Procedural Sedation in the Elderly
An 84-year old woman presents to your ED with a traumatic, left-sided posterior hip dislocation.…
An Equation for a Wiser Retirement
The vast majority of information about retirement consists of financial planning for your retirement years.…
Second Verse, Same As The First
This month we continue on our journey to understand what really happened at the 2013…
I just got sued– Now I want to CT everyone
Dear Director, I recently got sued for a missed appy case. Although my expert witness was…
Mini Board Review December 2013
Emergency Physicians Monthly has teamed up with the board prep pros at Rosh Review to bring you…
Field Report: Lessons from Chile’s 2-Tiered EM System
A few months before the Chilean Society of Emergency Medicine (SOCHIMU) sponsored the nation’s first…
How to Remove a Nasal Foreign Body with a Balloon Catheter
It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon and you are settling into your second cup of coffee…
When are Post-Resus Caths Effective?
You are working one evening when EMS brings in a 52-year-old gentleman who achieved return…
The Road to Hell
“Hmmm,” I said, half snorting, half sighing as I scanned my email in-box. “It looks…
Catching Necrotizing Fasciitis on Ultrasound
A 32-year-old male presented to the emergency department with concerns about a possible infection in…