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  Working in the emergency department it can be difficult to keep up with all the new street drugs. Here is yet another one….coming soon to an ER near you.   Dab, Dabs, Dabbing, wax, earwax, honey, honey oil, shatter and BHO are all street names for a new form …

    A new designer drug has emerged on the teen scene. 2C-I-NBOMe, also known as “N-bomb”. This new drug is an extremely potent hallucinogenic stimulant and has been associated with multiple deaths. NBOMe is often sold under the pretense that it is LSD, however, unlike LSD, NBOMe also has …

  Many people find medical mnemonics very helpful for remembering certain differentials, presentations or toxidromes. Hopefully you too will find this new segment useful. This 4-yr male male is brought in for evaluation for rash and fever for 5 days.                     …

  A 26 year-old male with acute alcohol intoxication presents to the emergency department with complaints of substernal chest discomfort which is made worse with deep inspiration. The symptoms began 1 hour ago after three episodes of vomiting. His vital signs and ECG are unremarkable. He has no cardiac risk …

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  This post is a follow-up to the post and video “Difficult Airway Management : The Elaine Bromiley Case”             – please watch the initial video prior viewing this post.     “Using the circumstances of a real case as a starting point, this video demonstrates …

  The Elaine Bromiley Case “This video, produced by Simpact with the permission of Martin Bromiley, is primarily intended for the education of healthcare clinicians, particularly those involved in advanced airway management. By providing a more immersive, real-time version of events which includes some technical detail, the hope is that …

  “Flakka”(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) is a dangerous synthetic cathinone, similar to “bath salts” that is spreading across the country.  This drug is a white or pink, foul-smelling, crystal that can be injected, snorted, eaten or vaporized.     Flakka and can cause an “excited delirium” that involves hyperstimulation, paranoia, and hallucinations that can lead to …

      A 72 year male presents to the emergency department with facial and periorbital soft-tissue swelling and associated increased shortness of breath. Family states was just discharged from the hospital yesterday after having a left sided pneumonectomy last week and began having dyspnea and swelling around his face, …

    Cricoid Pressure, also known as Sellick’s maneuver, is a well known technique applied during endotracheal intubation. It refers to the application digital pressure on the cricoid cartilage of the larynx, pushing it backwards resulting esophageal compression against the vertebrae with the intent of preventing passive regurgitation of gastric …

  Taken from: ParamedictoRN.org “Traumatic injury is something that most paramedics, nurses, and other medical professionals will have to treat, or at least peripherally work with during their careers. The potential for traumatic injuries to cause lifelong damage if not cared for properly means that staying up-to-date on trauma best …

    Rich Levitan, pioneer in airway management, talks about the psychology of the difficult airway and operator stress response. From the ERCAST podcast with Rob Orman, MD. This month’s audio podcast from the master of airway management, provides us with an almost transcendental approach to the difficult airway. A …

    Here is a PRO/CON FOAM article I wrote the introduction for in Emergency Physicians Monthly. This is an excellent discussion regarding FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical Education) in emergency medicine education by Joe Lex, MD and Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD. What is  FOAM? In 2012, Mike Cadogan conceived …

    ” SMACC is the most exciting innovation in the critical care education calendar, bringing together all the Critical Care Specialties (Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia, Rural GP’s, Retrieval medicine and Intensive Care) on a modern stage. Delegates interact face-to-face and online with the biggest names in web-based education. The enormous success …

  A 54 year-old male presents to the emergency department with symptoms of intermittent palpitations and mild dyspnea over the past few days. He denies chest pain, pressure or tightness. His past medical history is significant for type 2 diabetes which is diet controlled and hypertension which is well-controlled with …

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    A 24 year-old male presents to the emergency department for evaluation of an eye injury with loss of vision. The patient states he was playing soccer last night when the ball struck him in the face injuring his left eye. There was no loss of consciousness. The patient …