Aggressive vs. Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Pancreatitis

Washington University Emergency Medicine Journal Club– November 2022 Vignette You are moonlighting in a large community hospital ED one afternoon when youencounter Ms. Y, a pleasant 50-year-old woman with a history of hypertension,hyperlipidemia, and alcohol use disorder. She is complaining of about 12 hours ofepigastric abdominal pain that does not radiate, with associated nausea andnonbloody […]

The Hestia Score & Outpatient Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

Washington University Emergency Medicine Journal Club– January 18th, 2023 Vignette You are moonlighting in a large community hospital ED one afternoon when you encounter Mr. X, a pleasant 68-year-old man with a history of non-small cell lung cancer on chemotherapy, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. He complains of sudden-onset left-sided pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. He […]

Trans-esophageal ECHO in Cardiac Arrest

Washington University Emergency Medicine Journal Club – September 22nd, 2022 Vignette: You are working a shift in TCC when you get a pager about a 68-year-old gentleman with a history of atrial fibrillation who was found pulseless after passing out during his weekly golf game. Bystander CPR was initiated and upon EMS arrival his first rhythm […]

The Canadian Syncope Risk Score

Washington University Emergency Medicine Journal Club– October 19th, 2022 Vignette Ms. Jones is a70-year-old female with a history of HTN and type II DM who presents to the ED after a syncopal event which occurred 30 minutes prior to arrival. The event was witnessed by the patient’s husband who states she had collapsed soon after […]

Dr. Tan NAEMSP CPR Challenge (Links to an external site)

Bystander CPR can be critical to survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and EMS professionals are encouraged to help educate the public on CPR best practices by creating their own 100/120 beat-per-minute music videos