AAEM: The Journal of Emergency Medicine Audio Summary

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2024 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include sepsis, e-scooter trauma, GI bleeds, firearms, renal stones, and pediatric epistaxis.  Guest speaker is Dr. Dustyn Whitesel.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2024 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include rural trauma, opioids and benzodiazepines, tuberculosis, GI foreign bodies, geriatrics, and mass casualty incidents.  Guest speaker is Dr. Kinda Sweidan.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include hyperoxia in intubated patients, Congestive Heart Failure risk scores, trauma during the COVID pandemic, cardiac POCUS training, and Head CTs.  Guest speaker is Dr. Dustyn Whitesel.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include toxicology, pyloric stenosis, lateral canthotomy, rapid sequence intubation, discharge AMA, and posterior circulation stroke.  Guest speaker is Dr. Dustyn Whitesel.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include acute cholangitis, procedural sedation, urine drug screens, burns, and non-convolsive status epilepticus.  Guest speaker is Dr. Dustyn Whitesel.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include EMS cardiac rhythms, vasopressors, naloxone, hyperglycemia, DKA protocols, and spider bites.  Guest speaker is Dr. James O'Hora.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include EMS and COVID, COVID intubations, pediatric EMS handoffs, pediatric headaches, post operative complications, and the ED use of bicarbonate.  Guest speaker is Dr. James O'Hora.

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric missed diagnoses, resistant urinary tract infections, syncope, tidal volume calculations, difficult IV access, and hyperglycemia.  Guest speaker is Dr. James O'Hora.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Step 1 scores, timing of thrombolytics for stroke, gastroenterology, HEENT emergencies, and thromboembolisms.  Guest speaker is Dr. Matthew Carvey.

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include inhaled corticosteroids in asthma, posterior stroke, toxicology, stellate ganglion block, ondansetron in concussion patients, and liver transplant emergencies.  Guest speaker is Dr. Matthew Carvey.

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include cardiac arrest, non-opioid pain management, ocular ultrasound, alcohol abuse and withdrawal, a home health care model, and EMS.  Guest speakers are Dr. Mitch Skinner and Dr. Jeffery Rabinowitz.

Podcast summary of articles from the March 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include video laryngoscopy, airway stylets, PE imaging in pregnant patients, mucormycosis, naloxone, and droperidol.  Guest speaker is Dr. Mitch Skinner.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include CT scans in intoxicated patients, pediatric marijuana overdoses, pernicious anemia, antibiotic side effects, heat stroke, and interstitial lung disease.  Guest speaker is Dr. Steffen Simerlink.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2023 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include lumbar punctures, intralipid, neutropenic fever, renal infarcts, allergic reactions, and airway foreign bodies.  Guest speaker is Dr. Steffen Simerlink.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric ED admissions during COVID, transesophageal echocardiograms, bacteremia, and surgical complications.  Guest speaker is Dr. Tyler Hughes.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include race and gender disparities in academic medicine and pain management in the ED, POCUS lawsuits, VPA overdose, pediatric stridor, and hidradenitis suppurativa.  Guest speaker is Dr. Tyler Hughes.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include chest wall blocks, atrial fibrillation disposition, sepsis bouncebacks, pneumothorax, jellyfish envenomation, and digital blocks.  Guest speaker is Dr. Steffen Simerlink.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include chest wall trauma, telemedicine, cancer prognostics, ECPR, and rate control for atrial fibrillation.  Guest speaker is Dr. Steffen Simerlink.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include febrile neonates, procedural sedation, shoulder dislocations, hyperoxia in ECPR, and adrenal insufficiency.  Guest speaker is Dr. Jason Kleppel.

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include nerve blocks for shoulder dislocations, intubating LMAs, bronchitis, virtural reality for anxiolysis, traumatic carotid dissections, and anticoagulation reversal.  Guest speaker is Dr. Jason Kleppel.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include hand and finger lacerations, thromboembolism in COVID, ultrasound guided subclavian lines, difficult airway, nasal TXA, and pediatric opioid prescriptions.  Guest speaker is Dr. Tyler Hughes.

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include High Sensitivity Troponins, Modified Shock Index in Dementia, Tramadol, Haloperidol vs Ziprasidone, Masking for COVID, and REBOA.  Guest speaker is Dr. Tyler Hughes.

