EM Basic
Episodes
111 Hyperkalemia
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jordan Cramer joins Dan McCollum to discuss the management of hyperkalemia. Learn key aspects of the history and physical Discuss the importa...
110 GI bleeds or Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Mike Wallace and Dan McCollum as they discuss the management of patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage. What is the initial management of...
109 Ear and Nasal Foreign Bodies
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Alex Koo as he discusses ear and nasal foreign bodies. He'll give you a brief run-down of anatomy, history, and physical, before diving int...
108 Human Trafficking
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Jordan Nogle as she discusses how to deliver the very best care for possible victims of Human Trafficking. What are subtle signs that your patie...
107 Crush Injuries
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Alex Koo as he discusses the management of crush injuries. What is crush syndrome? When should you be concerned about compartment syndrome? ...
106 MIS-C or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Zac Hodges as he discusses MIS-C with two local experts. Dr. Pushpa Shivaram is a pediatric cardiologist and Dr. Julisa Patel is a pediatric rheu...
105 Staying Cool Under Pressure or Building Sangfroid
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join emergency physician Dan Dworkis as he discusses with Dan McCollum how to remain cool under pressure. Dan and Dan discuss The importance of bei...
104 Dental Emergencies
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Alex Koo, active duty Army emergency physician, as he discusses dental emergencies, a common emergency department complaint, but an uncommon ...
103 Pediatric IV Fluids
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pediatric intensivist Dr. Will Cagle joins the show to discuss the AAP Maintenance IV fluid guidelines and considerations when choosing IV fluids for ...
102 Transfusions of Blood Products
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join EM physicians Mike Samuels and Dan McCollum as they discuss different blood products that can be transfused. Why don't we commonly use whole b...
101 Kawasaki Disease
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kawasaki: Dr. Pushpa Shivaram, an assistant professor of pediatrics and pediatric cardiologist at the Medical College of Georgia, joins Dr. Zac Hodges...
100 Transfusion Reactions
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Transfusion reactions are a dreaded complication in the ED. Join emergency physicians Michael Samuels and Dan McCollum as they discuss the following...
99 Bronchiolitis
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Reda Bassali, professor of pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist at the Medical College of Georgia, joins Dr. Zac Hodges and Gavriella Mendel (M3) ...
98 COVID 19 Vaccine
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dan McCollum and Michael Stephens as they discuss the new vaccines against COVID-19. Are they studied well enough? How effective are they? W...
97 The B52 is Trash
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join ED clinical pharmacist Jimmy Pruitt and Dan McCollum as we discuss the reasons that the traditional "B52" cocktail of haloperidol, lorazepam, and...
96 Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal with Buprenorphine
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dan McCollum and EM clinical pharmacist RJ LaCoursiere as they discuss the use of buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. Who sh...
95 Pediatric Respiratory Failure
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Respiratory Failure August 10, 2020 Dr. Renuka Mehta, a pediatric intensivist at the Medical College of Georgia, joins Drs Matthew Smith and Zac Hodg...
94 Pediatric Sepsis
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join doctors Smitha Mathew, Kaitlin Verdone, Zac Hodges, and Dan McCollum as they navigate the difficult waters of pediatric sepsis. What exactly is...
93 Sore throat
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tony Zitek drops some knowledge on you about the deceptively complex topic of sore throats. What diagnoses are important other than strep and vi...
92 Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Christopher Watson, Zac Hodges, and Dan McCollum as they discuss the management of pediatric traumatic brain injury. What should you look for ...
91 Urinary Tract Infections
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join emergency physician Tony Zitek as he guides you through the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections. Which elements of the history...
90 COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dan McCollum as he discusses COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. What are the symptoms of this disease? How is it spread? Wha...
89 Neonatal fever
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Zac Hodges and Dan McCollum as they have a conversation about neonatal fevers with Dr. Kathryn McLeod, an experienced pediatrician at the Childre...
88 Pediatric Sickle Cell
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join physicians Eric Ring, Zac Hodges, and Dan McCollum as they discuss how to properly care for the pediatric patient with sickle cell disease. Dr....
