trauma emergency medicine

EM Quick Hits 49 Stroke Management Update, Intussusception, 5 Penetrating Trauma Tips, Skin Foreign Body Hack, CT Radiation Risk, Emergency Fund

On this month's EM Quick HIts podcast: Anand Swaminathan on EVT for large vessel occlusion strokes, Sarah Reid on picking up intussusception, Andrew Petrosoniak on 5 Penetrating Trauma Tips, Peter Toth on using a slit lamp to manage skin foreign body hack, Nour Khatib and Jonathan Wallace on CT Radiation Risk and Matt Poyner on setting up an emergency fund...

By Anton Helman|2026-07-25T23:02:37-04:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Pediatrics, Plastics, Trauma|Tags: CT radiation, emergency fund, endovascular therapy, GSW, intussusception, ischemic stroke, penetrating trauma, skin foreign body, slip lamp|2 Comments

EM Quick Hits 48 – FAST in Pediatric Trauma, Multiple Myeloma, Drowning, AKA, Global EM

In this month's EM Quick Hits: Heather Cary on the use and misuse of abdominal FAST in pediatric trauma, Hans Rosenberg and Arleigh McCurdy on the diagnosis and management of Multiple Myeloma in the ED, David Jerome on practice tips for managing the drowning patient, Brit Long and Michael Gottlieb on the diagnosis and management of Alcohol-Induced Ketoacidosis, Navpreet Sahsi on his journey to becoming a humanitarian and global EM doctor...

By Anton Helman|2023-04-25T10:48:32-04:00April 25th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Oncology, Respirology, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Trauma, Ultrasound|Tags: AKA, alchohol ketoacidosis, drowning, FAST, global EM, multiple myeloma, pediatric trauma|2 Comments

EM Quick Hits 46 – Wilderness Medicine, Bowel Prep Hyponatremia, Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus, Morel Lavallee Lesions, Pacemaker ECGs, Loans vs Investing

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Justin Hensley and Aaron Billin on Wilderness Medicine, Elisha Targonsky on Bowel Prep Hyponatremia, Brit Long on Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus, Andrew Petrosoniak on Morel Lavallee Lesions, Jesse McLaren on Pacemaker ECGs and Matt Poyner on paying off loans vs investing... https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By Anton Helman|2024-10-10T12:45:15-04:00February 14th, 2023|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Trauma|Tags: ECG pacemaker, hyponatremia, Morel Lavallee, NCSE, wilderness medicine|0 Comments

EM Quick Hits 44 Fluids in Pancreatitis, Nasal Fractures, Delirium, DOSE VF, Intimate Partner Violence

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Justin Morgenstern on fluids in pancreatitis, Leeor Sommer on nasal fractures, Christina Shenvi on delirium, Sheldon Cheskes and Rohit Mohindra on Dose VF, and Noor Khatib and Kari Sampsel on intimate partner violence...

By Raymond Cho|2024-10-10T12:49:45-04:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, Ears Nose & Throat, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Gastroenterology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Trauma|Tags: delirium, double defibrillation, dual defibrillation, fluid resuscitation, intimate partner violence, nasal fracture, pancreatitis|1 Comment

Ep 174 Is Less More? Saving EM and Traumatic Pneumothorax – Highlights from CAEP 2022

Emergency Medicine has undergone many changes over the last couple of decades and especially during the COVID pandemic. Most of these changes have been very positive, but increasing volumes, staff shortages, aging populations, increasing breadth of responsibilities and better access to more imaging have made some of us question how we should define the scope of our practices. In this main episode podcast, highlights from CAEP 2022 conference, Anton discusses the article 'Saving EM: Is Less More?' with Dr. Paul Atkinson and Dr. Grant Innes and offer some solutions to this current state of affairs in EM. In another CAEP highlight, trauma team leader Dr. Mathieu Toulouse delivers the latest on management of traumatic pneumothorax. He answers such questions as: Do all patients with a traumatic pneumothorax require tube thoracostomy? How do CXR and CT differ in determining which patients require a chest tube? Do all patients receiving positive pressure ventilation require a chest tube for their traumatic pneumothorax? Does the presence of hemothorax necessitate placement of a chest tube? Are 14Fr pigtail catheters adequate for all traumatic pneumothoraces? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2024-05-21T01:59:32-04:00September 27th, 2022|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Trauma|Tags: access block, overcrowding, pigtail catheter, pneumothorax, PPV, PTX, tube thoracostomy|2 Comments

