Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Remain and Gain, or Load and Go?
Case A 22-year-old pitcher gets struck in the chest by a baseball coming off the bat while…
Skeptics’ Guide to EM
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Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Remain and Gain, or Load and Go?
Case A 22-year-old pitcher gets struck in the chest by a baseball coming off the bat while... -
Can an ED Psych Unit Decrease Hospital Admission And Boarding Time?
Case: You bring up the issue again of boarding mental health patients for hours to days in... -
How Do Small and Large Catheters Compare in Hemodynamically Stable Patients?
Case: A 54-year-old male presents to your emergency department the day after being involved in a snowmobile...
Can an ED Psych Unit Decrease Hospital Admission And Boarding Time?
Case: You bring up the issue again of boarding mental health patients for hours to days in…
How Do Small and Large Catheters Compare in Hemodynamically Stable Patients?
Case: A 54-year-old male presents to your emergency department the day after being involved in a snowmobile…
A Long-Acting IV Antibiotic for Skin Infections
The Case A 49-year-old female with a history of diet-controlled diabetes presents to the emergency department with…
Interphysician Weight Bias in the House of Medicine
The Case You are sitting in a committee meeting, discussing an application to promote another physician in…
How Many Days Should We Treat Pneumonia with Antibiotics?
The Case A 5-year-old girl comes into your emergency department with what seems like community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)….
Does Administering Steroids for Cardiac Arrest Lead to Better Neurological Outcomes?
The Case A 54-year-old man is admitted to the observation unit to rule out an acute coronary…
Can Spirometry Help Assess Older Patients With Multiple Rib Fractures?
The Case A 71-year-old man presents to the emergency department after a ground-level fall. He has a…
The Frequency of Alcohol-Related Emergency Dept. Visits and Mortality
The Case A 53-year-old male known to have a substance use disorder presents to the emergency department….
How Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners Perform in Emergency Departments
The Case Community emergency departments have seen volumes increase over the years. Previously, departments responded to increases…