Post by Spencer Willette, OMS-III One of the great aspects of practicing emergency medicine is having the privilege to care for all types of patients, including our pediatric population. Regardless of what emergency department you work in, pediatric patients will find their way to your department and it will be up to you to comfort […]
Post by Rick Dasilva COVID-19 continues to be a major controversy in 2021 with all the misinformation that has been given throughout multiple platforms. Although the number of COVID positive patients and COVID deaths continues to rise in parts of the US, there is still a large community of individuals who are against the vaccine. […]
Post by Patricia Capone, OMS III You’re a resident working a shift in a busy emergency department (ED) when you hear an EMS call come over the squawk box. Elderly female passed out at a local birthday party and is unresponsive on EMS arrival. Narcan was given and the patient woke up with an uncontrollable […]
“Clinical Grind 10 – Bias” with our hosts Andy, Drew, and Tanner Post by Spencer Willette, OMS-III Whether we are aware of it or not, bias has the ability to dictate many of our thoughts, actions, and decisions. In this episode, the guys run through a scenario where bias played a major role in […]
Post by Patricia Capone It’s 3 am when you get a call from EMS. 60-year-old male, otherwise healthy, V-fib arrest. The patient arrives at the ED in V-tach arrest with LUCAS device executing compressions, successfully intubated by EMS with a few rounds of unsuccessful defibrillation in the field. IV access and end-tidal CO2 in the […]
