Mortality higher among women with MI and no chest pain
Clinicians should be aware of gender differences in symptom presentation when caring for patients with heart attack.
Emergency Medicine
Navigating a negligence lawsuit
A nurse’s careless mishandling of medical evidence jeopardizes a criminal rape case and causes undue emotional harm.
Wyoming malpractice verdict breaks state record
A jury in Wyoming recently ruled in favor of Louis Prager, a 51-year-old field worker, awarding him and his wife a record-breaking $9 million in damages after an ED physician at a regional hospital did not order neck X-rays or CT scans after an accident.
A simple case of cellulitis on the third finger is a lot more
A patient presents to the emergency department complaining of pain that originated over the distal tip of the digit.
Fluid bolus increases mortality in severely febrile children in low-resource settings
Early fluid resuscitation is recommended for hemodynamic support in critically ill children, but there has been little evidence to guide the type, timing and volume of fluids to use, especially in children who are not severely hypotensive or dehydrated.
Health-care teams offer comfort and support in emergencies
No one health-care provider can go it alone. Nurses, physicians, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and every other support and ancillary department depend on each other to provide each patient with the best care possible.
Chest CT before ED discharge to prevent pulmonary embolism
Since 50% of patients admitted to the ED with deep vein thrombosis, should it be common practice to do a chest CT prior to discharge?
When a patient falls, the pain indicates dislocation
Tenderness over the hypothenar eminence, swelling and limited flexion also suggest fracture.
Respiratory distress and pronounced muscular weakness signal trouble
A father is rushed to the emergency department after ingestion of a foreign, powderlike substance.
High on bath salts: what to know
“Bath salts” are new synthetic drugs that are typically found as white, light tan or brown powders, believed to contain psychoactive chemicals known as mephedrone and/or methylenedioxypyvrovalerone.
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