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Blakemore tubes, muscle relaxants for back pain, ACS in COVID patients, agitated psychiatric patients, EMS refusals for transport, and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections.  Guest speaker is Dr. Mitchell Skinner.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include fluids in COVID-19 patients, EMS intubations, peripheral IV access, RSV bacteremia, and pediatric heart transplants.  Guest speaker is Dr. Kathryn Oehlman.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include IVC ultrasound in trauma, opioids, landscaping injuries, EMS protocols, trichomonas, and MIS-C.  Guest speaker is Dr. Kathryn Oehlman.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric sedation, medicaid, POCUS echocardiograms, ultrasound in cardiac arrest, pediatric seizures, and TTP.  Guest speaker is Dr. Michael Pergola.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric hip ultrasound, suicide, Guillain Barre Syndrome in COVID 19, accupuncture, critically ill patients, and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state.  Guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Yavorsky.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Buprenorphine, high dose Nitroglycerin, COVID19 Biomarkers, modified CPR, cerebral venous thrombosis, and myocarditis.  Guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Yavorsky.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include ultrasound vs chest X-ray, cyanosis, EM procedures, mechanical CPR, pediatric sedation, and geriatric emergency departments.  Guest speaker is Dr. Stephen Meldon.

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include ED thoracotomy, pediatric sedation, babesiosis, low back pain, lumbar punctures, and Crotalid Envenomation.  Guest speaker is Dr. Spencer Greene.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include vertigo, pediatric cannibus exposure, airway management, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and severe respiratory illness in COVID patients.  Guest speaker is Dr. Susan Wilcox.

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric trauma, Lung Ultrasound for COVID, Takotsubo myocarditis, COVID abdominal pain,  Neutropenic fever, and hyperkalemia.  Guest speaker is Dr. Michael Pergola.

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric procedural sedation, HEART pathway for chest pain, dexamethasone for tooth abscesses, EMS transport, pediatric appendicitis, and advanced resuscitation techniques.  Guest speaker is Dr. Kathryn Oehlman.

Podcast summary of articles from the March 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Ketamine only intubation, nebulized Ketamine for pain control, Hydroxycholoroquine toxicity, PPE in COVID, anticoagulation in head trauma, and board review on abscesses.  Guest speaker is Dr. Kathryn Oehlman.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Echocardiographic findings in PE, cardiovascular emergencies in the COVID era, antibiotics for nasal packing, serotonin syndrome, diphenhydramine for neuroleptic drugs, and board review on monocular vision loss.  Guest speaker is Dr. Paul Koscumb.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2021 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include shoulder dislocations, Phenytoin toxicity, Clonidine Toxicity, STEMI in the COVID era, spinal cord injury and board review on angioedema.  Guest speaker is Dr. Paul Koscumb.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include racial disparities in head trauma patients, traumatic brain injury, fever in COVID patients, and board review on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).  Guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Yavorsky.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include airway pre-oxygenation, sepsis, mechanical versus manual CPR, MIS-C in COVID patients, and board review on COPD.  Guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Yavorsky.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include CT scan accuracy, pediatric appendicitis ultrasound, myasthenia gravis, double defibrillation, pH in cardiac arrest, and board review on RSI drugs.  Guest speaker is Dr. Michael Pergola.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include septic arthritis, chest pain imaging, transesophageal echocardiogram, methemoglobinemia, lateral medullary syndrome, and board review on DKA.  Guest speaker is Dr. Michael Pergola.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include ED Thoracotomy, Ladder injuries, Suicide, Bedside Ultrasound to confirm ET tube placement, Flecainide Toxicity, and BRASH syndrome.  Guest speaker is Dr. Julia Coppi.

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include headache, CAR T cell therapy, clonidine toxicity, 4 factor PCC, and board review on high risk airway management.  Guest speaker is Dr. Skyler Lentz.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include chest pain, ketamine sedations, stroke scores, venous thromboembolism in cancer patients, akathisia, and board review on pediatric magnet ingestions.  Guest speaker is Dr. Greg Adams.

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include shotgun injuries, N95 mask reuse, presentation times of MI, infection in patients with falls, pain control in pediatric patients, and board review on Hemophilia and Von Willebrand Disease.  Guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Yavorksy.

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include ECG findings in Pericarditis vs. STEMI, Baclofen toxicity, POCUS for hip pain, Erector Spinae Plane Blocks, Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an ED/ICU setting and board review on Measles.  Guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Yavorksy.

