EMDocs

JUNE 22, 2024

A 37-year-old G5P4 at 33 weeks presents to the ED after being brought in by ambulance. We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. She had a precipitous delivery while the ambulance was pulling in. The newborn is doing well, but the mother is complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain.

EMS 96

EMS Ambulance FFP ICU 96

Emergency Medicine Ireland

OCTOBER 28, 2020

TTP is a lovely ICU diagnosis. TTP is a lovely ICU diagnosis. Not so much for the patient but it’s one of those ones that is niche enough to not have been picked up via the usual filters of ED, medical team to the ward. Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast.

Critical Care 40

Critical Care Plasma FFP ICU 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

All you know, back in ED, is that the ETA is 10 minutes, and there is a single stab wound to the chest. The ODP is caught up leaving theatres and has not yet made it down to ED. They found NO difference in drain failure rates ( 11% pigtail vs 13% chest tube P=0.74), total daily volume drained or length of ICU stay between groups.

E-9-1-1 139

E-9-1-1 FFP Plasma Emergency Department 139