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Critical Care Alert: Effects of Buffered Crystalloids vs. Saline on Acute Kidney Injury in Resuscitation of ICU Patients
A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with fever, productive
Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis
At a rural acute stroke-ready hospital in the year 2030, you are using a tele-stroke tablet to evaluate a 62-year-old male en route by mobile computed tomog
REBOA: A Precious (Life)line
A 25-year-old male is brought in by EMS with a gunshot wound. Vital signs are as follows: HR 130 BPM, BP 60/palp, RR 24, SpO2 99% RA, and temperature 37.5 Celsius. He app
Sepsis-3: Redefining Sepsis
What EM Residents Need to Know Sepsis definitions were last revised in 2001. Since then, discoveries have been made regarding the pathobiology, management, and epidemiolog
Introducing the ALTO Alternatives to Opioids Program
Steven Stack, MD, FACEP, an emergency medicine physician and immediate past-president of AMA, confronted the crisis in an open letter to America's
Ahead of the Curve: Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness in the ED
A 70-year-old male with a history of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure presents to the emergency department (ED) hypote
Critical Care Alert! Video Laryngoscopy vs. Direct Laryngoscopy During Urgent Endotracheal Intubation
A 42-year-old man who is diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia is transferred from the medi
A Leg Up: Management of Chronic Wounds in the ED
A 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension and morbid obesity presents to the emergency department (ED) with bilateral foot, ankle, and calf pa
Under Pressure: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
A 24-year-old male arrives to the emergency department (ED) after a motor vehicle collision. Initial workup reveals pelvic fractures with a small amount
Fractures and Fat Globules: Fat Embolism Syndrome
EMS brings in a 20-year-old male who jumped from an overpass in a suicide attempt. He arrives with normal hemodynamics and is found to have bilatera