The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions
You should be screening your patients for suicidal behaviors and ideation in the ED. The ASQ (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions) are a simple 4-question suicide screen that you can start using today.
PEMBlog is now on Apple’s News App
PEMBlog now has a channel on Apple's News app for iPhone and iPad.
A few take home points about meningitis
It's meningitis season! Here are a few quick hits on diagnosis courtesy of the good folks at TamingtheSRU.com
Pediatric Supraventricular Tachycardia
In conjunction with Taming The SRU and the University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine's Annals of B Pod I am proud to present this article on pediatric SVT.
PEM Currents podcast on unexplained bruising in the young child
PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcasts brings you a discussion on the workup of a child with unexplained bruising.
The tooth about Dental Trauma
Here are a few quick tips on dental trauma, as well as a link to an excellent online resource for dental trauma.
Kidney Stones 04: Treatment
This is part 4/4 of the series on kidney stones. The focus is on treatment, including which pain medicine is best, the use of Flomax and more.
Kidney Stones 03: Imaging
This is part 3/4 of the series on kidney stones. The focus is on imaging where I discuss whether or not ultrasound or CT should be the first choice.
Kidney Stones 02: Labs
This is part 2/4 of the series on kidney stones. The focus is on labs - specifically the urinalysis which is helpful, but not diagnostic.
Kidney Stones 01: Presentation
This is part 1/4 of the series on kidney stones. The focus is on presentation, which should help you ask the right historical questions to help narrow your differential diagnosis.
