by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 4 A 34-year-old male presents with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for the past 24 hours. He has required antiemetics and fluids in the ED. On your sonographic assessment, you note that the patient did NOT have a sonographic Murphy’s sign. ...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 8 A 54-year-old female with a history of liver cirrhosis presents with vomiting requiring antiemetics at triage. On your sonographic assessment, you note that the patient did NOT have a sonographic Murphy’s. ...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 1 54 year old female presents with nausea and vomiting for the past 48 hours. She is asymptomatic in the Emergency Department. On your assessment, you note that the patient DID NOT have a sonographic murphy’s sign. ...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 5 A 64-year-old male presents with nausea for the past two weeks, but is asymptomatic in the ED. On your sonographic assessment, you note that the patient did NOT have a sonographic Murphy’s sign. Please go to...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 3 A 54-year-old male presents with nausea and vomiting for 8 hours. He has had recurrent symptoms fo the past 3 months, but is currently asymptomatic in the ED. On your sonographic assessment you note that the patient did not have a positive sonographic...
by EMOttawa | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured
Case 7 A 34-year-old female presents with vomiting and epigastric pain for the past week, requiring antiemetic therapy at triage. On your sonographic assessment you note that she does NOT have a sonographic Murphy’s. ...
by EMOttawa | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured
Case 6 An 34-year-old female presents with vomiting for the past two weeks, and required analgesia for RUQ pain at triage. On your assessment, you note that the patient DOES have a positive sonographic Murphy’s sign. Please go to Gallbladder Case 6 to view the...
by Daniel Beamish, Pascale King | Dec 19, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, mental health, psychiatry
This post is a continuation of Borderline Personality Disorder – Part 1. In this second post, Dr. Beamish discusses the management of BPD in the emergency department and shares some valuable resources. Borderline Personality Disorder – Part 2 Case 2 A 22...
by Harrison Carmichael, Pascale King | Nov 28, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Respirology, Toxicology
You may have seen the headlines; E-cigarette and Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) represent a new disease process that is potentially life-threatening. Emergency Physicians will inevitably be exposed to EVALI as front line health care providers. Here, we will...
by Erica Lee, Kate O'Connell | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
During your medical training, how many times did someone watch you talk to a real patient? What about explaining their diagnosis? Or how to take their medications? Have you had a conversation with a patient and felt that you weren’t “speaking the same language”? Good...
