Second Chance on Bladder Ultrasound
“If you are given a second chance in life, don’t blow it,” you advise your…
Stroke Care: A Balanced Approach to tPA
In a recent review of the national Get with the Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke regristry in which…
Two Midnights, One New Challenge
Perhaps the surest way to drive someone crazy is to expect them to understand the…
The Play’s The Thing
I am in that autumnal season in which I choose my two areas of study…
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…