Everyday Medicine for Physicians

Orthopedic related injuries make up a common complaint in the emergency department. Pain management in these patients is a big deal and with the opioid epidemic, special consideration needs to be made to manage discomfort, but not put your patient at undue risk. 

With the fattening of America, once adult diagnosis are being seen more and more in pediatrics. This includes lipid related issues resulting from genetics and/or lifestyle. We talk with Dr. Donna Stanton who runs a pediatric lipid clinic about the changes, challenges, and future. 

We are in the worse drug abuse epidemic in US history. Medicine may not be the only cause, but our management of pain puts patients at risk for addiction and other complications. I talk with interventional pain speciailist, Dr. Danesh Mazloomdoost, about the issues and ways to address pain. 

Pediatric procedural emergencies are a common presentation in emergency physicians. I talk with a pediatric surgeon about some common ED presentations. 

This is a bit of delayed release, but a great interview with Dr. Steve Stack, the President of the AMA(at the time). We talk about the healthcare landscape and where we are going in medicine and emergency medicine. 

Resident education is the key to the future of quality emergency medicine. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Chris Doty on modern education and how new minds mean new methods for teaching.