Ultrasound-Guided Posterior Tibial Nerve Block
Introduction: Plantar laceration repair and foreign body removal are common emergency department procedures. Local infiltration of anesthetic…
Procedures and Skills
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Better in a breath
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Ultrasound-Guided Posterior Tibial Nerve Block
Introduction: Plantar laceration repair and foreign body removal are common emergency department procedures. Local infiltration of anesthetic... -
Chemical Restraint in the ED
Chemical Restraint in the ED Sudden violence in the emergency department (ED) remains a common problem. Psychiatric...
Chemical Restraint in the ED
Chemical Restraint in the ED Sudden violence in the emergency department (ED) remains a common problem. Psychiatric…
Emergency Physicians Help Resuscitate Scientific Assembly Attendee During Denver Conference
One minute, Michael Granelli remembers sipping cappuccino at a Colorado Convention Center café, waiting for a friend…
ED Pet Peeves
Everyone has pet peeves. You know, silly things that drive you absolutely crazy. One of mine is…
Keep the Customer Satisfied
When I was in medical school and residency training there was, as far as I knew, no…
Choosing to Bridge the Gap
One afternoon a few years back, my second patient of the shift was a 60-year-old female, June…
PTSD in Children After Dog Bites
A physician acquaintance of mine is on a mission to promote awareness, especially in emergency physicians, of…
Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis
Introduction Emergency physicians perform abdominal paracentesis both for diagnostic sampling of peritoneal fluid and for therapeutic drainage…
Road Map for a Makeshift Tap
When I was a resident, it was impossible to find paracentesis kits in our department. What we…
Better in a breath
Happy New Year. (Period. Not an exclamation point). It’s a sober reminder of time passing and a…