87 Pediatric DKA
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Zac Hodges, Chris Watson, and Dan McCollum as they discuss the management of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA. What are key findings on ...
PSA: Incidental Exposure to Fentanyl is NOT a thing!
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode of the podcast is a myth busting on all the media reports about first responders overdosing by being exposed to fentanyl in the field ...
Neonatal Resuscitation with Drs. Azif Safarulla, Dan McCollum, and Jessica Gancar
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
EM Basic is finally back with a new episode. Today's episode will discuss neonatal resuscitation with Dr. Azif Safarulla, a neonatologist at Augusta ...
Big Picture Advice to New EM Interns
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Just a few days after the new EM interns start, today's episode will talk about my advice to new EM interns. Think of this as the "big picture advic...
Sickle Cell Anemia by Dr. Jared Walker
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is on the evaluation and management of sickle cell anemia in the Emergency Department. Dr Jared Walker, a third year EM resident at ...
North American Snake Bites by Dr. David Hansen
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode will discuss North American poisonous reptile bites with a focus on snake bites. This episode was written and recorded by Dr. David ...
Hyperthermia by Dr. Andrea Sarchi
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is on hyperthermia- just in time for the warmer weather. However, hyperthermia has many different causes so this episode will review th...
Thyroid Emergencies by Dr. Patrick Ng
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a quick review of Thyroid emergencies by Dr. Patrick Ng, a 3rd year EM resident in San Antonio, recorded by Jacob Schriner MS-3. ...
Sepsis Definitions
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a re-broadcast of the first sepsis episode in February 2012. I am republishing the part of that episode that deals with the definiti...
Sepsis 3.0- March 2017
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a total revamp of the previous episode on sepsis. A lot has changed with sepsis management since I published the sepsis episode in F...
Croup by Stewart Harsant and Taylor Fischer, PA-Cs
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is on Croup- just in time for the middle of the croup season. Your ED may even be filled with kids with a barking cough as we speak....
Ortho Inservice Review Part 3- Pelvic Injuries, Lower Extremity, Peds Ortho
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is Ortho Inservice Review Part 3 which covers injuries to the Pelvis, Lower Extremities, and Pediatric Ortho conditions. This screencast origin...
Ortho Inservice Review- Part 2
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is Ortho Inservice Review Part 2 which will cover injuries to the wrist and hand. This screencast originally appeared on the Emergency Board Re...
Ortho Inservice Review Part 1- Thorax and Upper Extremities
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 of this 3 part series for Orthopedics inservice review we'll review orthopedic injuries to the Thorax and Upper Extremities. This is a scr...
Hypothermia by Dr. Andrea Sarchi
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for the midway point of the winter season, this is a podcast on management of hypothermia in the ED. Dr. Andrea Sarchi wrote the script...
Opioids in the ED Part 2 with Dr. Sheyna Gifford
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2, Dr Sheyna Gifford will discuss the how to differentiate opioid overdose from other causes of altered mental status, some special dispositio...
Opioids Part 1 with Dr. Sheyna Gifford
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's no secret that we have a major opioid problem in the United States. The number of people addicted to opioids has reached epidemic proportions a...
The undifferentiated sick infant by Dr. Tim Horeczko
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
EM Basic is back with a re-broadcast from the awesome podcast Pediatric Emergency Playbook by Dr. Tim Horeczko. Tim is a double boarded in EM and P...
Heme Onc Part 2- Hematology Emergencies
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of the Heme Onc Emergencies series. This episode will talk about common hematology emergencies that we see in the ED. Sickle cell d...
Heme Onc Part 1- Oncology Emergencies
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of a two part series on Heme-Onc Emergencies. In this episode, we'll discuss oncology emergencies to include neutropenic fever, tu...
Measles
03 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is another installment of the EM Basic Project. Dr. Sheyna Gifford and Dr. Chrisanna Mink will talk about measles. This is a disea...
Aortic Dissection (Audio only)
27 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks the 4th anniversary of the EM Basic podcast. To celebrate this occasion, we are going to do a screencast on aortic dissection. This is...
Aortic Dissection Screencast
27 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks the 4th anniversary of the EM Basic podcast. To celebrate this occasion, we are going to do a screencast on aortic dissection. This is...
