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Emergency Medical Minute

 

May 12, 2025

Contributor: Jorge Chalit-Hernandez, OMS3
Educational Pearls:

  • Psychedelics are being studied for their therapeutic effects in mental illnesses, including major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and many others
  • Classic psychedelics include compounds like psilocybin, LSD, and ayahuasca
    • MDMA...


May 5, 2025

Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal, MD
Educational Pearls:

What factors are considered in a COVID-19 infection?

  • The viral load: Understood as the impact of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles infecting host cell tissue itself (utilizing ACE-2 receptors).
  • Pro-Inflammatory Response: Post-infection, the body's downstream systemic...


Apr 30, 2025

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD

Educational Pearls:

What is a Rescue Inhaler?

  • A rescue inhaler is a medication for people with asthma to quickly reverse the symptoms of an asthma attack. 

  • Historically albuterol (Short Acting Beta Agonist (SABA)) monotherapy has been the mainstay rescue inhaler. This is because...


Apr 21, 2025

Contributor: Geoff Hogan MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Penicillin allergies are relatively uncommon despite their frequent reports

    • 10% of the population reports a penicillin allergy but only 5% of these cases are clinically significant

    • 90-95% of patients may tolerate a rechallenge after appropriate allergy evaluation


Apr 14, 2025

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Key clinical considerations when managing heart transplant patients due to their unique pathophysiology

  • 1. Arrhythmias

    • A transplanted heart is denervated, meaning it lacks autonomic nervous system innervation

      • The lack of vagal tone results in an increased...