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View ArticleEpisode 13 Part 1: Killer Coma Cases – The Found Down Patient
In Part 1 of Killer Coma Cases - The Found Down Pateint, Dr. Helman presents two challenging cases to Dr. Brian Steinhart and Dr. David Carr, who tell us loads of key clinical pearls in their...
View ArticleEpisode 13 Part 2: Killer Coma Cases – The Intoxicated Patient
In part 2 of this episode Dr. Helman presents two more cases to Dr. Carr and Dr. Steinhart, who give us their insights into the common conundrums when it comes to the intoxicated ED patient, and some...
View ArticleEpisode 22b: Whistler Update in Emergency Medicine Conference 2012
In this bonus episode, our second installment of the highlights from Whistler's Update in Emergency Medicine Conference 2012, we have Dr. David Carr updating us on infectious diseases, Dr. Dennis...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 13: Aortic Dissection
Dr. David Carr, the past author of Tintinalli's chapter on occlusive arterial disease, tells us his Best Case Ever related to Aortic Dissection. In the related Episode 28: Aortic Dissection, Acute Limb...
View ArticleEpisode 28: Aortic Dissection, Acute Limb Ischemia and Compartment Syndrome
Dr. Anil Chopra & Dr. David Carr discuss the breadth of presentations and key diagnostic clues of Aortic Dissection. They review the value of ECG, CXR and biomarkers as well as compare and contrast...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 22: Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE)
In the first of our series on Best Case Ever of 'Carr's Cases' we have, the legend himself, Dr. David Carr. This series will run on the theme of interesting diagnoses that we don't think of too often,...
View ArticleEpisode 44 – Whistler Update in Emergency Medicine Conference 2014
In this episode on Whistler's Update in Emergency Medicine Conference 2014 Highlights we have... Chapter 1 with David Carr on his approach to Shock, including the RUSH protocol, followed by a...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 28: Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Dr. David Carr presents his second of Carr's Cases. This series features some potentially life-threatening diagnoses that may be perceived as zebras, but actually have a higher incidence then we might...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 29: Drug Induced Aseptic Meningitis
Dr. David Carr presents his third of EM Cases' Carr's Cases. This series features potentially debilitating diagnoses that may be thought of as 'zebras', but actually have a higher incidence then we...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 32 Carr’s Cases – Endocarditis and Blood Culture Interpretation
David Carr discusses his top 10 pearls on endocarditis and blood culture interpretation in this Carr's Cases Best Case Ever on EM Cases. [wpfilebase tag=file id=560 tpl=emc-play /] [wpfilebase tag=file...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 34: Inferior MI Presenting with Abdominal Pain
In a previous Best Case Ever, 'Thinking Outside the Abdominal Box', Dr. Brian Steinhart reviewed some important can't-miss-diagnoses that can present elusively with abdominal pain. In this Carr's Cases...
View ArticleEpisode 64 Highlights from Whistler’s Update in EM Conference 2015 Part 2
In this Part 2 of EM Cases' Highlights from Whistler's Update in EM Conference 2015 Dr. David Carr gives you his top 5 pearls and pitfalls on ED antibiotic use including when patients with sinusitis...
View ArticleEM Cases Course
The EM Cases Course on February 6th, 2016 at North York General Hospital in Toronto is SOLD OUT What you get at the EM Cases Course Small group case-based interactive discussions with EM Cases...
View ArticleEpisode 78 Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock – Live from The EM Cases Course
Anaphylaxis is the quintessential medical emergency. We own this one. While the vast majority of anaphylaxis is relatively benign, about 1% of these patients die from anaphylactic shock. And usually...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 39 – Airway Strategy & Mental Preparedness in EM Procedures...
I caught up with airway educator, innovator and self-described enthusiast Dr. Richard Levitan at SMACC in Chicago this past June. In this Best Case Ever on Airway Strategy and Mental Preparedness in EM...
View ArticleEpisode 69 Obesity Emergency Management
Current estimates of the prevalence of obesity are that a quarter of adult Canadians and one third of Americans are considered obese with approximately 3% being morbidly obese. With the proportion of...
View ArticleBest Case Ever 40 End of Life Care & Consultant Communication
Dr. Paul Miller, emergency physician and head of a palliative care unit at McMaster Univeristy tells the story of his Best Case Ever on End of Life Care. He shows us that clear consultant communication...
View ArticleEpisode 70 End of Life Care in Emergency Medicine
Most of us in North America live in cultures that almost never talk about death and dying. And medical progress has led the way to a shift in the culture of dying, in which death has been medicalized....
View ArticleBest Case Ever 41 Opiate Misuse and Physician Compassion
Opiate misuse is everywhere. Approximately 15-20% of ED patients in the US are prescribed outpatient opiates upon discharge. In Ontario, about 10 people die accidentally from prescription opiates every...
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