EM Clerkship

Do you know what to do? Tune in for this month’s pediatric case.

What was the key to cracking this month’s case with mixed neurologic and respiratory symptoms? Let’s find out.   For more resources and further reading, please see below: https://emcrit.org/ibcc/myasthenia/#drugs_to_avoid_in_MG https://www.emrap.org/corependium/chapter/recrDWsB2k1uYPL9U/Myasthenia-Gravis#h.chd38945ee0i https://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-the-treatment-of-myasthenia-gravis https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12450191/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41638015/

See if you can figure out what’s going on with this all-over-the-place case!

What happens when the stroke patient awaiting transfer has a sudden clinical change? How do you manage it?   For more reading on today’s topic, check out: https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/stroke/postthrombolysis-intracranial-hemorrhage https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STR.0000000000000513 https://thennt.com/nnt/thrombolytics-acute-ischemic-stroke/ https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blog.20171227.203035

We all know patients boarding for admission or transfer are the new norm in emergency rooms nationwide. What happens when a patient pending transfer decompensates?