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[ad_1] EM Basic is back with another episode of the EM Basic Project.  In today’s episode Drs. Tim Peck and Colby Redfield review the chief complaint of shortness of breath with a focus on COPD.  Even though we did an episode on shortness of breath a while back, it’s always great to get a new…

[ad_1] This chest x-ray is from a 27 year man who presented to the ED with a cough. What can you observe (it is simple), and what finding, normally associated with this condition, cannot be found in the x-ray? click to enlarge [peekaboo_link name=”Answer”]Answer[/peekaboo_link] [peekaboo_content name=”Answer”] The chest x-ray, with the marker applied appropriately, shows dextrocardia and…

[ad_1] A 58y.o presents with 90 minutes of palpitations, chest pain, dizziness and this ECG [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The following ankle x-rays are from a 77 year old male with right ankle swelling and pain who has a history of hypertension. What can you see? click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge [peekaboo_link name=”Answer”]Answer[/peekaboo_link] [peekaboo_content name=”Answer”] The ankle x-rays show a well defined, punched out lucency on the medial aspect…

[ad_1] A 68 y.o female, with a history of AF, presents complaining of palpitations intermittently over the last 4 days with a concurrent viral upper respiratory tract infection and this ECG This entry was posted in Advanced EM Cases, ECG of the Week by Anand Senthi. Bookmark the permalink. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The Urgent Endotracheal Intubation (UEI) describes the primary intubation scenario that occurs in the ED where intubation must proceed in a semi-rapid or rapid fashion due to the patient’s clinical state. We discuss the Rapid Sequence Intubation, the mainstay of the UEI with the longest history and firmest evidence base. In Beyond the Basics…

[ad_1] This 30 year old punched an object and heard a ‘click’ sound in his wrist following the episode. The following x-rays belong to the patient; what can you see? click to enlarge click to enlarge [peekaboo_link name=”Answer”]Answer[/peekaboo_link] [peekaboo_content name=”Answer”] The xrays show no fracture around the wrist. The main abnormality is the ‘Terry Thomas…

[ad_1] The End of Therapeutic Hypothermia?   GAME CHANGER! HOT OF THE PRESS: this new article in NEJM, the Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) trial, that I came across initially courtesy of @CHsu1012 (and then from just about every FOAM resource on the planet due to the significance of these findings) found no benefit of cooling to 33 degrees v…

[ad_1] A 56 yr old male presents with episodic chest pain over the preceding few days and this ECG while painfree … Continue reading → [ad_2] Source link