A Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Blog for up-to-date medicine and more.
The Sim Corner is the latest and greatest cases our wonderful Sim Team has run for our residents with the teaching points of each case.
CASE 1: Neonatal Sepsis
3 week old infant arrives with mom for lethargy and poor appetite
Initial vitals: HR 200, RR 68, BP 55/30, O2 Sat 88%, Temp 102.8F
Read MoreA quick review infographic created by our medical students and edited by our clerkship director
Reviewed by Dr. Sean Dyer, MD
Associate Program Director, M4 Clerkship Director
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EM Perles: For your ED pharmacology pearls
Clinical Conundrum:
A patient comes in with a laceration that needs repairing but the patient reports an allergy to the local anesthetic Tetracaine, What do you do?