In the March 2025 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric sickle cell disease and trauma-informed care. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in Critical Decisions' regular features, including a child with difficulty walking in Clinical Pediatrics, sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis in Orthopedics and Trauma, interscalene nerve block in The Critical Procedure, intranasal topical application of tranexamic acid for atraumatic anterior epistaxis in The LLSA Literature Review, and a toddler with arm pain in The Critical Image.

In the February 2025 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss seizure presentations and pediatric growth plate fractures. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in Critical Decisions' regular features, including weakness and syncope in The Critical ECG, a limping child with fever in Clinical Pediatrics, scaphoid fractures in Orthopedics and Trauma, suprapubic aspiration in The Critical Procedure, balloon tamponade for unstable GI bleeds in The LLSA Literature Review, and a stubborn urinary tract infection in The Critical Image.

In the January 2025 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss factitious disorder in the emergency department and sickle cell disease in adults. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in Critical Decisions' regular features, including ingestion of a water-growing toy in Clinical Pediatrics, a posterior knee dislocation in Orthopedics and Trauma, local anesthetic for nasal reduction in The Critical Procedure, Bystander CPR in Black and Hispanic communities in The LLSA Literature Review, and a fall in a parking lot in The Critical Image.

In the December 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing alcohol withdrawal in the emergency department and evaluation and management of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a boy with pharyngitis and a rash in Clinical Pediatrics, a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty dislocation in Orthopedics and Trauma, a zipper injury in The Critical Procedure, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections in The LLSA Literature Review, and a newborn with bloody stool in The Critical Image.

In the November 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss investigating lower GI bleeding in the emergency department and testicular torsion presentations. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric facial nerve palsy in Clinical Pediatrics, a distal triceps tendon tear in Orthopedics and Trauma, reverse Valsalva maneuver in The Critical Procedure, high-risk airway management in The LLSA Literature Review, and a patient with foot drop in The Critical Image.

In the October 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss emergency management of hanging and strangulation injuries and peripheral neuropathies. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including undifferentiated hypoxia following a home birth in Clinical Pediatrics, a vanishing hip in Orthopedics and Trauma, string yank technique for fishhook removal in The Critical Procedure, acute atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter best practices in The LLSA Literature Review, and a knee injury in The Critical Image.

In the September 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric wrist injuries and postintubation care of critically ill patients. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including muscositis and rash after an acute febrile illness in Clinical Pediatrics, traumatic arthrotomy status post total knee arthoplasty in Orthopedics and Trauma, bursal aspiration and injection in The Critical Procedure, antimicrobial therapy for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia in The LLSA Literature Review, and a diving accident in The Critical Image.

In the August 2024 episode of the Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine podcast, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss ECG interpretation in athletes and emergency care for congenital heart defects. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in the regular features, including a coughing pediatric patient in Clinical Pediatrics, septic subacromial bursitis in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, drainage of a felon in The Critical Procedure, chronic drug use and abdominal pain in The LLSA Literature Review, and a patient with nausea and jaundice in The Critical Image.

In the July 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss traumatic brain injuries and urinary tract infections. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a rare complication of Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, atraumatic medial foot pain in Orthopedics and Trauma, distal fingertip amputation management in The Critical Procedure, alcoholic ketoacidosis in The LLSA Literature Review, and more than just a migraine in The Critical Image.

In the June 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss identifying and managing patients with sepsis as well as stridor in pediatric patients. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including methotrexate-induced leukoencephalopathy mimicking a stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, medial clavicle fracture in Orthopedics and Trauma, perimortem cesarean delivery in The Critical Procedure, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in The LLSA Literature Review, and gastrostomy tube complication in The Critical Image.