Emergency Medicine Board Bombs

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Emergency Medicine Board Bombs episodes

May 15, 2023 176. Lemierre's syndrome: Mon Dieu!
Lemierre’s Syndrome? Sacrébleu! This is a nasty, rare complication of pharyngitis, but it’s much more common than Rheumatic fever. Let’s nail the diagnosis and treatment on this nasty F. necrophorum infection.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. Episode 176. Lemierre's syndrome: Mon Dieu! May 15th, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/176-lemierres-syndrome-mon-dieu. Accessed [date]
16 min
May 08, 2023 Acute Urinary Retention: how to impress your urologist
We tell you in a few easy steps how to make your urologist love you. You shouldn't be consulting them for the vast majority of your acute urinary retention complaints. Let’s talk about presentation, causes, diagnosis, and management.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Wosiski-Kuhn, Marlena. Episode 175. Urinary Retention. May 7th, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/175-urinary-retention-do-urologists-even-work-weekends. Accessed [date]
21 min
May 01, 2023 174. Cardiogenic Shock: the heart doesn't care about your sepsis protocol
Hypotensive patient? Just reflexively give 30 cmL/kg, trend lactates, and broad spec antibiotics right? NOPE. Turns out, the heart could really care less. In fact, it might just decide to kill the patient if you do that. Let’s talk about a lesser common cause of shock.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. Episode 174. Cardiogenic Shock. April 30th, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/174-cardiogenic-shock-the-heart-doesnt-care-about-your-sepsis-protocol. Accessed [date]
24 min
April 24, 2023 173. Ovarian cysts: balloon pop
Ovarian Cysts. Do you admit? Discharge? Neither? Let’s cover what you need to know on this rapid bomb preview.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. Episode 173. Ovarian Cysts. . April 23rd, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/173-ovarian-cysts. Accessed [date]
7 min
April 17, 2023 172. Altitude sickness: Mountains and Viagra
Mountains and Viagra. We promise they’re related here (no puns). Are you wearing your Patagonia? Good we thought so. Vest or jacket is acceptable by us. We’re covering a classic board question on EM tests. If you have any interest in wilderness medicine, here’s your chance to shine.
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18 min
April 03, 2023 171. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Sneaky Strokes
What if we told you there was a type of stroke that affected young people, caused more seizures than "typical arterial strokes", and the typical ED imaging does not diagnose it. Scared yet? You should be.
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Cite this podcast as: Husain, Iltifat. Episode 171. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Sneaky Stroke. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/171-cerebral-venous-thrombosis-sneaky-stroke. April 3nd, 2023. . Accessed [date]
17 min
March 20, 2023 170. Iron Toxicity: Do you even lift bro?
Do you even life bro? Clearly not. Iron supplements are all the rage (jk, they are awful to take). Unfortunately they are often accidentally ingested by children as they are brightly colored and sugar-coated. Let’s talk iron toxicity, its presentation, diagnosis, and management.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. Episode 170. Do you even lift bro? March 19th, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/170-iron-toxicity-do-you-even-lift-bro. Accessed [date]
18 min
March 13, 2023 169. Swallowed a truckload of cocaine?
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Don’t you hate it when that happens? Cocaine Bear may teach you a few life lessons about this, but we’re going to tell you in this sneak peek Rapid Bomb how to suspect and diagnose these patients.
Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. Episode 169. Swallowed a truckload of cocaine? March 13th, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/169-swallowed-a-truckload-of-cocaine. Accessed [date]
6 min
March 06, 2023 168. ACLS Meds: do any actually help?
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ACLS drugs for the pulseless patient are always frustrating to learn. They are tested on, but in real life they leave much to be desired for. Let’s quickly review what’s you need to know for the boards, but also emphasize what’s more important when running a code.
Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. Episode 168. ACLS Meds: do any actually help? March 5th, 2023. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/168-acls-meds-do-any-actually-help. Accessed [date]
17 min
February 28, 2023 167. Methemoglobinemia: like a box of chocolates
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Ilitfat. Episode 167. Methemoglobinemia: like a box of chocolates. https://www.emboardbombs.com/podcasts/167-methemoglobinemia-like-a-box-of-chocolates. February 27th, 2023. Accessed [date]
24 min