This practice is also commonly applied to patients with non-traumatic causes of obtundation. However, the evidence behind this practice is not clear, prompting many to re-examine this oft-repeated lesson.
Journal Feed covers three practice-changing articles: management of low-velocity gunshot wounds to the extremities, CT with IV contrast for kidney stones, and risk of serious bacterial infection in COVID+ febrile infants.
Dr. Walid Malki covers salicylate toxicity in this Visual Wednesday.
This week Rachel Bridwell and Brit Long cover sneaky seizure triggers.
This week's EM Educator series looks at beta blocker overdose.
Colchicine toxicity can be deadly. This ToxCard looks at the pathophysiology, evaluation, and management.
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 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...
