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Clinical , Ultrasound

Breathing Easier With Point-of-Care Ultrasound

1/9/2015 Michael Schick, DO, MA

Breathing Easier With Point-of-Care Ultrasound Case A 60-year-old male rolls in by EMS with a complaint of shortness of breath. He was discharged from prison two months ago, at which time he ceased a

Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls , Pediatric EM

Readiness for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department

1/9/2015 EM Resident

Readiness for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department From the December 2013 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Emergency Department Readiness for Pediatric Illness and Injury.”

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Rash Findings

1/8/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD

Rash Findings THE CASES Case 1 The Patient A 48-year-old male presents with a painful rash on his left chest, back, and in his axilla. He states that he developed worsening pain in the area for 3 day

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Toxicology , Toxins

Small, but Deadly: Part 2

1/8/2015 Jason Chu, MD , Danish Malik, MD

Small, but Deadly: Part 2 Remember that 22-month-old girl from the last issue? Well, armed with the information from the last article, you now feel ready to treat any of her potential medication ing

Clinical , Ophthalmology , Trauma , Blunt

Emergency Department Evaluation of Blunt Orbital Trauma

1/8/2015 Jessica Leduc, DO , Andrew Gurwood, OD

Emergency Department Evaluation of Blunt Orbital Trauma Introduction More than 2.5 million eye injuries occur each year.1 According to information gleaned from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Pro

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Critical Care

Resuscitating the Neonate

1/8/2015 Melissa Rice, MD

Resuscitating the Neonate Up to 10% of all newborns will require some assistance to begin regular breathing, and just under 1% of newborns will require extensive resuscitative efforts. Introduction T

Clinical , Critical Care , Sepsis

The Enlightened Era of Sepsis Management

1/7/2015 Melvin Ku, MD , Matthew Sarsfield, MD

The Enlightened Era of Sepsis Management Since the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SCC) Guidelines came out in early 2013,1 literature on sepsis management has expanded with not only the ProCESS trial,2 b

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Trauma , Blunt , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

An Evidence-Based Approach to Blunt Chest Trauma in Children

10/22/2014 EM Resident

An Evidence-Based Approach to Blunt Chest Trauma in Children From the November 2013 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Emergency Management Of Blunt Chest Trauma In Children: An Evidenc

Clinical , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

An Evidence-Based Approach to Acute Aortic Syndromes

10/22/2014 EM Resident

An Evidence-Based Approach to Acute Aortic Syndromes From the December 2013 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “An Evidence-Based Approach To Acute Aortic Syndromes.” Reprinted with permission. T