A 40-year-old male with a past medical history of ulcerative colitis, anxiety, and depression presented to the emergency room with pain and swelling to the right pectoralis area for two days…
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The purpose of this literature review is to encourage emergency medicine providers to consider what interventions and systems reduce mortality in trauma patients…
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Psychosomatic pain is a common Emergency Department (ED) complaint that may often frustrate both patients and providers. While patients struggle to find relief, providers may struggle to produce it using conventional modalities available in the ED. Significant functional impairment may be present, prompting high resource utilization, increased costs, and inappropriate medical investigations…
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Firearm-related suicides are a significant public health issue in the United States, accounting for more than half of all suicide deaths…
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A 14-year-old female presented to the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) with one week of intermittent right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain. The pain was sudden, sharp, and moderate to severe in intensity, but it spontaneously resolved and was not present at the time of evaluation. She reported no urinary symptoms, and the pain…
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