Non-Pregnant Vaginal Bleeding
24 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode of EM Basic will review vaginal bleeding in patients who are not pregnant. This is a much different workup from pregnant patients wi...
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode will cover Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), aka Care Under Fire, aka Care in the Immediately Unsafe Environment. Dr. Andy Bohn,...
Epistaxis
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
EM Basic is back with a brand new episode. Today's episode was done by Dylan Norton and David Murphy, both 4th year medical students at the Universi...
EM Basic is now partnering with EB Medicine
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is a quick announcement to let you know that EM Basic is now partnering with EB Medicine as our bandwidth sponsor. EB Medicine publishes many r...
Febrile Seizures
01 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are going to talk about febrile seizures. We see this chief complaint a lot in the ED so it's important that we know this topic r...
Ebola Update
17 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ebola has been in the news for the past few months and it has taken on more urgency in the US as cases have arrived from outside the country Within ...
Psychiatric Emergencies Part 2
17 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the second and final part of Dr. Sheyna Gifford's interview with Dr. Les Zun on psychiatric emergencies. This episode will talk m...
Psychiatric Emergencies Part 1
10 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is another installment in the EM Basic Project. Dr. Sheyna Gifford took on the task of interviewing Dr. Les Zun, a nationally known ...
Hepatic Emergencies from FOAMcast
07 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am handing over the podcast to FOAMcast by Drs. Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust. A little more than a month ago, Dr. Nick Genes challenged ...
Airway Update Screencast
27 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the third anniversary of the EM Basic podcast. To celebrate this milestone, this is a screencast titled "Airway Update". I first prepare...
Salicylate Overdose
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is another installment for the EM Basic Project by Dr. Andrea Sarchi. Salicylate overdose is a toxidrome that we have to be on the l...
Acetaminophen overdose
24 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode talks about the diagnosis and management of Acetaminophen overdose. This is another addition to the EM Basic Project written by Andr...
Documentation
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we are going to talk about documentation in the ED. It is very important that we are complete but concise in our documentation in...
Asymptomatic Hypertension
17 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The patient's blood pressure is 190/80 but they feel fine...how do we treat these patients in the ED? Labs? EKG? BP meds? Admission???...but the...
PE Part 2
03 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part 2 of the PE podcast where we will discuss risk stratification and treatment of PE. It's important that we accurately quanitfy t...
PE Part 1
28 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has been a long time in the making- presenting Pulmonary Embolism, part 1. PE is a deadly diagnose that we frequently have to consider ...
Oxygen in COPD- followup
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The last podcast on COPD led to some great discussion online about the use of oxygen in patients with COPD. To address this, Drs. Tim Peck and Colby...
COPD/Shortness of breath
09 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
EM Basic is back with another episode of the EM Basic Project. In today's episode Drs. Tim Peck and Colby Redfield review the chief complaint of sho...
Monoarticular arthritis
16 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This is the premiere of the first contribution to the EM Basic Project. Dr. Brian Cohn from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri is on the...
Anatomy of a Resuscitation
07 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is something unlike anything I have ever done with EM Basic. I had a case recently of a super sick patient who required a big resuscita...
The EM Basic Project
26 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This is an announcement instead of an episode. Introducing the EM Basic Project. If you are a senior resident or attending in emergency medicine- ...
Anaphylaxis Part 2- Airway
22 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll talk about how to manage the airway in patients with anaphylaxis or any other upper airway obstruction. These can be some of ...
Anaphylaxis Part 1- Diagnosis and Treatment
15 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Anaphylaxis is a potentially deadly diagnosis that requires quick action. In this episode, we will discuss the diagnosis and management of the entir...
Essential Evidence #8 - The PERC Rule
20 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Essential Evidence Episode discusses the paper that derived and validated the PE Rule-out Criteria or PERC rule. This is a clinical decision...
Seizures
29 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We encounter seizure disorders frequently in the ED. In this episode, we'll review all the important points about seizures including the confusing a...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- 7 SAEM Occult Bacteremia
26 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with a new episode of Essential Evidence. This article is from Academic Emergency Medicine March 2009 and it talks about getting blood cu...
