Propofol Infusion Syndrome - a rare complication that you should be aware of when accepting your next ICU transfer patient.
It’s a busy shift. Today no one seems to have a chief complaint. Someone sends a troponin on a child. Good, bad, or ugly, how are you going to interpret the result? And while we’re at it – what labs do I need to be careful with in children – sometimes the normal ranges of common labs can...
On first glance, you observe active bleeding from the bilateral nares. Direct pressure has obtained hemostasis. What is your next step? Topical vasoconstrictors? Nasal packing? Can this patient go home, or does he need to be admitted? Let’s discuss a few key points about the management of posterior epistaxis.
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.
The purpose of this article is to present a discussion on Lyme using a case based format. The goal is to expand the reader’s differential to include Lyme disease in a multitude of cases, provide tips/tricks for diagnosis and treatment, discuss the role of prophylaxis, and address Chronic Lyme Disease.
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,...
Welcome to Part V of the FOAMed resource series! Today, we cover critical care, with several blogs and podcasts that could be considered the founders of FOAMed. This post is full of resources for those who love resuscitation.
The burn patient: a review of the ins and outs of ED management.
