Title: “The 52 in 52 Review: Heparin plus TPA compared to Heparin alone for Submassive PE” Article Citation: Konstantinides S, Geibel A, Heusel G, Heinrich F, Kasper W; Management Strategies and Prognosis of Pulmonary Embolism-3 Trial Inves…
You are called to triage to assess a man for shortness of breath. Per EMS, this is a 46 year old male with a history of substance abuse and HTN, found by his wife this afternoon, overdosed on Heroin and barely breathing. EMS arrived on scen…
Your 29 year female patient arrives to Resus with a rapid heart rate of 215. Her blood pressure is 129/72. She appears pretty comfortable, however complains of mild shortness of breath and chest pain. She has no cardiac history and no previ…
On your busy resus shift you receive a EMS notification that a post arrest patient is en route, ETA 2 minutes. On arrival the patient is being actively bagged by EMS through an endotracheal tube placed in the field. He is hypotensive to 83/…
Is there any data behind renal hydration prior to CT to prevent contrast induced nephropathy? Or is it just a habit we picked up along the way and has no clinical benefit? The AMACING trial answers that question. Prophylactic Hydration to P…
On your busy overnight trauma shift at Elmhurst, you are the provider during a precipitous vaginal delivery in the trauma bay at 2am. The infant is delivered without complication, and your Pediatric colleagues give you APGAR’s of 8 an…
