I was initially going to do something on chest pain but that will be pushed back for a quick discussion on when to transfuse patients in the ED. While most of this information can be generalized to any patient actively bleeding I will focus on the patient with GI hemorrhage with some literature hot off the press. Continue reading
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How good are physicians at calling STEMI? After reading Dr. Smiths “Can’t miss ECGs” in EM Resident Dec/Jan 2013 vol. 39, issue 6, I decided to look further into the accuracy of physicians to call STEMI.
It might be time to start treating patients with pulmonary embolism as outpatients.