Category: Emergency

Today’s case is not in the ED.  This one unfolds on the ward – the morning after the admission.  So imagine yourself there – on...

This week’s case is “chest pain” in a relatively young man. I am going to make it tricky by giving you info bit by bit...

When I was an intern in a big old hospital one of the tasks we did was taking blood cultures off of patients who spiked...

Last week I received the following comment from a reader in a country nearby.  This was a great story for me to hear as it...

I was sitting at the desk writing up some notes when the triage nurse stuck the following ECG strip under my nose. The story was...