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Environmental, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, SAEM Clinical Images
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Tick Bite
A 14 year old girl presenting from Mexicali with altered mental status. Her mother reports a rash about a week ago following a tick bite. She had been going to...
Nicholas Pokrajac, MD | January 27, 2020
Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Tricks of the Trade
Trick of the Trade: Directed Saline Irrigation for Nasal Suctioning
You are just starting out your mid-January evening shift, and you go to the room of an 8-month old male with nasal congestion. He is afebrile, and mildly tachycardic, but...
Kavita Joshi, MD | January 15, 2020
PECARN, Pediatrics, podcast
PECARN: Its relevance and importance in pediatric emergency care
Did you know that many of the landmark pediatric emergency medicine (EM) studies come from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) collaborative? It works to address the challenging...
Bryn Dhir | January 7, 2020
Pediatrics, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
Ultrasound for the Win! 3-year-old with abdominal pain #US4TW
A 3-year-old Hispanic female with no significant past medical or surgical history presents to the Emergency Department with her mother for a 3 day history of crampy abdominal pain, intermittent...
Ryan Gibbons, MD | December 4, 2019
Conference, Dr. Sarah Reid, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, EMU 365, inhaled corticosteroid, Medical Specialty, NYGH EM Update, pediatric asthma, Pediatrics, PRAM score, Respirology
EMU365 Sarah Reid on Top 5 Pediatric Asthma Pitfalls
This EMU365 Video features Dr. Sarah Reid, PEM educator extraordinaire presenting her top 5 common pitfalls made in pediatric asthma diagnosis and management in the ED. She explains the importance...
Anton Helman | December 2, 2019
Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Growth Plate, Orthopedic, Pediatric Fractures, Pediatrics, Salter-Harris
SplintER Series: Salter-Harris Fractures
A 6 year-old boy presents with left wrist pain after he fell off the monkey bars onto an outstretched hand. You obtain wrist x-rays and see an abnormality. What is...
Mark Hopkins, MD | November 27, 2019
Gastrointestinal, Pediatrics, SAEM Clinical Images
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Bellybutton Mass
A 4 week-old female infant presents due to yellow discharge from her umbilicus and mom noticing a red mass coming from the umbilical area after changing her diaper today. She...
Caroline Molins, MD | November 25, 2019
Appendicitis, Cardiology, CRASH-3, double defibrillation, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, PARC score, Pediatrics, rib fracture, serratus anterior block, toxic shock syndrome, tranexamic acid, Trauma, TSS, TXA, ventricular fibrillation
EM Quick Hits 10 – TXA CRASH-3, CJEM Cellulitis, Double Defib, Serratus Anterior Block, PARC score, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Sarah Reid on pediatric appendicitis risk calculator, Sheldon Cheskes & Mark Ramzy on double defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation, Hans Rosenberg & Krishan Yadav on cellulitis clinical pearls, Anand Swaminathan...
Anton Helman | November 5, 2019
Appendicitis, Cardiology, CRASH-3, double defibrillation, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, PARC score, Pediatrics, rib fracture, serratus anterior block, toxic shock syndrome, tranexamic acid, Trauma, TSS, TXA, ventricular fibrillation
EM Quick Hits 10 – TXA CRASH-3, CJEM Cellulitis, Double Defib, Serratus Anterior Block, PARC score, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Sarah Reid on pediatric appendicitis risk calculator, Sheldon Cheskes & Mark Ramzy on double defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation, Hans Rosenberg & Krishan Yadav on cellulitis clinical pearls, Anand Swaminathan...
Anton Helman | November 5, 2019
Dermatology, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics
Measles 2019 Updates: The Comeback Kid
The child with a fever and rash in your Emergency Department (ED) may actually have measles. This year, there have been 1,182 cases of measles in the U.S., and counting....
Carolina Ornelas | October 28, 2019
Pediatrics, video
Pediatric Physical Examination: Tips & Techniques
In pediatrics, the history and physical examination is paramount. But even the most seasoned professional can have a challenge when facing a wiley 2-year-old. What strategies can you use to...
Aditi Mitra, MD | October 23, 2019
burn debridement, Cardiology, compartment syndrome, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, L-spine fracture, Medical Specialty, missed ischemia, motivational interviewing, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Respirology, Special Populations, t-spine fracture, Trauma
EM Quick Hits 9 Burn Blister Debridement, ECG Cases, Compartment Syndrome, Pediatric Asthma, Spinal Trauma, Motivational Interviewing P2
Justin Morgenstern on the lack of evidence for burn debridement, Jesse MacLaren on ECG Cases - missed ischemia and pitfalls of "normal" computer ECG interpretations, Arun Sayal on clinical diagnosis...
Anton Helman | October 8, 2019
burn debridement, Cardiology, compartment syndrome, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, L-spine fracture, Medical Specialty, missed ischemia, motivational interviewing, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Respirology, Special Populations, t-spine fracture, Trauma
EM Quick Hits 9 Burn Blister Debridement, ECG Cases, Compartment Syndrome, Pediatric Asthma, Spinal Trauma, Motivational Interviewing P2
Justin Morgenstern on the lack of evidence for burn debridement, Jesse MacLaren on ECG Cases - missed ischemia and pitfalls of "normal" computer ECG interpretations, Arun Sayal on clinical diagnosis...
Anton Helman | October 8, 2019

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