Emergency Medicine Cases

EM Quick Hits 69 Pediatric Urinary Retention & Acute Transverse Myelitis, Post-Dural Puncture Headache, Med Mal Cases: Clenched Fist Injury, IV Thrombolysis for Minor Stroke, EM Leadership Spotlight #4

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Deborah Schonfeld on the differential diagnosis and work up of pediatric urinary retention & acute transverse myelitis, Jesse McLaren on his Tryptic Approach to Occlusion MI Diagnosis, Matthew McArthur on recognition and management of post-dural puncture headache, Joseph Yasmeh on Med Mal Cases: Clenched fist injury, Brit Long on IV thrombolysis for minor strokes and Victoria Myers & Lauren Westafer on mentorship and what it means to be a physician leader... Please consider a donation to EM Cases to support high quality Free Open Access Medical Education here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By Anton Helman|2025-12-02T11:37:19-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Pediatrics, Plastics|Tags: clenched fist injury, Dr. Lauren Westafer, fight bite, ischemic stroke, IV thrombolysis, lumbar puncture, OMI, pediatric urinary retention, post dural puncture headache, transverse myelitis|2 Comments

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|2024-05-21T01:55:42-04:00June 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

Episode 17 Part 1: Emergency Stroke Controversies

Ep17 P1 StrokeDr. Walter Himmel, "the walking encyclopedia of Emergency Medicine" & Dr. Dan Selchen, the head of the stroke program at St. Micheal's Hospital in Toronto with 30+ years of experience as a stroke neurologist, update us on the literature regarding Emergency Stroke Controversies including the ABCD2 Score to predict Stroke after TIA, as well as the current thinking around the best carotid imaging for patients who have had a TIA. They then review the important findings of the key thrombolysis stroke trials & how we could incorporate these findings into our daily practice. Dr. Selchen reviews the key CT findings we should look for in stroke, & Dr. Himmel takes us through how to manage the dreaded complication of ICH post thrombolysis. This episode is super controversial - so please 'speak your mind' at the bottom of the page.

By Anton Helman|2024-08-18T18:51:10-04:00September 7th, 2011|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Neurology|Tags: ABCD2 Score, anti-platelet, atrial fibrillation, clinical decision rules, clopidogrel, CT head, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, thrombolysis, TIA, transient ishemic attack, Walter HImmel|1 Comment