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EMU 365 Pediatric Elbow Nightmares with Arun Sayal

This is the 2nd instalment of The Emergency Medicine Update Conference's recently launched EMU 365 video series. In this EMU 65 video, Dr. Arun Sayal, an emergency physician who runs a weekly minor fracture clinic at NYGH discusses his approach to pediatric elbow injuries, the importance of good lateral images, common and uncommon missed elbow injuries and clinically important epicondylar fractures that can mimic normal ossification centers and more...

By Anton Helman|2018-10-09T16:45:56-04:00October 9th, 2018|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, EMU 365, Medical Specialty, NYGH EM Update, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics|Tags: Dr. Arun Sayal, elbow fracture, EMU 365, epicondyle|0 Comments

Ep 110 Airway Pitfalls – Live from EMU 2018

The last decade has seen a torrent of literature and expert opinion on emergency airway management. It is challenging to integrate all this new information into a seamless flow when faced with a challenging airway situation. In this live podcast recorded at North York General's Emergency Medicine Update Conference 2018, Scott Weingart and Anton Helman put together the latest in emergency airway management by outlining 6 common airway pitfalls: Failure to prepare for failure, failure to position the patient properly, failure to optimize oxygenation, failure to optimize hemodynamics, failure to consider an awake intubation and failure to prepare for a cricothyrotomy...

By Anton Helman|2022-10-16T15:34:41-04:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, NYGH EM Update, Resuscitation|Tags: Cricothyrotomy, ear to sternal notch, EMU, preoxygenation, Scott Weingart, stress management, triple 15 rule|1 Comment

Ep 107 Blunt Ocular Trauma Live from The EM Cases Course

In this live podcast on Blunt Ocular Trauma from The EM Cases Course 2018 with Anna MacDonald we discuss the most important diagnoses to consider, describe how physical exam in queen while CT can misguide you, explain a simple approach to orbital compartment syndrome with retrobulbar hematoma, give you tips on lateral canthotomy, how to pick up subtle hyphemas, why sickle cell patients are high risk, describe the key clinical clues to subtle globe rupture, the role of tranexamic acid in eye bleeds and much more...

By Anton Helman|2022-10-16T21:08:19-04:00February 27th, 2018|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Ophthalmology, Whistler Update in EM|Tags: Anna MacDonald, globe rupture, hyphema, lateral conthotomy, orbital compartment syndrome, retrobulbar hematoma, TXA|2 Comments

Episode 99 Highlights from EMU 2017

North York General Hospital's 30th Annual Emergency Medicine Update (EMU) Conference 2017 featured some of the best talks I've ever heard from the likes of Sara Gray, Amal Mattu, David Carr and many more. I had a hard time choosing which talks to feature on this EM Cases podcast. I settled on a potpourri of clinical topics and practice tips: Leeor Sommer on Lyme disease, Chris Hicks on signover, Matt Poyner on patient complaints and Walter Himmel on acute vestibular syndrome...

By Anton Helman|2023-06-12T10:29:21-04:00August 15th, 2017|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Neurology, NYGH EM Update|Tags: acute vestibular syndrome, Chris Hicks, EMU, Leeor Sommer, Lyme, Matt Poyner, patient complaints, signover, stroke, vertebral artery dissection, vertigo, Walter HImmel|0 Comments

Episode 97 EM Literature Review 2016 from EMU & Whistler Conferences

Quick and insightful reviews of 17 important adult and pediatric emergency medicine studies from 2016: The PROCAMIO study for stable VT, platelets for head bleeds (PATCH), BP lowering in ICH (ATACH II), antibiotics for abscesses, work up of subarachnoid hemorrhage, dosing IV ketorolac, the PESIT trial, ketamine dosage for sedation in pediatrics, instructions after minor head injury, Salter-Harris I fractures of the lateral malleolus, interpreting oxygen saturation for disposition making in children with bronchiolitis, clinical pathways in pediatric asthma and sepsis and more...

By Anton Helman|2019-01-01T22:32:16-05:00June 13th, 2017|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, NYGH EM Update, Pediatrics, Whistler Update in EM|Tags: ATTACH, Jason Fischer, Joel Yaphe, ketamine, ketorolac, PATCH, PESIT, PROCAMIO|0 Comments

Episode 96 Beyond ACLS Cardiac Arrest – Live from EMU Conference 2017

This is the first ever video podcast on EM Cases with Jordan Chenkin from EMU Conference 2017 discussing how to optimize three aspects of cardiac arrest care: persistent ventricular fibrillation, optimizing pulse checks and PEA arrest, with code team videos contrasting the ACLS approach to an optimized approach...

