Category: 2019 Morsels

November 1, 2019

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...

October 25, 2019

Emergency Medicine is very complex, but it also can be rather straight forward. If there is a fish hook in there,...

October 18, 2019

Blood shooting out of the urethra will catch people’s attention! While it may be due to a relatively benign issue, there...

October 11, 2019

The lysis of tumor cells is one of the goals of successful treatment of cancer. Unfortunately, “Cancer SUCKS!” and even when...

October 4, 2019

We are often drawn to new techniques and methods. While we may become enamored with exotic management strategies (ex, ECMO in...

September 27, 2019

We have previously discussed how saying “It’s JUST a virus,” is not comforting to families and may undermine your credibility. For...

September 20, 2019

We do complex mathematics every time we evaluate a patient. Risk:Benefit ratios, Odds Ratios and Likelihood Ratios quickly get weighed and...