EMDocs

MARCH 9, 2025

Authors: Zac Crenshaw, DO (EM Resident Physician, Mizzou Columbia, MO); Jessica Pelletier, DO, MHPE (Assistant Professor of EM/Assistant Residency Director, Mizzou Columbia, MO) // Reviewed by: Sophia Grgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited revie

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics EMS Infectious Diseases Fractures 52

ACEP Now

MARCH 9, 2025

As hospital boarding, increased emergency department (ED) volumes, and complexity of patients have increased, so have wait times. Some physicians now coin themselves waiting room medicine specialists as departments schedule a physician in triage or attempt to evaluate patients in whatever spaces might be available. After years of training to fully undress a patient for an exam at ABEM General Hospital, patients may now routinely be treated in street clothes sitting in a hallway chair.

Emergency Department 90

Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing Documentation/Coding Hospitals 90

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2025

Written by Hans Helseth Hans is an EKG tech who is applying to medical school. EKG interpretation skills have little to do with one's level of education. In fact, much of what passes for EKG education can actually harm one's interpretation skills. A 62 year old man with hyperlipidemia presented to a rural emergency department with 7 hours of 3/10 chest pain.

EKG/ECG 88

EKG/ECG Emergency Department 88

Pediatric Education

MARCH 9, 2025

Patient Presentation A 10-year-old female came to clinic because of a rash. The mother said that she had noted it about 6 weeks previously but it was not going away and it was spreading. She denied any new soaps, lotions, detergents or hygiene products including insect repellent or sunscreen. It was occasionally itchy but overall the child hadn’t noticed it.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics 40