Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one etiology of shortness of breath. See spoilers below if you want to know which one. Podcast: Approach to Shortness of Breath - EM Clerkship Podcast  Clinical Reference: Community Acquired Pneumonia emDocs site This week Arman (MS4) leads Kyle (MS4) and Taylor (MS4) through a case of an adolescent male presenting with shortness of breath. How would you approach this case? As always, we learn a couple very important points about evaluating...

Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one etiology of tremors (and headaches). See spoilers below if you want to know which one. Podcast: Approach to Headache - EM Clerkship Podcast  Clinical Reference: Approach to Tremors This week Nathan (MS4) leads Arman (MS4) and Kyle (MS4) through a case of a woman presenting with tremors. How would you approach this case? As always, we learn a couple very important points about evaluating tremors and other associated symptoms. If you have any...

It's SPOOPY season!!! And to celebrate we have a 3-part Halloween Special featuring many of our previous guests and a few new ones! Join us to learn about some interesting and spooky Halloween-themed Emergency Medicine topics. This week Arman, Kyle, Adam, Pranav, Taylor, Frankie, Danny, Abby, Charlie, Nathan, and (sort of) Chris come together to talk all things spoopy in honor of Halloween this weekend. We want to avoid spoilers as much as possible, but we discuss topics ranging from pumpkin...

It's SPOOPY season!!! And to celebrate we have a 3-part Halloween Special featuring many of our previous guests and a few new ones! Join us to learn about some interesting and spooky Halloween-themed Emergency Medicine topics. This week Arman, Kyle, Adam, Pranav, Taylor, Frankie, Danny, Abby, Charlie, Nate, and (sort of) Chris come together to talk all things spoopy in honor of Halloween this weekend. We want to avoid spoilers as much as possible, but we discuss topics ranging from pumpkin...

It's SPOOPY season!!! And to celebrate we have a 3-part Halloween Special featuring many of our previous guests and a few new ones! Join us to learn about some interesting and spooky Halloween-themed Emergency Medicine topics. This week Arman, Kyle, Adam, Pranav, Taylor, Frankie, Danny, Abby, Charlie, Nate, and (sort of) Chris come together to talk all things spoopy in honor of Halloween this weekend. We want to avoid spoilers as much as possible, but we discuss topics ranging from pumpkin...

The EMJC Cast Crew are on a quick break to prepare and submit their residency applications. Wish us luck, and we'll be back in no time! 🎃

Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one important way to evaluate ankle injuries (see spoilers below if you want to know more) MD Calc: Ottawa Ankle Rules Clinical Reference: The Ottawa Ankle Rules, ft a great demonstration by Dr. Ian Stiell Podcast: EM Cases - Commonly Missed Ankle Injuries Fun Facts about Ottawa EMJC's October twist is MS2s! Let's learn about how to approach ankle injuries and a few fun facts about Canada along the way. This week Charlie (MS4) leads Arman (MS4),...

Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one important cause of lower extremity edema (see spoilers below if you want to know which one) Podcast: BNP for Diagnosis of Acute CHF - EM Cases Podcast, a great discussion of BNP in the diagnosis of CHF Clinical Reference: ACC Guidelines for Management of Heart Failure Time to learn about some puffy legs! This week Kyle (MS4) leads Arman (MS4) and Abby (MS4) through a case he had of a 56-year old male with a swollen legs. How would approach...

Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one important etiology of headaches (see spoilers below if you want to know which one) Podcast: Approach to Headaches - EM Clerkship Podcast Clinical Reference: ACEP Clinical Policies on Adult Headaches 2020 is the perfect year to learn about headaches! This week we have four hosts for our fourth episode, and two of our guests make first-time appearances. Kyle (MS4) leads Arman (MS4) , Nathan (MS4), and Danny (MS4) through a case he had of a 45-year...

Vitals & Useful Links: What do you do when your patient has very high blood pressure but no symptoms? Learn about some guidelines published by ACEP concerning just this presentation (see spoilers below)   Blog: Elevated Asymptomatic Hypertension - Rebel EM ACEP 2013 Guidelines for Asymptomatic Hypertension Podcast: EM Cases - Asymptomatic Hypertension Arman (MS4) finally leads the cohosts, Kyle (MS4) and Adam (MS3), through a case he had of a woman with severely elevated blood...

Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one etiology of upper abdominal pain (see spoilers below if you want to know which one)  Podcast: Approach to Abdominal Pain - EM Clerkship Podcast  Clinical Reference: Abdominal Pain - Summary from Rosen's (From EMDocs) We're back! Abby (MS4) leads Arman (MS4) and Kyle (MS4) through a case she had of a 64 year old man with abdominal pain starting that morning.  How would approach this case? As always, we learn a couple very important points...

Vitals & Useful Links: Learn about one etiology of peds bloody diaper/stool (see spoilers below if you want to know which one) Podcast: Approach to blood in the diaper - EM Clerkship Podcast Clinical Reference: Peds Bloody Stool - Peds EM Morsels What a way to start! Kyle (MS4) leads Arman (MS4) and Adam (MS3) through a case he had of a four month old girl with bloody diarrhea coming to the pediatric emergency room. How would approach this case? As always, we learn a couple very...

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