EM Quick Hits 42 – Subsegmental PE, Trauma Analgesia, Drowning, Polio, Head-up CPR

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Salim Rezaie on venous thromboembolism recurrence in subsegmental pulmonary embolism, Andrew Petrosoniak on pain management in the polytrauma, Nour Khatib on a rural EM case on management of near-drowning patient, Sara Reid delivers a polio primer, Anand Swaminathan on head-up CPR...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-10T12:56:19-04:00September 13th, 2022|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: analgesia, CPR, drowning, polio, polytrauma, pulmonary embolism, trauma|0 Comments

EM Quick Hits 36 – Surviving Sepsis, Angle Closure Glaucoma, Bougies, Frostbite, Hot/Altered Patient, Central Cord Syndrome

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Brit Long on Surving Sepsis Campaign -2021 Updates, Nour Khatib on rural medicine case - angle closure glaucoma, Reuben Strayer on bougie vs endotracheal tube and stylet on first-attempt intubation, Justin Hensley on management of frostbite, Sarah Foohey on the hot and altered patient, and Andrew Petrosoniak on central cord syndrome...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-27T20:19:20-04:00March 1st, 2022|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Plastics, Resuscitation, Toxicology, Trauma|Tags: altered mental status, bougie, central cord syndrome, fluid resuscitation, frostbite, glaucoma, hyperthermia, iloprost, sepsis, spinal cord injury, vasopressors|0 Comments

EM Quick Hits 33 Polytrauma Tips & Tricks, Toxic Megacolon, ECG in PE, Patch Calls, CT Before LP, Nebulized Ketamine

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast, Anand Swaminathan on tips and tricks in polytrauma, Rohit Mohindra on diagnosis and management of toxic megacolon, Jesse McLaren on ECG in pulmonary embolism, Victoria Myers on approach to the patch call for cardiac arrest, Brit Long on when to do a CT head before LP, Salim Rezaie on nebulized ketamine - the ketaBAN study...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-27T20:27:05-04:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Respirology, Resuscitation, Trauma, Ultrasound, Uncategorized|Tags: cardiac arrest, colitis, ECG, ketamine, lumbar puncture, meningitis, nebulized ketamine, pseudo PEA, pulmonary embolism, right heart strain, trauma resuscitation|1 Comment

Ep 160 Geriatric Trauma 2 Rib Fractures, Pelvic Fractures, Prognostication, Elder Abuse, Discharge Planning

In Geriatric Trauma Part 2 we answer questions such as: what are the indications for transfer to a trauma center in older patients with rib fractures and why? Can we accurately prognosticate older trauma patients in the ED? How can we best engage family members in goals of care discussions for the older trauma patient? What are the risk factors for elder abuse that we need to be aware of in the ED? How can we best minimize the risk for recurrent falls and bounce backs for the older trauma patient who is discharged from the ED? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2024-07-17T18:33:57-04:00September 7th, 2021|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Special Populations, Trauma|Tags: elder abuse, falls, frailty scale, hip fracture, non-accidental trauma, pelvic fracture, rib fracture|2 Comments

Ep 159 Geriatric Trauma Part 1: The Under-Triaging Problem, Resuscitation, Airway, Head and C-spine Imaging, Clearing the C-spine

Just as pediatric patients are not small adults, geriatric patients are not just old adults. In this Part 1 of our 2-part EM Cases podcast series on Geriatric Trauma, Dr. Barbara Haas, Dr. Camilla Wong and Dr. Bourke Tillman answer questions such as: why are older patients under-triaged to trauma centers and how does that affect outcomes? What is the utility of the Shock Index in older patients? How should we adjust airway management for the older trauma patient? Which older patients do not require head or c-spine imaging after a ground level fall? Why is it challenging, yet of utmost importance, to clear the c-spine of a geriatric trauma patient as soon as possible? When can anticoagulation medications be safely resumed after an older person has sustained a minor head injury? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2024-07-17T18:29:14-04:00August 24th, 2021|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Trauma|Tags: c-spine, head injury, undertriage|2 Comments