JJ 12 BNP for Diagnosis of Acute CHF
BNP is currently in use in many EDs across North America and Europe. In this Journal Jam podcast we discuss the clinical utility of BNP and pro-NT-BNP in the work-up of the dyspneic ED patient. We ask...
13 Mar 201849min
BCE 67 Child Abuse – Sentinel Injuries
In anticipation of EM Cases Episode 107 on Pediatric Physical Abuse with Dr. Carmen Coombs and Dr. Alyson Holland, Dr. Coombs tells her Best Case Ever (actually worst case ever) that inspired her to p...
13 Mar 201810min
Ep 107 Blunt Ocular Trauma Live from The EM Cases Course
In this live podcast on Blunt Ocular Trauma from The EM Cases Course 2018 with Anna MacDonald we discuss the most important diagnoses to consider, describe how physical exam in queen while CT can misg...
27 Feb 201858min
BCE 66 CHD with Bronchiolitis: A Delicate Balance
When patients with known congenital heart disease present to the ED with common illnesses we need to consider how their physiology might alter our approach to those common illnesses. Max Ben-Yakov gui...
13 Feb 201815min
Ep 106 Toxic Alcohols – Minding the Gaps
We see patients with toxic alcohol poisoning most commonly in three clinical scenarios. One, after an intentional suicide attempt where they tell you exactly what they took; two, when they come in agi...
30 Jan 20181h 17min
BCE 65 Intimate Partner Violence – A Silent Epidemic
I was taken aback when I came across the statistic that approximately every 6 days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence that ...
23 Jan 201813min
Ep 105 Commonly Missed Ankle Injuries
You probably can't remember the last time you worked a shift in the ED and didn’t see at least one patient with an ankle injury. While almost all of these patients are relatively straightforward to di...
9 Jan 20181h 20min
Ep 104 Emergency Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage – The Golden Hour
There exists a kind of self-fulfilling prognostic pessimism when it comes to ICH. And this pessimism sometimes leads to less than optimal care in patients who otherwise might have had a reasonably goo...
19 Des 20171h 38min
