Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male…
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Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male... -
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in... -
Should Families Watch CPR in the Emergency Department?
The Case A 72-year-old man is brought in by emergency medical services in full cardiac arrest. He...
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in…
Should Families Watch CPR in the Emergency Department?
The Case A 72-year-old man is brought in by emergency medical services in full cardiac arrest. He…
Testosterone to Slow Aging in Men Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk
The Case “I told him he never should have started that medication,” said the patient’s worried wife….
When Do You Stop Trying to Resuscitate a Patient?
The Case A frantic call comes in on the box: “CPR in progress—three minutes out!” Emergency medical…
Tips for Relieving Increased Intraocular Pressure
The Case A 24-year-old male presents to the ED late Saturday night after leaving the local watering…
Rat-Bite Fever’s Non-Specific Symptoms Make Patient History Important for Diagnosis
The Case Chief complaint: fever and rash. I stare at the triage notes of the eight-year-old female…
Keep Video Laryngoscope Clear with IV Tubing, Saline, and Some Ingenuity
The Case A 42-year-old female presents to the emergency department after sustaining blunt facial trauma from a…
Designer Drug 25B-NBOMe Use Likely to Land Overdose Cases in Your Emergency Department
The Case It is a weekend, almost 3 a.m. in the emergency department. Paramedics report they are…
Botulism Poisoning Diagnosed in Patient with Stroke-like Symptoms
The Case “Hey, Doc, we got a possible stroke going into room 9.” The EMS team arrived.”…