By Anton Helman|2021-04-04T11:54:58-04:00May 23rd, 2017|Categories: Cardiology, Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, NYGH EM Update, Resuscitation, Ultrasound|Tags: cardiac arrest, dual defibrillation, esmolol, Jordan Chenkin, PEA arrest, POCUS, ventricular fibrillation|3 Comments

Episode 92 – Aortic Dissection Live from The EM Cases Course

While missing aortic dissection was considered "the standard" in the late 20th century, our understanding of the clinical diagnoses has improved considerably since the landmark International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD) study in 2000. Nonetheless, aortic dissection remains difficult to diagnosis with 1 in 6 being missed at the initial ED visit. With the help of Dr. David Carr we’ll discuss how to pick up atypical presentations of aortic dissection without over-imaging as well as manage them like pros by reviewing: 1. The 5 Pain Pearls, 2. The concepts of CP +1 and 1+ CP, 3. Physical exam pearls, 4. CXR pearls and blood test pitfalls, and 5. The importance of the correct order and aggressive use of IV medications. So with these objectives in mind…

By Anton Helman|2021-03-30T14:35:40-04:00February 21st, 2017|Categories: Cardiology, Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty|Tags: David Carr, EM Cases Course, esmolol, labetolol, troponin|0 Comments

Episode 83 – 5 Critical Care Controversies from SMACC Dublin

EM Cases Episode 83 - 5 Critical Care Controversies from SMACC Dublin: I had the great opportunity to gather some of the brightest minds in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care from around the world (Mark Forrest from U.K., Chris Nickson from Australia, Chris Hicks from Canada and Scott Weingart from U.S.) at the SMACC Dublin Conference and ask them about 5 Critical Care Controversies and concepts: How to best prepare your team for a resuscitation Optimum fluid management in sepsis Direct vs. video laryngoscopy as first line tool for endotracheal intubation Early vs. late trauma intubation Whether or not to attempt a thoracotomy in non-trauma centres The discussion that ensued was enlightening...

By Anton Helman|2021-03-30T14:46:15-04:00July 5th, 2016|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: Chris Hicks, Chris Nickson, fluid responsiveness, fluid tolerance, Mark Forrest, rally point, Scott Weingart, team preparation, thoracotomy, trauma intubation, vasopressors|0 Comments

Episode 81 – A Balanced View on Recent EM Literature with Joel Yaphe

EM Cases - A Balanced View on recent EM Literature with Joel Yaphe Being an optimist, I'm constantly searching for EM literature that will change my practice in a positive way and ultimately improve the care that I deliver. The past year was filled with promising papers, some of which received a lot of attention. I'm not the only one who is biased towards craving a positive paper - so are the researchers, the journal editors and the public. We all want our field to mightily move forward! Enter Dr. Joel Yaphe. An EM Residency Program Director at University of Toronto and an ED doc who I admire for his balanced, sensible and practical approach to appraising the literature. In this episode Dr. Yaphe, at University of Toronto's Update in EM Conference - Whistler, leads us through a few key articles from the past year including the REVERT trial to convert SVT, medical expulsive therapy for urolithiasis, steroids in anaphylaxis, and analgesics for low back pain, and discusses whether they should (or rather, should not) change our practice. He challenges authors' conclusions and questions whether the findings are relevant to our patients....

By Anton Helman|2021-03-30T14:51:38-04:00May 23rd, 2016|Categories: Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Genitourinary, Medical Specialty, Whistler Update in EM|Tags: Joel Yaphe, low back pain, medical expulsive therapy, nephrolithiasis, renal colic, REVERT trial, SVT, tamsulosin, Whistler|0 Comments

Best Case Ever 45 – Mike Winters on Cardiac Arrest

I had the great pleasure of meeting Dr. Mike Winters on his first ever visit to Canada at North York General's Emergency Medicine Update Conference, where he gave two fantastic presentations. His credentials are impressive: He is the Medical Director of the Emergency Department, Associate Professor in both EM and IM, EM-IM-Critical Care Program co-director and Residency Program Director of EM-IM at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Sometimes we are so caught up with the job we need to get done during cardiac arrest that we forget about the important and profound effect that this event has on patients' families. On this Best Case Ever Dr. Winters tells the story of witnessing his grandfather's cardiac arrest, being present in the ED during the resuscitation attempts, and how that experience has coloured his practice. We discuss some pearls on communication with patients' families after death, colour-coded cardiac arrest teams and how to integrate POCUS into cardiac arrest care while minimizing chest compressions.

By Anton Helman|2020-05-31T23:22:52-04:00May 10th, 2016|Categories: Best Case Ever, Cardiology, Clinical Practice, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, NYGH EM Update, Resuscitation, Ultrasound|Tags: cardiac arrest, Mike Winters, patient centered care, patient communication, POCUS|1 Comment