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ED limited Ultrasound to rule out a proximal DVT

Rick G. Kulkarni, MD, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Adult Emergency Department, Yale-New Haven Hospital, describes how to improve emergency department function. http://www.medscape.com/vie......

Here is an almost perfect video of the New York State's trauma patient assessment. There are two parts to this video, so do not miss part 2 (it is much more exciting).

Here is part 2 of the trauma patient assessment. These are the things that should not happen on a call, plus some funny bloopers.

This video is part of a series created by a doctor for doctors-in-training. If you are interested in being confident in Anterior Nasal Packing with petroleum gauze strips, this is the video to watch. ...

One method of securing a chest tube. Any other ideas? Tricks? How do you do it?

What is ON CALL mean for a modern psychiatrist? What needs to be done when on call or on duty off hours, at night and such. Moonlighting is like another job, sometimes its optional sometimes its man...

self mutilation is a way a patient can refocus all their emotional pain onto something real concrete and actual it is an important early symptom to recognize and help that person right away by first t...

I see about 400 suicidal patients a year in a psychiatric emergency service and am interested in the method they want to use--remember they did not do it, my job is to prevent it!

Moving around as a physician in a big buerocratic system see how there is little regard to continuity of care both for the patient and dr. dr. has to be flexible too moving from in the hosptial to ou...

My first ER case still is vivid, maybe flashbacks, describs human interaction on a different level regarding the heart

Overdose a discussion with the psychiatrist about how careful you have to be with psychiatric medication due to respiratory and cardiac problems which can lead to death

Wrist slashing predisposes to suicide. you may be sent to a psychiatric hospital after this event but then released quickly its wierd??

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or NMS a neuroleptic induced movement disorder is described... its one of the only life threatening emergencies in psychiatry, its a neurotoxic reaction to too much ant...

Dr. Henley discusses the profession that treats psychiatric illnesses and how it is stigmatized as well as the illnesses it treats. He dispells some common myths about psychiatry by educating about th...

Dr. Henley discusses the profession that treats psychiatric illnesses and how it is stigmatized as well as the illnesses it treats. He dispells some common myths about psychiatry by educating about th...

Some additional uses of ultrasound in Emergency Medicine including Lumbar Puncture and Central Venous Access

Venous Pulsations EMLIVE.
Venous Pulsations! What are they? How Do I find them? What do they mean? Find out in this month's episode of EM LIVE!

Treatment of a Felon
ED Letter
Emergency Department Letter

A patient presents with altered mental status and the paramedics tell you that he was found with an empty bottle of Valproic Acid.
What are the potential causes of AMS that are a part of this unique ...