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Some days in your fast track or pediatric emergency department you will see countless sore throats with benign features. This post is a way to start a discussion on more dangerous features of sore throats.

This week’s Elemental EM features how to take a simple pancreatitis case a step further.

This week’s Elemental EM discusses how to get more mental pediatric intubation practice.

It is challenging to incorporate core topics into a shift, especially uncommon core topics. Elemental EM aims to provide 5-minute rapid review of core topics that could be translated into interactive sessions with learners. Here is how to turn a simple syncope case into a brief learning session on eating disorders.

This is an introduction to a new series on emDocs, a discussion on wellness. The goal is to introduce the topic, discuss why it is important and how we all can take measure to improve the mental, emotional and physical health of physicians.

Is it possible to teach in the ED? What about all of the critically ill patients and full waiting room? It is possible to balance great education and patient care: this post contains keys to success for teaching in the busy ED.

Acute mastoiditis is a common complication of acute otitis media. Diagnosis includes clinical evidence of mastoid inflammation and may necessitate further imaging to exclude other complications. IV antibiotics and a surgical consult are required.