Episode 964: Ketamine & Midazolam for Prehospital Seizure Management
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Prehospital seizures are typically managed with intramuscular midazolam (Versed) Seizures theoretically involve the NMDA pathway, and ketamine is a p...
7 Jul 20254min
Episode 963: Antihypertensives and Emergency Room Considerations
Contributor: Alec Coston, MD Educational Pearls: For patients presenting to the emergency room with hypertension, clinicians should determine if it is isolated and uncomplicated, or involves comorbidi...
30 Jun 20254min
Episode 962: HEART Score
Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: How do we risk-stratify chest-pain patients? One option is the HEART score This score predicts a patient's 6-week risk of a major adverse cardiac ev...
23 Jun 20254min
Episode 961: Cell Phone Sign
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: A prospective study at the Mayo Clinic Rochester was conducted to examine whether patients actively using their phones on initial assessment in the E...
16 Jun 20251min
Episode 960: Frank's Sign - A Marker for Coronary Artery Disease
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Educational Pearls Frank's sign is a curious physical exam finding first described in the literature in 1973 Bilateral earlobe creases are recognized as a marker of co...
9 Jun 20251min
Episode 959: The KLM Flight Disaster and Lessons in Healthcare Communication
Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: The KLM Flight Disaster, also known as the Tenerife Airport Disaster, occurred on 27 March 1977. It involved the collision of two Boeing 747 passenger...
2 Jun 20256min
Episode 958: Intranasal Fentanyl
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: How do we take care of kids in severe pain? There are many non-pharmacologic options for pain (i.e. ice, elevation) as well as more conventional medi...
26 Mai 20251min
Episode 957: Cardiac Asthma
Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: Wheezing is classically heard in asthma and COPD, but it can be the result of a wide range of processes that cause airflow limitation Narrowed bro...
19 Mai 20253min