Eye Complaints
23 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
EM Basic is back and ready for the new year. We see various eye complaints a lot in the ED. This episode will review common eye complaints, their ...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- PECARN Head CT Rule
29 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This episode reviews the article that most people call the PECARN head CT rule or the Kupperman head CT rule (named for the first author). This is an ...
Psychiatric Medical Screening
22 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will discuss how to perform medical screening for patients with psychiatric complaints. While most of these workups are routine...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- Therapeutic Hypothermia
15 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of EM Basic Essential Evidence will review the two articles that led to the adoption of therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for surviv...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- BMJ Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
01 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This is an article published in the last year in the British Medical Journal that looked at the sensitivity of modern CT scanners in detecting subarac...
Non-invasive Ventilation
25 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Non-invasive ventilation is a great technique that we can use for just about any patient who is short of breath. We can use it to avoid intubation i...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- The NEXUS Study
17 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will discuss the NEXUS study. NEXUS was a study that studied thousands of patients to validate a set of rules so that we can "clinicall...
Testicular Pain
10 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
All right- let's keep the laughter to a minimum...today's episode is talking about how to approach testicular pain in the ED. You need to know how t...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- Admission for patients with minor head injury on coumadin- Annals of EM
03 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll talk about a recent article in Annals of Emergency Medicine that has a lot of people talking. This is a study that looked at pa...
Hyperkalemia
27 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hyperkalemia (high serum potassium) can be one of the most serious electrolyte disorders that we treat in the ED. We'll review how to interpret hype...
Introducing the EM Basic Apple and Android Apps
20 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This is just a short announcement for the launch of the EM Basic App in the Apple App Store and the Android Amazon Marketplace. Go to the blog post ...
EM Basic Essential Evidence- Rivers Sepsis NEJM
20 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing EM Basic Essential Evidence- your boot camp guide to emergency medicine literature. Each episode will review an important emergency medici...
Hyponatremia
13 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hyponatremia (low serum sodium) is one of the most common electrolyte disorders encountered in the ED. Most of the time this electrolyte disorder requ...
Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
27 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). The ED is the front line in stroke care so...
Procedural Sedation Part 2- Medications
07 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part 2 of the procedural sedation podcast. This episode focuses on the medications that we commonly use for procedural sedation. First...
Procedural Sedation Part 1- Preparation
01 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of two episodes on procedural sedation. In the ED we need to provide safe and effective procedural sedation and analgesia whenever w...
Neuro exam supplement
19 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Since I refer to the neuro exam from the headache episode, I decided to take that part of the episode and make a supplement so you can easily review t...
Dizziness
19 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with a podcast on...dizziness! While weak and dizzy is almost never the most exciting chart in the rack, we see it a lot in the ED. This ...
Trauma resuscitation part 2- interventions
05 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For the second part of trauma resuscitation, we'll discuss the various interventions that you may have to accomplish in the trauma bay. The first part...
Trauma Resuscitation Part 1- the evaluation
18 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Being able to run an effective trauma resuscitation is a necessary skill for any emergency medicine provider. In part 1 of this 2 part series, I'll go...
Airway update podcast
13 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A week ago, I posted an airway review paper by Scott Weingart and Richard Levitan that I think is a must read. Today I decided to do a podcast reviewi...
How to give a good ED patient presentation
26 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Being able to give a good ED patient presentation will not only help you get a good grade on your EM rotation, it will also make sure that nothing is ...
Shortness of breath
11 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Shortness of breath is a chief complaint that we encounter each day in the ED. This chief complaint encompasses a huge differential and this is a lo...
The prehospital episode
20 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
By popular demand, this episode will be dedicated to talking about prehospital issues. I've had several people write me and ask for my 0.02 on how EMS...
Syncope
17 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Syncope (or "passing out") is a chief complaint that we deal with a lot in the emergency department. While most causes of syncope are benign and need ...
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
30 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This is a topic episode on Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). We'll discuss the diagnosis and treatment of this complex disease process and how to avoid pit...
Altered Mental Status
14 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast will discuss how to approach the patient with altered mental status. These patient present a special challenge because there are a ton of...