Pain Control Alternatives for Older Patients
Think beyond pills with blocks, topical agents and physical therapy. You are examining your third…
Quick Answers to Sticky Problems
In this new series, EPM contributors Christina Shenvi, MD and Nikki Waller, MD offer sage…
Kids with Asthma? Reach for Dexamethasone
A one-time dose of dexamethasone in the ED might be superior to current pediatric asthma…
Treating the Chainsaw Laceration. Did This EP Do Enough?
The Case A patient comes to the emergency department for treatment of a 4 cm laceration…
Miracle on Figueroa Street
A man slumps to the ground at an L.A. Kings hockey game. Sujal Mandavia responds…
TeamHealth Bought for $6.1 Billion
The purchase by Blackstone Group LP raises the bar for emergency medicine group acquisitions. TeamHealth…
The Plain Cervical Spine X-Ray is Almost Dead
Ultra low-radiation CT technology is sounding the death knell of plain x-rays. I graduated from medical…
Naloxone to the Rescue
In 2013, overdose deaths overtook motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of injury-related death…
Naloxone Now
Opioid overdose? Soon there could be an app for that, thanks to a tech competition…
The Right Route: The Site of Injection Matters
Case 1 A 46 year old morbidly obese diabetic patient arrives in your ED with…