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Global Health in Our Own Backyard - Balancing Family, Field Work, and Sustainable Practices in Rural Canada | EM Cases
Explore the evolving definition of global health work in this insightful blog post. Discover how emergency medicine in low-resource settings, from Addis Ababa to rural Northern Ontario, bridges access to care, challenges misconceptions about global health sustainability, and highlights the critical role of teamwork, adaptability, and equity in underserved communities. Perfect for EM professionals balancing family, career, and a passion for global impact.
Optimizing RSI medication timing, nutrition tips for shift workers, ED boarding challenges in older patients, managing prolonged tourniquet application, rural peer support programs, reciprocal changes in ACS, on EM Cases' EM Quick Hits podcast
Optimizing RSI Medication Timing, Nutrition Tips for Shift Workers, ED Boarding of Older Patients, Prolonged Tourniquet Use, Rural Peer Support Programs, ECG Reciprocal Changes, on EM Cases' EM Quick Hits podcast
How EM Experts Think | Data Gathering, Diagnostic and Treatment Decision Making, Test Ordering and Interpretation, Documentation, Emotional Resilience | EM Cases
How EM Experts Think Part 2: Data Gathering, Diagnostic and Treatment Decision Making, Test Ordering and Interpretation, Documentation, Emotional Resilience
The EM Expert Mindset - A Female Perspective - Emergency Medicine Cases
Dr. Patricia Lee is an EM physician in Calgary, Alberta and an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She reached out to me after listening to Episode 200 How EM Experts Think Part 1 as a longtime supporter of EM Cases, to highlight the importance of recognizing challenges that female-identifying EM physicians may face before, during and after ED shifts. She offers practical solutions to these challenges that may resonate with many EM Cases listeners...
How EM Experts Think: Strategies for Focus and Elite Performance | EM Cases
How EM Experts Think: Strategies for Pre-Shift Preparation and Arrival Ritual, Staying Focused on Shift, Managing Interruptions, Managing Cognitive Load, Handling Negative Emotions, Resuscitation Mindset and Execution, Post-Resuscitation Recovery with Dr. Scott Weingart, Dr. Reuben Strayer, Dr. Mike Betzner on EM Cases
Understanding and Improving the Culture of Medicine | EM Cases
Dr. Peter Brindley Dr. Leon Byker on what culture in medicine is, why culture is so important, 10 strategies to improving the culture in our departments emphasizing the importance of human connection, empathy, open communication, and a willingness to learn from mistakes in creating a positive and fulfilling work environment, so that we love our work, we love our department, we love taking care of our patients and our patients have better outcomes on the EM Cases podcast
Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection, Exercise Associated Hyponatremia | EM Quick Hits | Emergency Medicine Cases
Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection, Proper Use of Insulin in DKA and hyperkalemia, Mesenteric Ischemia recognition and management, Exercise Associated Hyponatremia, AI for OMI, EM Quick Hits podcast EM Cases
HIV Diagnosis, STEMI is A Failed Paradigm, Poisoned Patient Airway Management, SBP | EM Quick Hits | EM Cases
Testing patients for HIV in the ED, failed paradigm of STEMI criteria for acute coronary occlusion, when to intubate the tox patient, SBP pearls, DIY physician investments. EM Cases EM Quick Hits podcast
STEMI is a Failed Paradigm, Enter Occlusion MI | ECG Cases | EM Cases
The shift from STEMI to Occlusion MI. If STEMI criteria, consider false positives, false negatives, look for other signs of occlusion, consider clinical OMI signs (refractory ischemia, hemodynamic/electrical instability) and POCUS (new regional wall motion abnormalities) on EM Cases ECG Cases blog
Initial imaging for suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage: Non-contrast CT vs CT plus CTA upfront? - Emergency Medicine Cases
Goals of management in patients with nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage Prevent hematoma expansion Prevent re-bleeding Prevent ischemia Identify and treat raised ICP Prepare the patient for definitive management Optimize vital signs Prevent aspiration
Nitroglycerin in SCAPE, REBOA, Diverticulitis, CRAO, Penicillin Allergy, Physician Personality | EM Quick Hits | EM Cases
Justin Morgenstern on the use of high dose nitroglycerin in SCAPE, Andrew Neill and Leah Flanagan on Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA), Brit Long on an indications for CT in diverticulitis, Tahara Bhate on factors that lead to diagnostic error and CRAO, Matthew McArthur on penicillin allergy and penicillin challenges, and Susan Lu on how ED physician personality influences patient outcomes on EM Cases EM Quick Hits podcast
ECG and PoCUS for Chest Pain and Dyspnea | ECG Cases | EM Cases
Pericardial effusion: tachycardia and low voltage ECG requires POCUS to assess for pericardial effusion and tamponade. STEMI(-)OMI: subtle ECG signs of occlusion and POCUS signs of regional wall motion abnormality can identify Occlusion MI in the absence of STEMI criteria. RV strain: ECG and POCUS can show signs of RV strain, which can be acute or chronic. ECG Cases blog. EM Cases
4 Key Learning in EM Leadership | Waiting to Be Seen | EM Cases
In this Waiting to Be Seen blog at EM Cases, Dr. Howard Ovens on 4 key learnings in EM leadership: Be a good clinician, get substantial real-world experience, take a long-term view of benefits and risks, get along with your counterparts in the leadership dyad.
Induction Agents, Gabapentinoids, Neuroprotective Intubation, Paresthesias | EM Quick HIts | EM Cases
Anand Swaminathan appropriate selection of induction agents, Hans Rosenberg gabapentinoids, Katie Lin pearls for neuroprotective intubation, Nour Khatib and Hamza Jalal approach to paresthesias in the ED, and Eric Wortmann on preventing burnout in emergency medicine.