Round 18 (MW) Drunk Man Wants Pizza

You are working at Clerkship General when you hear an EMS call on the base command radio. “Clerkship General. We are bringing you a minimally responsive 79 year-old female found lying on the floor inside her apartment. ETA 5 minutes” Initial Vitals: HR: 143 BP: 160/105 Temp: 106. ... Show More

<p>You survived the bike ride home on the handlebars of your friend&#39;s bike who was too drunk to walk. You made it to your apartment. You should drink water, and you should certainly shower off the baijiu that&#39;s seeping through your pores, but that bed is calling. As the r ... Show More

<p>What&#39;s up, doc? Today&#39;s Chinese lesson brings you to everyone&#39;s favorite hang-out: the doctor&#39;s office! You&#39;ll learn to use Chinese to say your favorite phrase: &quot;You need to lose weight and stop drinking.&quot; Who says you can&#39;t have fun with Mand ... Show More

<p>It&#39;s a nightmare situation: someone has an accident and needs immediate medical help, and you&#39;re the only person around to help. In today&#39;s ChinesePod lesson, learn how to call for help in Chinese. Who knows - with some of this vocabulary, you might just save a lif ... Show More

This is the Alcohol chapter from USMLE Step 2 Secrets. Content covered in this episode includes: 1:30 Question Dissection - A 57 year old male with a history of alcohol abuse visits a medical clinic because of numbness and tingling in his feet, as well as hand tremors… 8:04 Alcoh ... Show More

<p>Don&#39;t be fooled by the bottles of Russian vodka collecting dust by our water cooler, or the small bottle of baijiu on Amber&#39;s desk: the drug of choice here at ChinesePod is caffeine. And while it may be socially-acceptable to quaff a few cups of either while working, o ... Show More

The Curious Clinicians are on tap to ask, why does chronic alcohol use cause macrocytosis? Read the show notes here.  Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan o ... Show More

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:42]: Question Dissection: A 35 year old man with a history of schizophrenia is brought to the E.D. for altered mental status... [4:46] Emergency medicine chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the three causes of burns? Ho ... Show More

Master the management of ambulatory alcohol withdrawal! We discuss the pathophysiology of alcohol withdrawal as well as the triage and treatment of this disease in the ambulatory setting. We’re joined by our bird-loving guest Dr. Stephen Holt (Yale University), an addiction medic ... Show More

An EMT responds at the scene of a car accident. He examines for signs of injury and evaluates the patient's neurological function in Spanish. The post Car Accident in Spanish appeared first on Doc Molly.