Everyday Medicine for Physicians

Emergency physicians frequently see children after a fall, and parents are always convinced their child is minutes from certain death. But Dr. Ryan Stanton asks, what does the research say is the most appropriate evaluation? His latest podcast puts together the pieces for evaluating pediatric head injuries.

The D-dimer was touted as the test to eliminate unnecessary contrasted chest scans. But Dr. Ryan Stanton says emergency physicians have found just the opposite, and are doing more PE scans than ever before. What is an EP to do? In his latest podcast, Dr. Stanton reviews the current recommendations and research to shed some light on this diagnostic dilemma.

Chest pain is one of the most difficult dispositions in emergency medicine, says Dr. Ryan Stanton. Who is high risk, low risk, moderate risk? Who needs labs, a stress test, or a cath? We have been struggling for decades on who can safely and quickly be sent home. This episode of Everyday Medicine focuses on three recent studies have started to part the clouds on this topic, finally shedding a little light on patients we can safely send home.

Ultrasound is quickly finding a home in the emergency department, says Dr. Ryan Stanton. This technology that has been around for decades has come to life with recent innovations that have made it portable and cost-effective. Though physicians trained in emergency medicine are graduating with extensive ultrasound experience, the majority of emergency physicians are scrambling to catch up with the technology and techniques that is quickly becoming standard of care. This episode of Everyday Medicine talks about the technology and how it works into our practice.

In this first episode of Everyday Medicine, Dr. Stanton recounts the case of a 5-year-old with a broken arm who died of lidocaine toxicity.