Silk City Emergency Medicine
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A Clinical Blog by the Emergency Medicine Residents at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center.
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
As physicians, we all decided to help others. Those of us in Emergency Medicine decided to help others at their most ill, at the most traumatic moment in their lives, or at their wits end as far as where to ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
A 15-year-old female, with no past medical history, presented to the pediatric emergency department with cough and fever after being discharge with a diagnosis pneumonia two days prior. A chest x-ray on her first visit showed a single left lower ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
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Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
Congenital Pediatric Heart Disease – Board Review (PDF with pictures) Basic Pathophysiology Fetal Circulation Have shunts to bypass liquid filled lungs Oxygenated blood from mom goes through placenta into baby via umbilical vein Half the blood goes to liver Half ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
A lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them, but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
Adrenal Crisis, by Dr Nilesh Patel -Also known as acute adrenal insufficiency or Addisonian crisis -No universally accepted definition. Proposed Definition: Acute deterioration in health status associated with hypotension (SBP < 100) or relative hypotension (drop in 20 mmHg from ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
We love us some trauma here at Joes! Check out our favorite sources of FOMED that supplemented our Tintinalli readings! Trauma 1 Cant Miss Readings: RebelEM: Ten Commandments of Trauma Resuscitation http://rebelem.com/ten-trauma-resuscitation-commandments/ RebelEM: Spinal Immobilization in Trauma Patients http://rebelem.com/spinal-immobilization-in-trauma-patients ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
Nitrous Oxide in the Pre-hospital Setting Nitrous Oxide in the Pre-hospital Setting By: Gregory Cassidy M.D., PGY3 Nitrous oxide is a colorless, tasteless gas that is administered in combination with oxygen, often referred to as “laughing gas”. It is absorbed ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
Resiliency is the human character trait to suffer an insult and return to a state of dis-despair, to return to one’s homeostatic equilibrium. In life we all will encounter problems, errors, disasters. How we deal with it, is how we ..read more
Silk City Emergency Medicine
3y ago
ANAPHYLAXIS By: Hima Khamar, PGY3 4-year-old female presents to ED with parents due to 1 week of cough, fever, congestion, irritability, and decreased PO intake. CXR shows RLL pneumonia, patient is started on Ceftriaxone. 5 mins after the initiation of ..read more