically important skills for an Emergency Medicine physician to be able to perform quickly and accurately. All airway management in the emergency department is performed on the unstable patient, often with unknown co-morbidities and a full stoma...
