How to evaluate and care for the suicidal patient in the ED
Priority is to avoid missing a dangerously suicidal patient
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Journal Feed Weekly Wrap Up
Journal Feed Wrap-Up returns with four great articles!
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52 in 52 – #2: The SALSA Trial
The 52 in 52 series returns with the SALSA trial.
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Pediatric Small Talk – Heartache When Kids Don’t Thrive: Finding the 1 in 100,000
What do you need to know about pediatric cardiomyopathy and heart failure?
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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 57: Post Abortion Complications Part I
Today the emDOCs cast covers the first in a series on post abortion complications. Today’s podcast looks at abortion categorization, epidemiology, bleeding, and infection.
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EM@3AM: Bleeding Disorders
A 23-year-old female with no past history presents with prolonged bleeding from her tooth extraction earlier the same day. Her dentist was planning on removing all her wisdom teeth but stopped after the first extraction due to inability to achieve hemostasis. She has never experienced this kind of bleeding before but notes that recently her gums often bleed when brushing her teeth and describes her last few menstrual cycles as “heavier” than usual. She is not on any blood thinners and was adopted at birth without record of family medical history. She is stable. Tooth number 17 appears to have been extracted, and there is blood-soaked cotton balls and gauze between the buccal mucosa and the cavity where tooth 17 used to be. Upon removal of the gauze, you notice a slow oozing of blood from the extraction site. What are some of the bleeding disorders on your differential given this clinical presentation?
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Medical Malpractice Insights: Death Happens
Chuck Pilcher evaluates a case of cardiac arrest and when a bad outcome does not necessarily mean negligence
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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 56: Lemierre’s Syndrome and Retropharyngeal Abscess
Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long and Rachel Bridwell, we cover Lemierre’s syndrome and retropharyngeal abscess.
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage 2022 Guideline Update
The AHA/ASA 2022 Guideline for managing spontaneous ICH was recently released. This post looks at the key recommendations that affect ED evaluation and management.
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EM@3AM: Cerumen Impaction
A 17-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the ED with a complaint of right ear fullness and hearing loss which has been present for the last month. He reports that he tried to clean out his ear 3 days ago with a cotton-tipped swab but has had worsening of the pain and hearing loss after attempting this. HEENT exam reveals normal external auditory canal and tympanic membrane on the left, but you are unable to visualize the right tympanic membrane due to cerumen impaction. What is the next step in management of this patient?
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