Dr. Menager, PGY-1 EM resident at HUM, describes the presentation and reviews CT findings in the case of a young boy who presented to the Emergency Department with a story concerning for a tracheal foreign body. Continue reading
At HUM, a young woman with peripartum cardiomyopathy comes through our doors almost every day. Continue reading
Recorded in conference at HUM, listen to Dr. Duneant’s one-hour lecture on how to interpret head CTs.
Our ER nurses at HUM are awesome at obtaining IV access, but when even the best nurses cannot get that peripheral line, then being able to put in an IV line that will not infiltrate is an extremely useful skill for every Emergency Physician to have. What is the RIGHT WAY to perform this important ED procedure? Watch this video on EMin5 and find out!
This patient presented to the HUM Emergency Department after a motorcycle accident. Among his injuries was a partially avulsed fingernail. A digital block was performed and the nail was removed to reveal a nailbed laceration. The laceration was repaired and the nail sutured in place to serve as a splint and dressing for the underlying nailbed.
These ultrasounds, performed by EM residents at HUM, nicely demonstrate the classic sonographic finding consistent with intussusception: the target sign, or layers of invaginated bowel seen in cross section.
Watch Dr. Duneant, R2 EM resident at HUM, set up BIPAP for a patient.
