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Emergency Medical Minute

 

Oct 31, 2024

Laboring Under Pressure Episode 4: Obstetric Emergency in South Africa with Dr. Meghan Hurley

Contributors: Meghan Hurley MD, Travis Barlock MD, Jeffrey Olson MS3

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Map of South Africa Referenced

South Africa Geography Lesson

  • There is a big disparity between Cape Town and its neighbor Khayelitsha.

  • Cape...


Oct 28, 2024

Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD

Educational Pearls:

What is neutropenic fever?

  • Specific type of fever that is seen in cancer patients and other patients with impaired immune systems

  • These patients are highly susceptible to infection

  • Typically occurs 7-10 days after the last chemotherapy dose, this is when the immune...


Oct 22, 2024

Contributor: Jorge Chalit-Hernandez, OMS3

  • Typically presents with biliary colic

    • Right upper quadrant abdominal pain lasting more than 30 minutes and subsiding over several hours

    • Often associated with fatty meals but not always

  • Must rule out other causes of pain

    • Peptic ulcer disease - typically presents with...


Oct 21, 2024

Contributor: Taylor Lynch MD

  • Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) arise above the bundle of His

    • The term SVT includes AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT), atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT), atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and multifocal atrial tachycardia 

  • AVNRT is the...


Oct 14, 2024

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Pediatric case study where the child’s tongue was stuck in the opening of a hard plastic drink lid

  • Entrapment restricts circulation which causes fluid to build and the tongue becomes more edematous with time

    • There is a risk of ischemia with prolonged...