Wilson Frasca,Nhan Do
Wilson Frasca
This report demonstrates a case of a severe talar neck fracture. Although rare, talar neck fractures have a high potential for morbidity. Typically caused by a high energy injury, this patient's mechanism of injury was relatively minor, and...
Caught on CT! The Case of the Hemodynamically Stable Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm [0.03%]
CT捕捉到的病例！稳定的腹主动脉瘤破裂患者的诊断与治疗
Matthew Patrick Weber,Megan Stobart-Gallagher
Matthew Patrick Weber
Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a surgical emergency with significant associated mortality. This case report discusses a 70-year-old woman presenting to the emergency department (ED) with vague and progressive abdominal pai...
Zoltan Buchwald,Amrita Vempati
Zoltan Buchwald
Audience: This scenario was developed to educate junior and senior emergency medicine (EM) residents. Introduction: EM Model of Practic...
A Case Report on Miliary Tuberculosis in Acute Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome [0.03%]
急性免疫重建炎性反应综合症并发粟粒性肺结核一例报告
Erica Concors,Hamid Ehsani-Nia,Michael Mirza
Erica Concors
This is a case report of an HIV-positive patient with miliary tuberculosis (MTB). He presents to the emergency department (ED) two-weeks following the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) with worsening cough, fevers, and malaise. The...
Daniel Johnson,Dan Wiener
Daniel Johnson
This case highlights the classic electrocardiogram (ECG) finding of a severely widened QRS complex with a sinusoidal pattern indicative of severe hyperkalemia. It also emphasizes the importance of the ECG in screening for electrolyte abnorm...
Meryl M Abrams,Jennifer L White,Jeffrey Gardecki
Meryl M Abrams
This is a case supporting the use of plain film radiography in a patient presenting with symptoms suggestive of an esophageal food bolus impaction. The patient presented with a foreign body sensation in her chest after eating chicken the ni...
Post-Coital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Due to Non-Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-A Case Report [0.03%]
一次产后突发性心脏病停搏合并蛛网膜下腔出血的个案报告
Vinson Vong,John Costumbrado,Daniel Ng et al.
Vinson Vong et al.
Emergency medicine (EM) learners are taught to approach cardiac arrest algorithmically using Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) with particular emphasis on treatment. However, when treating patients in cardiac arrest it is important to ma...
Patrick G Meloy,Megan C Henn,Daniel Rutz et al.
Patrick G Meloy et al.
Audience: Emergency medicine residents and medical students on emergency medicine rotations. Introduction: Eclampsia is an uncommon but...
Low Fidelity Trainer for Fiberoptic Scope Use in the Emergency Department [0.03%]
急诊科光纤支气管镜使用的低保真训练器
Garren Giles,Dominic Diprinzio,Jordana Haber
Garren Giles
Audience: The low fidelity trainer for fiberoptic scope is designed to train emergency medicine (EM) residents PGY I-IV, and medical students interested in EM. ...
Gregory Podolej,Gary Bhagat
Gregory Podolej
A case of thyroid hemorrhage following laryngeal mask airway (LMA) intubation is described. A 42-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with left neck pain after same day surgery with LMA intubation and was found to have...