Contemporary Caffeinated Complaints
The Drug Abuse Warning Network found that from 2005 to 2011, the number of ED visits for caffeine increased from 1,500 a year to more than 20,000. Today’s caffeine
Critical Care Alert: Incidence of Coronary Intervention in Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Non-shockable Initial Rhythms and No Evidence of STEMI
A 59-year-old male presents to the emergency department
Critical Care ALERT! Apneic Oxygenation in RSI
A 57-year-old male presents to the emergency department for shortness of breath. He became more hypoxic despite applying NIPPV. You decided to proceed w
Critical Care Alert: Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock (ATHOS-III)
A 68-year-old female with recurrent UTIs presents to the ED with 3 days of fever, back pain, and dysuria. She i
Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output
A 75-year-old male with a past medical history of congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease pres
Tamponade and Valvular Catastrophe: TTE in the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient
A 70-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes is brought to t
Diagnose this Condition
The Case. A 31-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a chief complaint of “rash to both legs.” Three weeks ago, the patient's vehicle was stuck in the sand
ECG Challenge - Nov 2017
Case. A 71-year-old male presents with exertional syncope. What do you see in the following ECGs (taken 4 minutes apart)? Answer Image 1. This ECG shows an atrial rate of ~78
It's Getting HOT in Here! A Review of Serotonin Syndrome
You are called to evaluate a 74-year-old woman who was found by her daughter, confused and unable to get out of bed. The patient's only medica
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