Dr James Rippey Ultrasound Case 090 A 30 year old woman presents with right iliac fossa pain. Quantitative BHCG is positive at 2500 IU. Her bladder is empty so you proceed to transvaginal ultrasound. Go to Source Author: Dr James Rippey Powered by WPeMatico
Patrick Bafuma is back to interview Janelle Bludorn for this installment of the EM ID podcast series. This time they talk about testing for two of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Gonorrhea and Chlamydia (GC/C). Check out the show notes for their outline and citations, but the citations are also linked at
A near 60 year old male called 911 for increasingly severe fever and SOB. A prehospital ECG was recorded (not shown and not seen by me) which was worrisome for STEMI. He presented very tachycardic with a very high fever. Here was his initial ED ECG: There is sinus tachycardia at a rate of about
Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website. In this video, we look at high degree AV blocks on the ECG;… Read more → Go to Source Author: Sabrine Elkhodr Powered by WPeMatico
A woman of 40 presents with intermittent RUQ pain and nausea. You try to find her gallbladder. Wall-echo-shadow (WES) sign The post Ultrasound Case 089 appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL • Medical Blog. Go to Source Author: Dr James Rippey Powered by WPeMatico
Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal. New York is in crisis. Who is hesitant, who is refusing, what should you do? We asked Dr Margie Danchin. She knows. The post Jellybean 106 Vaccine hesitancy with Margie Danchin appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL • Medical Blog. Go to Source Author: Dr Doug
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Steve Smith An elderly woman with HTN presented with L sided chest pain, intermittent over the past week but worse over the past hour, associated with shortness of breath. She had no known history of CAD. Here is her presenting EKG at 2210: What do you think? This
It’s Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 278 – Game of Thrones Style The post Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 278 – GoT Version appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL • Medical Blog. Go to Source Author: Dr Neil Long Powered by
Have you ever seen pauses on the ECG? In this module, we’ll review when and why to worry…and how to keep your cool. The post ECG Mastery: Pauses on the ECG appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL • Medical Blog. Go to Source Author: Sabrine Elkhodr Powered by WPeMatico
At the moment there is only one public emergency department in Zambia that actually has a trained emergency physician. It only has one. The post Jellybean 105 Emergency Medicine in Zambia appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL • Medical Blog. Go to Source Author: Dr Doug Lynch Powered by WPeMatico
