Best Case Ever | Emergency Medicine Cases

Best Case Ever is a mini podcast where an Emergency Medicine Cases guest expert describes a practice changing case, what they learned from it, and clinical pearls and pitfalls you can use on your next shift.

Best Case Ever 4 Acute Coronary Syndrome From Venous Source

In anticipation of Episode 15, 'Acute Coronary Syndromes' with Dr. Eric Letovsky, Dr. Mark Mensour and Dr. Neil Fam, we present here, Dr. Helman's 'Best Case Ever' of an ACS patient. In Episode 15: 'Acute Coronary Syndromes', Drs. Fam, Mensour , Letovsky and Helman discuss questions like: How does a recent negative stress test or angiogram effect the pre-test probability of ACS in the ED? What does recent evidence tell us about the assumption that patients presenting with chest pain and a presumed new LBBB will rule in for MI and require reperfusion therapy? [wpfilebase tag=file id=376 tpl=emc-play /] [wpfilebase tag=file id=377 tpl=emc-mp3 /]

By Anton Helman|2016-10-20T13:26:08-04:00June 5th, 2011|Categories: Best Case Ever, Cardiology, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine|Tags: ACS, Anton Helman, NSTEMI, STEMI, troponin|0 Comments

Best Case Ever 3: Emergency Headache – Importance of Opening Pressure

In association with Episode 14, 'Headache Pearls & Pitfalls' with Dr. Anil Chopra and Dr. Stella Yiu, we present here, the third of our new 5 minute 'Best Case Ever' series. In Episode 14: Headache Pearls & Pitfalls, which has just been released, Dr. Chopra and Dr. Yiu answer questions like: With the ever improving resolution of CT, should we still be doing LP after negative plain CT head for all our thunderclap headache patients? How can we best minimize the chance of post-LP headache? What evidenced-based treatments can we initiate in the ED for our SAH patients that will improve outcomes? [wpfilebase tag=file id=375 tpl=emc-play /] [wpfilebase tag=file id=374 tpl=emc-mp3 /]

By Anton Helman|2016-10-20T13:26:59-04:00May 10th, 2011|Categories: Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Neurology|Tags: Anil Chopra, IIH, lumbar puncture, pseudotumor cerebri, thunderclap headache|1 Comment

Best Case Ever 2 The Found Down Patient

In relation to Episode 13 on The Found Down Patient with Dr. Brian Steinhart and Dr. David Carr, we present here, the second of our new 5 minute 'Best Case Ever' series. Dr. Steinhart's found down patient In Episode 13 The Found Down Patient, Dr. Helman presents 4 challenging cases of patients who present with altered mental status to Dr. Carr and Dr. Steinhart, who give us loads of key pearls and intriguing controversy in the evaluation and treatment of these difficult patients. [wpfilebase tag=file id=370 tpl=emc-play /] [wpfilebase tag=file id=371 tpl=emc-mp3 /]

By Anton Helman|2016-10-20T13:27:39-04:00March 31st, 2011|Categories: Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Neurology|Tags: aortic dissection, Brian Steinhart, coma, found down|0 Comments

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