Acute Mastoiditis
An 18-month male presents to the ED with left posterior ear swelling for four days.…
Try a “PIPP” Catheter for Deep Peripheral IVs in Obese Patients
A 500-pound morbidly obese male presents to your ED complaining of mild shortness of breath…
A Win for Patient Safety in the Electronic Era
We’ve written – in these pages and elsewhere – about the great potential of electronic…
Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) to the Rescue
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to acknowledge that many patients treated in the ED…
9 Top Apps for Bedside Ultrasound
According to a large survey earlier this year, three out of every four physicians in…
Rethink the Salter-Harris I Fracture
In a recent issue of SMART EM we went under the evidence sea and into…
New Job, New House: Buying a Home in a Seller’s Market
Sometimes relocating for a new job means buying a new house at precisely the wrong…
In Hong Kong, EDs Face Critical Workforce Shortages
Lack of medical staff in public emergency departments is in many ways a global phenomenon,…
Flight Shift
It’s a familiar story: after getting selected and working through thousands of hours of lectures,…
Acid-Base Disorder? Mind the Gaps
A 56 year old Russian speaking male (limited English capability) presents to the emergency department…