In the August 2026 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss alcohol use disorder and child abuse mimics. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in the regular features, including pacemaker dysfunction-related rhythm complications in The Critical ECG, transverse myelitis in Clinical Pediatrics, high-pressure injection injury in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, figure-of-eight suture for hemostasis in The Critical Procedure, heatstroke management in The Literature Review, portal venous gas versus pneumobilia in The Critical Image, octreotide in The Drug Box, and bongkrekic acid toxicity in The Tox Box.