5 Tips on Testicular Torsion
A 20-year-old healthy man arrives at the emergency department at 4 a.m. complaining of one hour of…
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5 Tips on Testicular Torsion
A 20-year-old healthy man arrives at the emergency department at 4 a.m. complaining of one hour of... -
Tips for Managing Active Seizures in the Emergency Department
Although most seizures resolve spontaneously in one to three minutes, the seizures we typically face in the... -
Physician Compassion in EM (It’s More Important than You Might Think)
My friend, emergency medicine colleague and educator Barbara Tatham, MD, died of metastatic sarcoma at the age...
Physician Compassion in EM (It’s More Important than You Might Think)
My friend, emergency medicine colleague and educator Barbara Tatham, MD, died of metastatic sarcoma at the age…
IV vs. PO: Which Antibiotics Are Better for Common ED Infections?
The perceived need for intravenous antibiotics drives many hospital admissions. In a sense, the decision to administer…
How to Solve Emergency Department Overcrowding
Eleven years ago, a 45-year-old aboriginal double-amputee named Brian Sinclair was found dead by ED staff in…
Chest-Pain Patients and High-Sensitivity Troponin Tests: the New Frontier
The management of emergency department patients with chest pain continues to evolve. There was a time when …
Tips for Managing Urinary Tract Infections in 2- to 24-Month Old Kids
Pediatric patients between the ages of 2 and 24 months who present with fever without a known…
Reprioritizing the ABCs of Trauma Care for Polytrauma Patients
While advanced trauma life support has traditionally emphasized the “ABC” (airway, breathing, and circulation) approach for all…
A Rational Approach to Pulmonary Embolism Evaluation
Emergency department over-investigation is, perhaps, nowhere more pervasive than in the workup of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE)….
Five Steps to Help You Manage Opioid Use Disorder Patients
From 2002 to 2017, there has been more than a fourfold increase in the total number of…