And the Pregnancy Test Result Is…

Let’s learn more about POCT pregnancy tests… At our institution, we use a POCT pregnancy test using urine.  This is an immunochemical test that can additionally be used by serum to detect pregnancy.  In order to obtain accurate…

Male Gu

A 36 year old male with no past medical history presents reporting two weeks of worsening penile pain and notes pain when retracting his foreskin.  Vital signs are within normal limits. Without giving the answer away with the patient’…

Red in the Face

A nurse from triage presents a case to you of a 43 year old woman that he believes is having an allergic reaction.  When you evaluate the pain, you notice her skin is bright red from her face to her ankles.  She denies any pruritis, and you…

Infectious Disease

Chika-what? The CDC recently sent out an alert (June 17th, 2014) to healthcare providers regarding the outbreak of the infection caused by the chikungunya virus in multiple Caribbean countries (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/watch/chik…

Pediatrics

A three month old male presents to the pediatric emergency department with his mother who reports patient has been constipated recently, his last bowel movement was five days ago.  She reports he has also been had decreased appetite and PO…

Ed Procedures

A patient presents to you from a nursing home, with paperwork stating that her G tube fell out this morning as her nurse was attempting to give her her daily medications.  What further information do you need to know, and how do you proceed…

Trauma

A 33 year old male Riker’s inmate presents to the emergency department after corrections officers report that he was observed to have jumped off a chair in his cell, with a bed sheet tied around his neck.  Per officers, they were able…

Pediatrics

A mother runs into the pediatrics emergency department, clutching her 10 month old daughter.  She states her daughter had been drinking from her bottle at home and then stopped drinking, turned purple, and became limp for ten seconds, and t…

Geriatrics

As emergency physicians, we have all noticed that the number of geriatrics patients that visit the emergency department continues to increase over time.  It is projected that by 2013, 20% of the population will be age 65 or older.  One impo…

On the Cutting Edge…

Your patient is a 35 year old male who presents with right hand laceration, he states he was reaching blindly into a drawer of utensils, and cut the volar aspect of digits 2-5.  The laceration appears deep.   How do you assess for liga…

Toxicology Pearl

A 30 month old female is brought to the emergency department by her 16 year old babysitter.  Her babysitter states the patient was vomiting in the living room of her (the patient’s) home.  When asked about her story further, she admit…

Endocrine Emergencies

The nurse in triage, hands you an EKG of a 40 year old female with palpitations, worsening over the past few weeks.  You look at the EKG and it demonstrates atrial fibrillation at at rate of 150.  She also hands you a note from the patient…

Peri-intubation Oxygenation

  Peri-intubation oxygenation and maintenance of adequate alveolar saturation is vital to patient safety.  Desaturation below 70% during intubation places patients at risk for hemodynamic decompensation, dysrhythmias, cerebral ischemia…

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