Old Patients, Ancient Questions
In the end, terminal geriatric patients need our candor and compassion – our humanity –…
ED-CAHPS: The Fed Takes on Patient Sat
Dear Director, I keep hearing that the federal government is getting into the Patient Satisfaction…
Pigtail Insertion
It’s a typical busy Saturday night in your ED. The next chart you pick up…
$16M on EMS Stroke Trial? I Want My Money Back!
The results are in. According to the Fast-Mag study, IV magnesium given for stroke patients…
Code Sunset
An elderly woman arrives from a nursing home with acute respiratory distress and altered mental…
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
Each year, approximately 300,000 people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the United States.1 About…
Droperidol Gets Dropped
Droperidol has been used successfully in the emergency department (ED) and operating room (OR) for…
‘Gross Negligence’: A Slippery Slope for Dubious Expert Testimony
In an attempt to mitigate the high costs of medical malpractice insurance, decrease the number…
Statins for Healthy People: A Cocktail Party Manifesto
In November the American Heart Association released its shiny new guidelines for the management of…
How to Catch the Often Misdiagnosed Endogenous Endophthalmitis
A 33-year-old male presented to the emergency department with left eye pain for one day.…