Episode 78 Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock – Live from The EM Cases Course
Anaphylaxis is the quintessential medical emergency. We own this one. While the vast majority of anaphylaxis is relatively benign, about 1% of these patients die from anaphylactic shock. And usually t...
15 Mar 201650min
Episode 77 Fever in the Returning Traveler
In this EM Cases episode with Dr. Nazanin Meshkat, multinational ED doc and Dr. Matthew Muller, infectious disease specialist, we discuss the most common tropical disease killers that we see in patien...
1 Mar 20161h 7min
Best Case Ever 44 Low Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Dr. Salim Rezaie of R.E.B.E.L. EM tells his Best Case Ever of a Low Risk Pulmonary Embolism that begs us to consider a work-up and management plan that we might not otherwise consider. With new guidel...
23 Feb 201620min
Episode 76 Pediatric Procedural Sedation
In this EM Cases episode on Pediatric Procedural Sedation with Dr. Amy Drendel, a world leader in pediatric pain management and procedural sedation research, we discuss how best to manage pain and anx...
9 Feb 201659min
Best Case Ever 43 Ruptured AAA
I caught up with Dr. Anand Swaminathan, otherwise known as EM Swami, at The Teaching Course in NYC where he told his Best Case Ever from Janus General of his heroic and collaborative attempts at savin...
26 Jan 201611min
Episode 75 Decision Making in EM – Cognitive Debiasing, Situational Awareness & Preferred Error
While knowledge acquisition is vital to developing your clinical skills as an EM provider, using that knowledge effectively for decision making in EM requires a whole other set of skills. In this EM C...
12 Jan 20161h 4min
Journal Jam 5 One Hour Troponin to Rule Out and In MI
Traditionally we've run at least 2 troponins 6 or 8 hours apart to help rule out MI and recently in algorithms like the HEART score we've combined clinical data with a 2 or 3 hour delta troponin to he...
22 Des 201545min
Episode 74 Opioid Misuse in Emergency Medicine
Pain leads to suffering. Opioid misuse leads to suffering. We strive to avoid both for our patients. On the one hand, treating pain is one of the most important things we do in emergency medicine to h...
15 Des 201557min
