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Critical Care

Who Ya Gonna Call?! A Primer on Left Ventricular Assist Device Emergencies

11/30/2017 Rohit B. Sangal, MD , Melissa Geary, MD , Abdulaziz Almehlisi, MD

Who Ya Gonna Call?! A Primer on Left Ventricular Assist Device Emergencies Background Patients with end-stage systolic heart failure (defined as New York Heart Association Class IV or Ejection Fracti

Clinical , Simulation , Med Student

TCEP Medical Simulation: Simulated Emergencies, Real-World Medical Skills, Authentic Learning Experiences

11/28/2017 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Nicholas Salerno, MD , Joseph Ponce , Alexander H. Tran, MD

TCEP Medical Simulation: Simulated Emergencies, Real-World Medical Skills, Authentic Learning Experiences "Doctor, the patient is unresponsive!" You look up at the monitor and the rhythm strip become

Health Policy Journal Club , Medications , Health Policy , Regulatory

Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic

11/6/2017 Brandon Roe, DO

Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic Mandating use of prescription drug monitoring programs cuts opioids by up to 10% Opioid prescriptions in the United States have been

Medications , Toxicology

Atrial Fibrillation after Naloxone Administration: A Rare Complication of Opioid Reversal

10/5/2017 Megan Gillespie, DO , Maricel Dela Cruz, DO, MPH , Jay Slutsky, DO

Atrial Fibrillation after Naloxone Administration: A Rare Complication of Opioid Reversal Background Naloxone is a widely used antidote critical in reversing the lethal effect of respiratory depressi

Clinical , ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge - Oct 2017

10/5/2017 Shelby Catlett, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

ECG Challenge - Oct 2017 Case. An 81-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents with episodes of lightheadedness. What do you see in this 12-lead rhythm strip? Note: The 3 images are con

Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose this Condition

10/5/2017 Lawrence Lau, MD , Hannah Mirzakhani , Nicholas Governatori, MD

Diagnose this Condition The Patient 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents with 2 days of gradually worsening rash over the left nare, left upper lip, and inferior medial

Toxicology , Toxins

Chemical Warfare Agents

10/3/2017 Navneet Cheema, MD , Natalie Neumann, MD

Chemical Warfare Agents Today, chemical warfare agents (CWAs) may pose a greater hazard to civilians than soldiers. The threat of chemical warfare is hardly novel. Traditionally used by armies to bre

Neurology

Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Epidural Anesthesia

10/3/2017 Priyanka Lauber, DO , Krystle Shafer, MD

Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Epidural Anesthesia A 31-year-old multiparous woman who is 7 days postpartum after a c-section presents to the emergency department for the second time complaining of a

Critical Care

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis

10/3/2017 Ram Parekh, MD , Mark Andreae, MD

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis A 90-year-old male with a past medical history of severe aortic stenosis, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and chronic kidney disease p

Prehospital Care

Tornado Touchdown: Mississippi Medical Students Overcome Disaster

8/29/2017 Olivia Kennedy, MS-II

Tornado Touchdown: Mississippi Medical Students Overcome Disaster In the early morning hours of Jan. 21, 2017, medical students in Mississippi were”¦ studying. Like every other first-year student, I