Does This Patient Have Decisional Capacity?
Case A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with bizarre behavior. He was found by…
Intoxication
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Does This Patient Have Decisional Capacity?
Case A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with bizarre behavior. He was found by... -
Learning From the Alcoholic Down the Hall
Have you ever saved an alcoholic? To my knowledge I never have. When I started residency, I... -
Biomedical Ethics & the Law
Earlier this year the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued an opinion that reminded...
Learning From the Alcoholic Down the Hall
Have you ever saved an alcoholic? To my knowledge I never have. When I started residency, I…
Biomedical Ethics & the Law
Earlier this year the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued an opinion that reminded…
ED Violence: Not Just Part of the Job
You’re in the middle of a typical shift when a patient starts yelling at one of the…
Remember to Take Your Daily Vicomin
A patient arrives drunk at 3 a.m. with a chief complaint of back pain, toothache, headache, or…
Fling Open the Doors
In the course of a typical week, we frequently encounter patients who are intoxicated, belligerent, or cantankerous….
Rolling in Agony Like a Chinchilla
All people are gifted. In the ED, I see a wide variety of gifts, such as yodeling,…
Best Practices for Seizure Management In the Emergency Department
A seizure is an episode of neurologic dysfunction resulting in change in motor activity or sensory perception…
Acute Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis remains an important diagnosis in emergency medicine, accounting for more than 220,000 hospital admissions a…
Texting and drinking – Do they mix?
News articles cover incidents of dangerous overconsumption among college students and the rise in text messaging and…