Podcast summary of articles from the March 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include a modified Wells Criteria for PE, VP shunt patients, low risk neutropenic fever, acute kidney injury caused by drugs given in the ED, high flow nasal cannula, and board review on ciguatera toxicity.  Guest speaker is Dr. Paul Koscomb.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include thrombectomy for pulmonary embolisms, delayed intracranial bleeding, CT perfusion studies, anticoagulation reversal, TXA vs oxymetazoline for epistaxis and board review on myasthenia gravis.  Guest speaker is Dr. Paul Koscomb.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2020 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include chest pain, CT scans for appendicitis, supraglottic airways, ketamine for agitation, a mystery toxicology case and board review on knee dislocations.  Guest speaker is Dr. Colin Crowe.

In this episode we rebroadcast 3 great discussions we had over the past couple years reviewing treatment for TIA, stroke, and endovascular therapies for acute ischemic stroke.  Thanks to our guest speakers Dr. Kevin Watkins, Dr. Aurelia Cheng, and Dr. Salim Rezaie. 

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include NOACs vs vitamin K antagonists for intracranial  hemorrhage, dabigatran reversal, post contrast acute kidney injury in PE studies, ED thoracotomies and board review on iron deficiency anemia.  Guest speaker is Dr. Megan Bennett.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include chest pain, cold water immersion, Metformin associated lactic acidosis, posterior scleritis and board review on neutropenic fever.  Guest speakers are Dr. Megan Bennett and Dr. Matthew Tabbut.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include thrombolytics for intermediate risk pulmonary embolism, thrombolytics in cardiac arrest, EMS care in cardiac arrest, sepsis screening scores, nitrous oxide for pain control and board review on Fournier Gangrene.  Guest speaker is Dr. Colin Crowe.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric fever, SVT vagal maneuvers, e-cigarette burns, a clinical decision rule for T and L spine trauma, high flow nasal cannula oxygen, and board review on croup.  Guest speaker is Dr. Vase Bari.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include drowning victims with cardiac arrest, cognitive bias, age related trauma criteria, cryptococcal meningitis, sepsis in pediatric oncology patients, and board review on thunderclap headaches.  Guest speaker is Dr. Matthew Addis.

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include IV insertion, LWBS, counseling for substance abuse, train injuries, pediatric hanging injuries, and board review on epidural abscess and hematomas.  Guest speaker is Dr. Shilp Shah.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric fever, vancomycin dosing, seatbelt sign in trauma, REBOA, ECMO in a community ED, and board review on LVADs.  Guest speaker is Dr. Colin Crowe.

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Age Adjusted D-dimer for DVT, Whole Blood Transfusions, Pediatric Concussions, Antipsychotic medications, Foreign Body Aspirations and board review on Foreign Body Ingestions.  Guest speaker is Dr. Julia Coppi.

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2019 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include optic nerve sheath diameter for increased ICP, neck trauma management, naloxone prescriptions, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, babesiosis and extended board review on endovascular treatment for stroke.  Guest speaker is Dr. Salim Rezaie.

Podcast summary of articles from the March 2019 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric joint infections, atrial fibrillation, intranasal ketamine for headache, cannibus induced cardiomyopathy, mercury toxicity, and board review on acute compartment syndrome.  Guest speakers are Dr. Colin Crowe and Dr. Michael Gottlieb.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2019 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include diabetic ketoacidosis, lactate levels in critically ill patients, spinal trauma, cardiac amyloidosis, and board review on small bowel obstruction.  Guest speaker is Dr. Paul Koscumb.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2019 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric sedation, travel screening during Ebola outbreak, central line placement, Left ventricular assist devices, pediatric inborn errors of metabolism, Lung Ultrasound, and board review on sepsis mimics.  Guest speaker is Dr. Courtney Smalley.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include hyperkalemia, orthostatic vital signs, skeletal surveys, sepsis core measures, psychiatric medical clearance and board review on acute pancreatitis.  Guest speaker is Dr. Vase Bari.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include upper airway obstruction, bedside skin ultrasound in pediatric patients, syncope, hypercalcemia, ketamine for psychiatric agitation, and board review on congestive heart failure plus bonus material on rheumatoid arthritis.  Guest speaker is Dr. Daniel Kinker.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include intranasal vasoconstrictors, pre-oxygenation with NIPPV and nasal cannula, cardiac glycoside toxicity, age adjusted D-dimer for pulmonary embolism, antibiotic use after abscess drainage, and board review on immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicities.  Guest speaker is Dr. Matthew Addis.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include serial hemoglobin measurements in trauma patients, PE prevalence in patients with COPD, postpartum hemorrhage, lactate elevation in patients given lactated ringers, temperature screening in septic patients, and board review on pediatric overdoses.  Guest speaker is Dr. Mengda Zhang.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include hyperkalemia, shoulder dislocations, trauma triage, automated compression devices in CPR, sting ray injuries and board review on spinal cord injury.  Guest speaker is Dr. Brian Miller.

