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Critical Care , Clinical , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care ALERT! Apneic Oxygenation in RSI

12/4/2017 Yanika Wolfe, MD

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 , Clinical , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock (ATHOS-III)

12/4/2017 Sam Khan, MD

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

Ultrasound

Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output

11/30/2017 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Joseph Levin, MD

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

Ultrasound

Tamponade and Valvular Catastrophe: TTE in the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient

11/30/2017 Phil Andrus, MD, FACEP , Di Coneybeare, MD , Clark Owyang, MD

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

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose this Condition

11/30/2017 Browning S. Wayman, MD, DTM&H , Branden Skarpiak, MD , Bradley Goettl, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, ENP-C

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

EMRA Board of Directors

Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders!

11/30/2017 EM Resident

Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders! Zach Jarou, MD President president@emra.org Denver Health @zachjarou At any given moment, Zach Jarou's to-do list is filled with everything from presenting at

ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge - Nov 2017

11/30/2017 Jeremy Berberian, MD , Jayram Pai, MD , Daniel O’Sullivan, MD

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

Toxicology

It's Getting HOT in Here! A Review of Serotonin Syndrome

11/30/2017 Stephen Hallisey, MD , Joshua Glick, MD , Clinton J. Orloski, MD

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

Editorial

The Best of Humanity: In the Worst of Times

11/30/2017 Jonathan Brewer, MD

The Best of Humanity: In the Worst of Times To a medical student, perspective is everything. The way we view our time spent studying in the classroom, the way we process our clinical experiences, and

Medical Education

The Do's and Dont's of Docere: How to Be an Effective Teacher

11/30/2017 Megan Fix, MD, FACEP , Andrew Pugh, MD

The Do's and Dont's of Docere: How to Be an Effective Teacher Physicians take on many roles and responsibilities — including that of a teacher. In fact, the word “doctor” itself derives from the Lat