by Connor Inglis | Dec 18, 2023 | Featured, Journal Club, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
At this month’s PTM Journal Club, two topics were covered; the use of intranasal (IN) glucagon for hypoglycemia and preshospital triage of chest pain patients. Haamid et al. (2023) conducted a retrospective chart review to determine if the use of intranasal glucagon...
by James Worrall | Mar 2, 2023 | Cardiology, Commentary, Featured, Most Viewed
To HEART score, or not to HEART score – now that is a question. In the past five years it has become increasing common to hear Emergency Medicine providers and residents reference the HEART score when reviewing chest pain cases. This is especially true when they...
by Rebecca Seliga, Alex Coutin, Michael Kruse | Jun 29, 2022 | Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Thrombosis
You are working an urgent care shift and you access your ED electronic track-board to pick up the next patient waiting to be seen: You assign yourself to patient Smith, and notice a helpful comment from your triage nurse stating the patient’s name is Angela. You...
by Maria Doubova, Lucy Karp | Apr 28, 2022 | Cardiology, COVID-19, emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries
Chest pain is one of the most common presentations to the emergency department (ED) and includes a wide differential diagnosis. In today’s post, we will review a less common cause of chest pain seen in the ED: pericarditis and myocarditis. We will also review...
by Graham Mazereeuw, Hans Rosenberg | Apr 25, 2022 | Cardiology, Journal Club
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Soares WE 3rd, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Aug;78(2):231-241. Questions and Methods: This study compared agreement in HEART scores derived by ED physicians and those derived by researchers using a prospective cohort study of adults with...