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric asthma, troponins in SVT, naloxone use, hyperkalemia treatment, and board review on aortic stenosis and rocky mountain spotted fever.  Guest speaker is Dr. Adam Bates.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Head and Neck CT in trauma, lactate as a marker of short term mortality, an emerging pathogen in cat and dog bites, acute cholecystitis management, 4 factor PCC in brain bleeds, and board review on diplopia.  Guest speaker is Dr. Colin Crowe.

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include D-dimer evaluation for Pulmonary Embolism, Propofol for pediatric headaches, Diabetic Ketoacidosis treatment in adults, a case report on a toxidrome in pregnancy and board review on pharyngitis mimics.  Guest speaker is Dr. Prashanth Swamy from the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency.

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include difficult airway assessment, heart pathway for chest pain, gun shot wound injury, pediatric dehydration, and board review on benign headache management.  Guest speaker is Dr. Prashanth Swamy from the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency.

Check out this bonus episode while the Journal of Emergency Medicine Podcast takes a brief spring break.  We searched the last year of JEM Journals for pertinent articles on Infectious Disease topics and put them all together for one focused audio summary.  It is a great review of some previously published excerpts plus new content as well.  Special thanks to my guests on the show, Dr. Lucy Franjic, Dr. Court Crenshaw, and Dr. Aurelia Cheng.

Podcast summary of articles from the March 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include flecainide for afib, neutropenic fever in healthy pediatric patients, bupivacaine toxicity, ACE inhibitor induced visceral angioedema, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and board review on hip dislocations.  Guest speaker is Dr. Albert Hong from the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include chest pain stress tests, clinical scoring systems for chest pain, sterno-clavicular joint infections with board review on AV node reentry tachycardia and the mumps.  Guest speaker is Dr. Aurelia Cheng from the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2018 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric abdominal trauma, euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis, new diabetic medications, bronchiolitis, vasopressors given via peripheral IV, and board review on cholangitis.  Guest speakers include Dr. Courtney Smalley of the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Colin Crowe of Metrohealth.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include hyperglycemia, blunt trauma, intussusception, ectopic pregnancy, suicide, and board review on myasthenia gravis.  Guest speaker is Dr. Ayesha Khatoon from the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pheochromocytoma, intranasal fentanyl, steroids in sepsis, altered mental status, angioedema and board review on community acquired pneumonia.  Guest speaker includes Dr. Lucy Franjic from the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Services Institute.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include trauma patients on anticoagulation, terrorist stabbings, anticholinergic syndrome, risperidone use in intoxicated patients, chest pain admissions, and board review on cellulitis.  Guest speakers include Dr. Michael Weinstock from the Ohio State University and Dr. Tona Rios-Alba from the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Services Institute.

Podcast summary of articles from the September 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include rapid chest pain rule out, pediatric extremity pain and fever, disaster management, CT brain before lumbar puncture, intranasal midazolam, and board review on syncope and lacerations.  Guest speakers include Dr. Ken Iserson from the University of Arizona and Dr. Mengda Zhang of the MetroHealth Emergency Medicine Residency Program.

Podcast summary of articles from the August 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include difficult airway assessment, all terrain vehicle accidents, air artifact in ultrasound, hemolytic anemia, cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis, and board review on adult asthma.  Guest speakers include Dr. Jennifer Robertson from the Emory University and Dr. Balaji Nithianandam of the Metrohealth EM Residency Program

Podcast summary of articles from the July 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include ketamine versus ketamine / propofol for pediatric sedation, carotid ultrasound, intranasal drugs, enterovirus D68 induced acute flaccid paralysis, pedatric asthma, and board review on AV fistulas.  Guest speakers include Dr. Aaron Leetch from the Univerisity of Arizona and Dr. Balaji Nithianandam of the Metrohealth EM Residency Program

Check out this bonus episode while the Journal of Emergency Medicine Podcast takes a brief summer break.  We searched the last year of JEM Journals for pertinent articles on Pulmonary Embolism and put them all together for one focused PE audio summary.  It is a great review of some previously published episodes plus new content as well.  Stay up to date on the latest Pulmonary Embolism research.  Special thanks to my guest on the show, Dr. Matthew Ahern, as we review his cardiac ultrasound tips.

