Pharmacy Phriday #6: Tik Tok Benadryl Challenge and Diphenhydramine Toxicity
Contributor: Ruben Marrero-Vasquez, PharmD Educational Pearls: ACEP and FDA have both issued warnings about the viral Tik Tok Benadryl (diphenhydramine) challenge where individuals voluntarily overdo...
1 Jan 20216min
Mental Health Monthly #6: Suicide Assessment
EMM is excited to welcome back the hosts of Millennial Mental Health Channel podcast to explain the key points of a robust suicide assessment in the ED. Dr. Justin Romano is a third year psychiatry re...
30 Dec 202016min
Podcast 626: Updated Gonorrhea Treatment
Educational Pearls: The CDC has made new formal recommendations for treating Gonorrhea due to increasing resistance to Rocephin and Azithromycin. New recommendations: Confirmed gonorrhea: Ceftriaxo...
29 Dec 20204min
Podcast 625: High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Contributor: Tom Seibert, MD Educational Pearls: High altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is the end stage of acute mountain sickness and is diagnosed when patients develop neurologic dysfunction, ataxia,...
28 Dec 20202min
Podcast 624: Timing and Tips on Sepsis
Contributor: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Time can be an important factor in outcomes regarding sepsis including mortality Emphasis has grown on early administration of antibiotics and IV fluid...
22 Dec 20203min
Podcast 623: Acute Mountain Sickness
Contributor: Tom Seibert, MD Educational Pearls: Acute Mountain sickness (AMS) can cause headache along with fatigue, nausea, vomiting, insomnia Typically occurs above 6500 feet (not 65,000) in eleva...
21 Dec 20204min
Podcast 622: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)
Contributor: Thomas Seibert, MD Educational Pearls: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) typically occurs 2-4 days after arriving at elevation Symptoms include: Fatigue Dyspnea Cough Treatment in...
15 Dec 20204min
Podcast 621: Pediatric Psychosis
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Schizophrenia typically doesn't present until age 13 and has a prodrome Prodrome includes months of gradual changes in behavior, starting with negati...
14 Dec 20203min
