Emergency medicine clinical tips and articles
Just the Flu?
Just the Flu? Chief Complaint: Seizure HPI: Patient is a 13 month old M presenting to the ED via EMS following a tonic clonic seizure that per EMS, began...
Completely Disassociated
Completely disassociated Chief Complaint: Syncope HPI: An 82-year-old male with a history of bradycardia, HTN and HLD arrives in the emergency department via EMS with altered mental status, pacer...
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Superior Vena cava syndrome Chief Complaint: Facial Swelling HPI: Patient presents to the emergency department reporting several days of recurrent facial swelling. She states that when she wakes in...
Gesundheit!!!
Gesundheit!!! Chief Complaint: Headache HPI: 30-year-old female, G1 P0 5 weeks estimated by LMP, states at approximately 08:15 this morning was getting ready to go to work when she...
When MCC Stands for Motorcycle Crash and Most Common Cause
When MCC stands for motorcycle crash and most common cause Chief Complaint: Left Arm Pain HPI: 27 y/o RHD female presented via EMS. Patient was a helmeted passenger on...
Interesting Presentation of DKA
Interesting presentation of dka Chief Complaint: Abdominal Pain HPI: 41-year-old female presenting with reported elevated blood sugars in the 200s, 3 days of vomiting and diarrhea. She states that...
Modified Valsalva Maneuver for SVT
Modified Valsalva Maneuver for SVT Chief Complaint: SVT HPI: Patient is a 49-year-old male with history of prior episodes of SVT and HTN. He stated that over the past...