Dec 10, 2010
What do you do when you get to the end of the ventricular tachycardia algorithm your patient is still in V-Tach. You are now off the map of ACLS and in the middle of a V Tach Storm.
We go step by step through a case of incessant ventricular tachycardia with pearls, pitfalls and things to think about when the fecus is...
Nov 25, 2010
It's beaten into our heads that we need to ask, document and consider cardiac risk factors in the acute chest pain patient. And we do. Diligently.
But do risk factors for chronic coronary artery disease play a role in helping to predict whether or not the emergency department patient presenting with chest pain has an...
Nov 15, 2010
Your emails about the loop abscess technique.
A new way to put in a Nasograstic Tube
Read if you dare. Bob the anal fissure.
Have a comment, rant, profanity laden manifesto? Give the ercast vocemail a call!...
Nov 5, 2010
If you are an EM:RAP listener, this is the video I talked about in the November episode on abscess managment. It goes through the steps of a new technique for draining a cutaneous abscess as described in this article.
I am a huge fan of this procedure and use it on most abscesses that I would have otherwise packed. Why...
Oct 28, 2010
ercast is back in action! Keep a lookout for the upcoming video of the loop abscess technique in the next week or so. But for today....
What Colles' fractures should go to the OR?
Does an IO line create an open fracture?
These questions and many more with our orthopedic curbside consultant Dr. Adam Barmada.