EM Cases emergency medicine education podcast

EM Quick Hits 58 – HIV PEP and PrEP, PREOXI Trial, Blast Crisis, Nitrous Oxide Poisoning, Vasopressors in Trauma

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Andrew Petrosoniak on the role of vasopressors in the hemorrhaging trauma patient, Megan Landes on providing HIV PEP and PrEP in the ED, Justin Morgenstern & George Kovacs on the PREOXI trial and evidence for pre-oxygenation with NIPPV before intubation in RSI, Brit Long on recognition and management of blast crisis in the ED, and Leah Flanagan & Liam Loughrey on the rise of nitrous oxide toxicity... Help Support EM Cases by Giving a Donation here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By |2024-11-26T10:51:53-05:00July 30th, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Toxicology, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments
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Compassionate Care to Improve Patient Outcomes and Your Career from EMU 2024

As a profession, we suck at compassion as it is trained out of us through medical school and beyond. Compassion in not simply innate; like any behaviour, it can be learned through deliberate practice. There is evidence that compassion may improve morbidity and/or mortality in patients after trauma, cardiac events, cancer, diabetes, back pain, migraine headache and other conditions, prevent physician burnout and reduces rates of medical error, reduce the rates of patient complaints and litigation, and improve physician efficiency and resource utilization by reducing non-essential test ordering. A cultural shift emphasizing the importance of compassion in patient care needs to occur to improve outcomes of our patients and our job satisfaction; as such, compassion should be part of our training and CME...

By |2024-07-30T12:15:36-04:00July 30th, 2024|Categories: Conference, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, NYGH EM Update|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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Journal Club 6 Which Older Patients Can Safely Forgo CT Head After a Fall? The Falls Decision Rule

The decision of whether or not to order a CT head for an older patient who falls is one I need to make on almost every shift. The Canadian CT Head Rule does not apply to older patients. Does the recently derived Falls Decision Rule give us an answer to the question of which older patients can safely forego a CT head after a fall? Dr. Rohit Mohindra reviews the latest evidence in this EM Cases Journal Club...

By |2024-07-09T11:54:08-04:00July 9th, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, Journal Club, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Special Populations, Trauma|2 Comments
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Ep 196 Pediatric Meningitis Recognition, Workup and Management

In this episode: recognition, risk stratification, decision tools, indications for lumbar puncture in the febrile pediatric patient, tips and trick on performing LPs in children, and ED management of pediatric meningitis. We answer such questions as: what are the test characteristics of the various clinical features of meningitis across various ages? How does one differentiate between meningitis and retropharyngeal abscess on physical exam? How do the Canadian and American guidelines on work up of well-appearing febrile infants compare when to it comes to indications for lumbar puncture? Which patients with suspected meningitis require imaging prior to lumbar puncture? How do we best interpret the various CSF tests to help distinguish between viral and bacterial meningitis? What are the indications and timing of administering dexamethasone in the pediatric patient with suspected meningitis? and many more.... EM Cases is Free Open Access; please consider a donation to help ensure that EM Cases remains Free Open Access on our donation page https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By |2024-08-06T17:06:20-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Pediatrics|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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EM Quick Hits 57 – HIV Diagnosis, Failed Paradigm of STEMI Criteria, Poisoned Patient Airway Management, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, DIY Investments

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Megan Landes on the importance of diagnosing HIV in the ED, Jesse McLaren on the failed paradigm of STEMI criteria and ECG tips to identify acute coronary occlusion, Anand Swaminathan on evidence for non-invasive airway management in the poisoned patient, Brit Long and Hans Rosenberg on the identification, workup and management of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, Matt Poyner on the most lucrative side-gig, DIY investing. To support EM Cases, please consider a donation here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By |2024-06-18T13:10:16-04:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Toxicology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |3 Comments
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ECG Cases 50 – STEMI: A Failed Paradigm, Enter Occlusion MI

Dr. Jesse McLaren illustrates the paradigm shift from STEMI to Occlusion MI (OMI) through 9 cases, and drives home the points that if there is STEMI criteria, consider false positives (eg. secondary and proportional to LVH or BER); if there is no STEMI criteria, consider false negatives and look for other signs of occlusion (eg. acute Q waves or loss of R waves, hyperacute T waves, or reciprocal STD/TWI) and if the ECG is nondiagnostic, consider other OMI signs including clinical (refractory ischemia, hemodynamic/electrical instability) and POCUS (new regional wall motion abnormalities).

By |2024-06-18T12:07:45-04:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: Cardiology, ECG Cases, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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Ep 195 Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Once the diagnosis of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been made, our job is not done. Mortality in SAH patients can be up to 30% even without neurological deficit. Paying attention to the time-sensitive details of ED management of SAH patients can have a significant impact on their outcome. In this second part of our 2-part podcast series on subarachnoid hemorrhage with Dr. Katie Lin and Dr. Jeff Perry we answer questions such as: what are the 4 critical priorities in the initial stabilization of the patient with a suspected massive subarachnoid hemorrhage? When is a CT plus CTA of the head indicated up front in the management of patients with suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage? What is the evidence for oral nimodipine in improving outcomes in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage and how does it work? What can we do in the ED to prevent rebleeding in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage? What are the simplest and best prognostic tools available for spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage to help counsel families and patients? and more...

By |2024-06-13T16:20:34-04:00May 28th, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Neurology|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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Ep 194 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Recognition, Workup and Diagnosis Deep Dive

Anton is joined by the world's leading EM researcher in subarachnoid hemorrhage diagnosis Dr. Jeff Perry and EM-Stroke team clinician Dr. Katie Lin for a deep dive into why we still miss this life-threatening diagnosis, the key clinical clues, proper use of decision tools, indications for CT, indications for CTA, indications for LP and CSF interpretation for the sometimes elusive diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage... Help support EM Cases by making a donation: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By |2024-06-18T19:29:10-04:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Neurology|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments
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EM Quick Hits 56 – Nitroglycerin in SCAPE, REBOA, Diverticulitis Imaging, CRAO, Penicillin Allergy, Physician Personality

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Justin Morgenstern on the first RCT of high dose nitroglycerin in SCAPE, Andrew Neill on Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) indications and evidence, Brit Long on indications for CT in suspected diverticulitis, Tahara Bhate on Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO) and diagnostic error, Matthew McArthur on penicillin allergy labels, myths and penicillin challenges, and Susan Lu on how ED physician personality influences patient outcomes... Please support EM Cases with a donation: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By |2024-09-27T20:17:41-04:00April 23rd, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medical Specialty, Ophthalmology, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , , , |1 Comment
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Ep 193 The Crashing Asthmatic – Recognition and Management of Life Threatening Asthma

In this part 2 of our 2-part podcast on asthma with Dr. Sameer Mal and Dr. Leeor Sommer, we dig into the recognition and management of life-threatening asthma. We answer such questions as: what are the key elements in recognition of threatening asthma? What are the most time-sensitive interventions required to break the vicious cycle of asthma? What are the best options for dosing and administering magnesium sulphate, epinephrine, fentanyl and ketamine in the management of the crashing asthmatic? What is the role of NIPPV in the management of life-threatening asthma? What are the factors we should consider when it comes to indications for endotracheal intubation of the crashing asthmatic? What role do blood gases play in the decision to intubate? What are the most appropriate ventilation strategies in the intubated asthma patient? and many more... Please support EM Cases with a donation: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By |2024-06-18T19:36:16-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Respirology, Resuscitation|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |3 Comments
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