Sitting Shiva

I have never been taught how to handle the emotional residue, only shown how empathy slowly erodes, until the moment of silence becomes almost infinitesimal.

Emergency Medicine, Resuscitation, WellnessLiz Terry-KantorMay 25, 2026#death, #shiva, #loss, #grief, #vulnerable, #code, #emotionalimpactComment

Rapid Review of Trauma Literature

The purpose of this literature review is to encourage emergency medicine providers to consider what interventions and systems reduce mortality in trauma patients…

Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, EMS, Resuscitation, TraumaChristopher KoehlerApril 21, 2025Emergency Medicine, trauma, EMS, Team Work, CommunicationComment

Shoes matter! LE Degloving injury following a MCC

63 y.o. male arrived to the ED following a motorcycle crash (MCC) in which he was riding at an unknown speed when he suddenly lost control and was launched off of his motorcycle...

Abnormal Pulses and Pulse Oximetry: Diagnosis of A Critical Congenital Heart Defect in the Emergency Department

A seven-day old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with twelve hours of increased work of breathing. His mother reported a healthy pregnancy and spontaneous vaginal delivery. She noted they had been home for 5 days from the newborn nursery. However, overnight she found the patient had increased work of breathing and difficulty with feeds. She noted he was no longer able to finish a full feed…

Pediatrics, Critical Care, Cardiology, ResuscitationKatherine StewartDecember 12, 2023pediatrics, PEM, CardiologyComment

ED Approach to Anemia

A 57-year-old female presents to the emergency department with fatigue and weakness that have been worsening over a period of several months. She has a past medical history of chronic daily alcohol use, coagulation disorder with increased INR, and anxiety. She does not like to see physicians and has not been to her primary care doctor in several years, but decided to come in today because her fatigue and weakness have become too severe…

Critical Care, Hematology/Oncology, Resuscitation, GastroenterologyKatherine BarrySeptember 26, 2022Anemia, GI BleedComment

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