A 50-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of facial swelling. The patient had been in his usual state of health when he awoke suddenly in the middle of the night just prior to presentation with lip swelling and an urticarial rash on his back and neck. He denies dyspnea, wheezing, trouble swallowing, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea…
Read More“A 42 year old male with a past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and L4 radiculopathy due to a remote back injury presents to the ED with chief complaint of right foot and calf pain. The pain is described as cramping and burning that gradually worsened over the 3 days prior to presentation. He is not on anticoagulation. He denies…”
Read MoreA 53-year-old male with a PMH of GERD presents to the emergency department with eye pain, photophobia, and vision loss after getting popped in the eye by a broken bungee cord. He believes the tip of the cord came around “like a whip” and struck him directly on the eye…
Read MoreRead the HPI and think about the questions on the title slide before watching the video. Put yourself at the bedside of this patient and form your own diagnostic and management plan. Designed to help you actually rehearse what you’re going to say and do at the bedside of a sick patient, keep tuning in each week for the same format but new and high yield Emergency Medicine pearls…
Read MoreRead the HPI and think about the questions on the title slide before watching the video. Put yourself at the bedside of this patient and form your own diagnostic and management plan. Designed to help you actually rehearse what you’re going to say and do at the bedside of a sick patient, keep tuning in each week for the same format but new and high yield Emergency Medicine pearls…
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