Emergency Medicine Cases

Emergency Medicine Cases


Latest Episodes

Episode 101 GI Bleed Emergencies Part 1
October 10, 2017

In this Part 1 of our two part podcast on GI bleed emergencies we answer questions such as: How do you distinguish between an upper vs lower GI bleed when it's not so obvious clinically? What alterations to airway management are necessary for the GI bl...

Best Case Ever 62 Penetrating Upper Airway Injury Awake Intubation Do’s & Don’ts
September 26, 2017

If you were faced with stab wound to the neck and had to act fast, would you have a well-thought out plan that you are comfortable with? In this EM Cases Best Case Ever podcast we discuss the do's and don'ts of penetrating upper airway injury awake int...

Episode 100 Disaster Medicine
September 12, 2017

As ED docs we’re particularly well suited to take a lead in disaster medicine. We own this. In this EM Cases podcast, with the help of Laurie Mazurik, Daniel Kollek and Joshua Bezanson we will help you become familiar with a general approach to mass ca...

Best Case Ever 61 Biohazard Preparedness: The Protected Code Blue
August 28, 2017

In anticipation of EM Cases Main Episode 100 on Disaster Medicine with Laurie Mazurik, David Kollek and Joshua Bezanson, Dr. Mazurik tells of her experience as a disaster medicine leader with keeping health care workers safe during the SARS era.

Episode 99 Highlights from EMU 2017
August 15, 2017

North York General Hospital's 30th Annual Emergency Medicine Update (EMU) Conference 2017 featured some of the best talks I've ever heard from the likes of Sara Gray, Amal Mattu, David Carr and many more. I had a hard time choosing which talks to featu...

Best Case Ever 60 What we can learn from Prehospital Trauma Management
August 01, 2017

In this EM Cases podcast Dr. Joel Lockwood tells his Best Case Ever of a prehospital trauma resuscitation, bringing to light the challenges faced by EMS with the complicated trauma patient. He discusses the importance of checklists,

Episode 98 Teaching on Shift
July 17, 2017

We discuss some quick, easy tips on how you can take your educating skills to the next level, from orienting the learner and establishing expectations at the start of the shift, to key questioning techniques to use in case presentations,

Journal Jam 10 Part 2 Endovascular Therapy for Stroke
July 04, 2017

In this part 2 of EM Cases Journal Jam podcast on Thrombolysis and Endovascular Therapy for Stroke Justin Morgenstern, Rory Spiegel and Anton Helman do a deep dive into the world's literature on endovascular therapy for stroke.

Journal Jam 10 Thrombolysis & Endovascular Therapy for Stroke Part 1
July 04, 2017

In this two part EM Cases Journal Jam podcast Justin Morgenstern, Rory Spiegel and Anton Helman do a deep dive into the world's literature on systemic thrombolysis for ischemic stroke followed by an analysis of endovascular therapy for stroke.

Best Case Ever 59 Management of Acute Renal Failure with Volume Overload
June 27, 2017

Sometimes our renal failure patients present short of breath with volume overload and we don't have immediate access to dialysis. What then? Dr. Mike Betzner, EM doc and medical director of STARS air ambulance service and collaborator on EM Cases CritC...