TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine

Blunt trauma in the pediatric patient is fairly common.  Blunt trauma to the abdomen though is less common and provides some unique challenges.  The patient's developmental stage, limitations in verba...

25 Feb 202017min

Patients present with headaches frequently, but they do not all need imaging.  However, the question becomes who does need the imaging?  The American College of Radiology updated their guidelines from...

18 Feb 20207min

One of the most commonly feared diagnoses to miss in medicine is the ruptured aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection.  Despite classic teachings, the presentation of most patients is not textbook.  Whil...

11 Feb 202014min

Patrick Bafuma is back for the second part of his EM ID interview with Dr. Valerie Vaughn.  She is internal medicine trained and a hospitalist with a special interest in infectious disease.  Go back t...

4 Feb 202015min

Tibial plateau fractures can be easily missed, especially to the untrained eye.  Missing these important fractures can have devastating outcomes.  In this post we will talk about how to identify and m...

28 Jan 20209min

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) can range in complexity from very basic exams to those that are expert level in nature.  While some basic wall motion abnormalities are taught in many introductory cla...

21 Jan 202010min

Patrick Bafuma is back to provide another EM ID special, this time with Dr. Valerie Vaughn.  She is internal medicine trained and a hospitalist with a special interest in infectious disease.  The conc...

14 Jan 202028min

Both rashes and fevers are very common complaints in the emergency department.  However, the challenge becomes very real distinguishing the serious to the more benign.  Fortunately, EB Medicine has on...

7 Jan 202012min