Emergency Medicine has undergone many changes over the last couple of decades and especially during the COVID pandemic. Most of these changes have been very positive, but increasing volumes, staff shortages, aging populations, increasing breadth of responsibilities and better access to more imaging have made some of us question how we should define the scope ... Show More
Aug 25
Ep 222 Imaging Decisions in Emergency Medicine
When to image, when to wait, and what to do when the ideal test isn’t available are often far more nuanced than they appear. In this EM Cases episode, Dr. Amit Shah joins Anton to tackle some of the toughest everyday imaging decisions: How much should cumulative radiation exposur ... Show More
48m 36s
Aug 11
Ep 221 EM-Primary Care Health Systems Strategies, Myths, Misperceptions and Solutions
There are few things more frustrating for an Emergency Physician than caring for patient after patient who lands in the ED not because it’s necessarily the best place for their care, but because every other door in the health care system was closed, confusing or impossible to fin ... Show More
1h 43m
Jul 21
EM Quick Hits 72 EMC²: Peds Neurocritical Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cytokine Release Syndrome, Peds Wrist Fracture, Bradycardia ECG Interpretation, Coaching the EM Mind Part 2
In this month’s EM Quick Hits Podcast, Amna Karabegovic joins us for an EMC² case of pediatric altered LOA and neurocritical care, Anand Swaminathan simplifies the high-risk management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure, and Brit Long reviews how to recognize ... Show More
1h 39m
Mar 2025
Emergency Medicine Is (NOT) Dead
In this episode of 'Talking Shift,' the host welcomes Dr. Chris Doty, an important figure in emergency medicine, to discuss his journey and the current state of the specialty. Dr. Doty reflects on a crisis from two years ago where a significant number of emergency medicine reside ... Show More
36m 18s
Jun 2023
Hypertensive Emergencies
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice RecommendationsEpidemiologyEtiologyDifferential diagnosisPrehospital careHistory and physical DiagnosticsTreatmentA ... Show More
1h 9m
Aug 2020
Episode 25 - The Past, Present, and Future of REBOA
Dr. Megan Brenner joins us on Rounds to discuss the evolving role of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in the management of trauma & acute care surgery patients with non-compressible torso hemorrhage. Advances in technology, evolving indications, a ... Show More
44m 23s
Jul 2023
Acute Pericarditis & Myocarditis
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the July 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diagnosing and Treating Pericarditis and Myocarditis in the Emergency DepartmentEpidemiologyNomenclatureEtiologyDifferential diagnosisPrehospital careED history and physi ... Show More
59m 25s
<p><strong>Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In urban settings, it is becoming more common for police to transport critical patients from scene ... Show More