Can mindfulness improve your well-being and patient care? What about speaking with your patients about mindfulness?
Sore throat (aka, pharyngitis) is the 3rd most common complaint for physician visits. Although the overwhelming majority of these cases are viral in origin (rhinovirus ~20%), the major focus of our attention in the ED stems around the question of “strep (GAS) vs not strep” and who gets antibiotics…. does anyone need antibiotics? And what about rheumatic fever?
This month's medical malpractice insights brings you a tough case of a combined hip dislocation with fracture.
Chuck brings a tough case of cauda equina syndrome in this month's Medical Malpractice Insights.
Welcome back to the EM Thinker series. Today Alex and Brit provide pearls on the elderly, “pan-positive ROS” patient, mimics, importance of mental roadmaps, and many others!
Chuck Pilcher brings you a tough case in this week's Medical Malpractice Insights regarding a discharged patient and paraplegia.
This week's EM Thinker looks at high-risk patients and common causes of missed injuries in the ED.
Chuck Pilcher brings you a tough case of endophthalmitis for this month's medical malpractice insights.
