Category 2019 Morsels

Laryngeal Mask Airway for Neonatal Resuscitation

Laryngeal Mask Airway for Neonatal Resuscitation

It is fun to be able to check the “Learned Something New Today” box! Having just attended ACEP 2019 in snowy Denver, I can definitely check that box! One interesting item I learned was taught to be by our esteemed…

Pediatric Breast Mass and Abscess

Pediatric Breast Mass

Emergency Medicine is very complex, but it also can be rather straight forward. If there is a fish hook in there, then take it out. If there is is bead in the nose, then get it out. If there is…

Renal Papillary Necrosis and Sickle Cell Disease

Renal Papillary Necrosis and Sickle Cell Disease

Blood shooting out of the urethra will catch people’s attention! While it may be due to a relatively benign issue, there are a number of considerations that immediately come to our minds: Renal Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, Renal Stones, UTI. While…

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

The lysis of tumor cells is one of the goals of successful treatment of cancer. Unfortunately, “Cancer SUCKS!” and even when the tumor is being positively affected, it can still unleash havoc. Oncologic processes are associated with a variety of…

Newborn’s Heart Rate Determination

Newborn Heart Rate Determination

We are often drawn to new techniques and methods. While we may become enamored with exotic management strategies (ex, ECMO in the ED, Delayed Sequence Intubation), focusing on the basics is vitally important to the successful management of even the…

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Children

We have previously discussed how saying “It’s JUST a virus,” is not comforting to families and may undermine your credibility. For one, this phrase minimizes the family’s concern… and secondly, viruses can be quite problematic (ex, Influenza, Varicella, HSV, Reye’s…

Calculating Dose for Local Anesthetics

Calculating Local Anesthetic Dose

We do complex mathematics every time we evaluate a patient. Risk:Benefit ratios, Odds Ratios and Likelihood Ratios quickly get weighed and measured. Sometimes, however, simple math problems can trip us up (ok… at least trip me up). This is why…