On the Streets #5: Trauma during COVID-19

Author: Don Stader, M.D. Educational Pearls While we usually associate the coronary vasculature with STEMIs, there are other pathologies that can affect the heart's blood supply. Kounis syndrome: an ...

3 Tammi 20184min

Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D. Educational Pearls While C. difficile infections are generally thought of as nosocomial, there is a subset of patients who acquire the infection in the community. One rece...

1 Tammi 20182min

Author: Erik Verzemneicks, M.D. Educational Pearls 1/600 flights has an on-board request for medical assistance. Most common complaints on board include: syncope, respiratory complaints, and GI compl...

29 Joulu 20173min

Author: John Winkler, M.D. Educational Pearls Photokeratitis is a UV burn of the sclera and cornea, which can cause blindness. UV light causes eyelid swelling with diffuse scarring of the eye (wides...

27 Joulu 20173min

Author: Dave Rosenberg, M.D. Educational Pearls EKG changes that can be seen in DKA include ST elevation and peaked T-waves secondary to derangements in K levels. In DKA, serum K is high, but total ...

25 Joulu 20173min

Author: John Winkler, M.D. Dr. Winkler shares his knowledge of wilderness medicine and provides insight on how to prevent and treat conditions such as hypothermia, frostbite and sun blindness. More im...

18 Joulu 201729min

Podcast #281: Intracranial Hemorrhage Treatment Author: Don Stader, M.D. Educational Pearls Types of traumatic bleeds include subdural, epidural, and subarachnoid. Treatment for a traumatic bleed inc...

15 Joulu 20172min

Author: Aaron Lessen, M.D. Educational Pearls Patients with an ischemic stroke from occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery often present with aphasia in addition to other neurological deficits....

11 Joulu 20171min