Podcast summary of articles from the June 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include epinephrine in cardiac arrest, pediatric blunt chest trauma, LuCUS protocol for congestive heart failure, pregnancy associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection, pediatric foreign body ingestion, and board review on Lyme disease.  Guest speakers include Dr. Matthew Ahern of the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Services Institute, Dr. Emily Rose from The University of Southern California, and Dr. Court Crenshaw of the Metrohealth EM Residency Program

Podcast summary of articles from the May 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Ketamine for acute pain, qSOFA vs SIRS for sepsis, hypokalemia in  Cushing Syndrome, elevated liver enzymes, outpatient management of pulmonary embolisms, FEIBA for anticoagulation reversal, and board review on concussions.  Guest speakers include Dr. Courtney Smalley of the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Services Institute, and Dr. Allison Lane of the Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona

Podcast summary of articles from the April 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include respiratory compromise, Ibuprofen in orthopedic injuries, ovarian torsion, pyogenic liver abscess, syncope, and board review on rashes.  Guest speaker is family physician Dr. Colin Crowe of the Metrohealth System.

Podcast summary of articles from the March 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include ECGs in pulmonary embolism patients, anxiety and chest pain, sepsis, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, ultrasound in appendicitis diagnosis, awake laryngoscopy, and board review on transient ischemic attacks (TIAs).  Guest speakers are Dr. Peter DeBlieux of LSU Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care  and Dr. Kevin Watkins of the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency program.

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include right ventricular strain in pulmonary embolism, cardiac ultrasound, spinal cord injury in motor vehicle collisions, pediatric ovarian torsion, subsegmental pulmonary embolisms, ECMO for hypothermic patients, and board review on ischemic stroke.  Guest speakers are Dr. Matt Ahern of the Cleveland Clinic Emergency Services Institute and Dr. Aurelia Cheng of the Metrohealth Emergency Medicine Residency program.

Podcast summary of articles from the January 2017 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include outcomes in vitamin K antagonists vs novel oral anticoagulants, chest pain, opioid overdose EMS protocol, Benzodiazepine withdrawal, vertigo treatment, tick-borne relapsing fever, and board review on foot and ankle fractures.  Guest speakers are Dr. Evan Schwarz and Dr. Ryan Stegenga.

Podcast summary of articles from the December 2016 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include radial head dislocation, chest pain, subdissociative dose Ketamine for pain, Botox poisoning, easy internal jugular IVs, osteoarthritis, and Board Review on hangings.  Guest speakers are Dr. Jaiva Larsen and Dr. Kevin Watkins.

Podcast summary of articles from the November 2016 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Intracranial Bleeding in mild TBI, Opioid use in frequent ED users, Blood Cultures, Epistaxis, Steroid Psychosis, Shark Bites, and Board Review on Cervical Artery Dissections.  Guest speakers are Dr. Colin Crowe and Dr. Jennifer Robertson.

Podcast summary of articles from the October 2016 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Pyuria in Renal Stones, Sickle Cell Anemia, CMAC as Direct Laryngoscopy, Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome, Ultrasound for Diastolic Heart Failure, Diltiazem dosing, and Board Review on Atrial Fibrillation.  Guest speakers are Dr. John Sakles and Dr. Adam Haushalter.

Podcast summary of articles from September 2016 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include Bleeding in Dabigatran, Pediatric Pelvic Fractures, Midline Catheters, Adulterated Heroin, CO Toxicity, Lidocaine Toxicity, and Board Review on Alcohol Withdrawal.  Guest speaker is Dr. Brian Drummond.

Podcast summary of articles from August 2016 edition of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include QT prolongation in dialysis patients, Blood Transfusions, Vitamin K deficiency, IV Fat Emulsion Therapy in Overdose, Malignant Hyperthermia and Board Review on Exertional Heat Illness and Thyroid Storm.  Guest speakers include Dr. Tom Waters and Dr. Bryan Graham.

Podcast summary of articles from March, April, and May editions of Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), pediatric abdominal trauma, occult elbow fractures, Zika virus and board review on diabetic ketoacidosis.