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Oct 2023
52m 6s

Substance Use in Adolescents

EB Medicine
About this episode

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the October 2023 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article, Substance Use in Adolescents: Recognition and Management in the Emergency Department and the October 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Evidence-Based Emergency Department Management of Migraine and Other Primary Headaches


Substance Use In Adolescents


Epidemiology


Risk Factors


Differential Diagnosis


Prehospital Care


ED History and Physical Exam


Urine Drug Screen


Treatment

  • Marijuana
  • Alcohol
  • Methaphetamines
  • MDMA
  • Cocaine
  • Opioids


Disposition


Migraine and Other Primary Headaches


Epidemiology


Cluster Headaches


Medication Overuse Headache


Nerve Blocks

  • Greater Occipital
  • Sphenopalatine Ganglion


Pregnant Patients


Disposition


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