back with a vengeance…
the case. a 59 year old male presents to ED at 2am with a two week history of progressive back pain. He is worried because it is worsening in severity and now radiates to the left flank & left-lower quadrant.
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Quick Case #06
the case. 76 year old male presents to ED with 2 hours of retrosternal chest pain. He is clammy, diaphoretic & looks miserable.
to the bedside…
the case. a 34 year old female presents to ED with palpitations and chest pain. You are handed her ECG prior to reviewing or speaking to the patient….
Quick Case #05
the case. a 42 year old male presents via ambulance with chest pain following an motor vehicle accident.
the steak is stuck…
the case. a 36 year old male presents to your ED at 2am with retrosternal pain and concern that last nights steak “got stuck and didn’t go down”. He has vomited once and now continues to spit out saliva as…
hot & spotty #2…
the case. A 14 year old boy is bought to ED with a 4 day history of fevers. His parents are concerned as this rampant red rash has rapidly spread across his body overnight….
catching the culprit…
the case. a 32 year old male presents to ED with a 4 hour history of retrosternal chest pain. He has had the pain since midnight and it “just isn’t going away”. This is his ECG…
straightening the spiral…
the case. a 2 year old male is carried into your ED screaming. He is horribly distressed and trying to reach down to grab at his right thigh. His parents report that he was standing outside watching his older brother…
hot & spotty…
the case. A mother brings her 18 month old child to your emergency department with a 24 hour history of fevers. She is now worried that her daughter has developed these little red spots.
a little low…
the case. A 48 year old female arrives to ED via ambulance following an intentional overdose. Her husband discovered her taking tablet after tablet in the bathroom at home. She has a history of depression & diabetes and reports feeling…
Pediatric Pneumonia in the ED
Eight Q-and-As to separate the (wo)men from the amoebae on EBmedicine's Feb 2011 review: An Evidence-Based Review Of Pediatric Pneumonia In The ED.
CPR makes you Undead
There have been some great ‘hands only’ CPR campaigns in the past year or so, with Vinnie Jones from the UK and Ken Jeong from the USA using disco to save lives. These were both a step forward from previous…