EM Clerkship
The purpose of this podcast is to help medical students crush their emergency medicine clerkship and get top 1/3 on their SLOE. The content is organized in an approach to format and covers different chief complaints, critical diagnoses, and skills important for your clerkship.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 262
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Round 27 (MW) Geriatric Fever
You are working at Clerkship General when you hear an EMS call on the base command radio. “Clerkship General. We are bringing you a minimally responsive 79 year-old female found lying on the floor i…
Fri 06 Dec 2024
Round 26 (MW) Dizziness and Fatigue
Introduction:
You are working at Clerkship General when the next chart is handed to you. It’s a 35-year-old female with a chief complaint of dizziness and fatigue. She is here accompanied by her …
Fri 01 Nov 2024
Round 25 (MW) Laboring Mom in Triage
You are working at Clerkship General when you hear a woman screaming from triage… It’s baby time!
Initial Vitals:
HR: 120
RR: Shallow
O2: 58%
Critical Actions:
* Place neonate …
Tue 01 Oct 2024
Round 24 (MW) Nursing Home Transfer
You are working at Clerkship General when the nurse comes up to you and says, “Hey doc, EMS dropped off this guy named Randy from the memory care unit at the nursing home down the street. He’s in th…
Mon 02 Sep 2024
Round 23 (MW) Pediatric Altered Mental Status
You are working at Clerkship General when you hear an EMS call on the radio. “Clerkship General, we are bringing you a 3 year old female with complaints of altered mental status. We are pulling in n…
Thu 01 Aug 2024
Deep Dive MW R22
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) – Autoimmune polyneuropathy that results in widespread demylination of peripheral nerves
Typically occur 1 week after a triggering infection
Paresthesias/Neuropat…
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Round 22 (MW) Fall with Weakness
Critical Actions:
* Treat the Patient’s Pain
* Perform a detailed neurologic exam (including reflexes)
* Perform LP
* Administer IVIG
* Check NIF or FVC and intubate prior to transfe…
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Deep Dive MW R21
Orbital Compartment Syndrome – needs to be diagnosed CLINICALLY
On exam, LOOK for: Proptosis, Ophthalmoplegia, Afferent Pupillary Defect, Vision Loss
On exam, FEEL for: Rock hard globe, tense…
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Round 21 (MW) Geriatric Fall
You are working at Clerkship General when the next chart is put into your rack. It’s a 76 year-old male who has fallen.
Initial Vitals:
HR: 101
BP: 138/85
Temp: 98.0F
RR: 20
O2: 9…
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Deep Dive MW R20
Symptoms of stroke – weakness, facial droop, slurred speech. vision loss, vertigo, ataxia, confusion or changes to mental status.
The “typical” stroke workup – blood glucose level, CTH non-con…
Thu 16 May 2024
Round 20 (MW) – Weakness
You are working at Clerkship General when one of the nurses comes and grabs you. “Hey doc, we need you in bed 10. I think this patient is having a stroke.”
Initial Vitals:
HR: 51
BP: 201/9…
Wed 01 May 2024
Deep Dive MW R19
* Common during the first year of life as well as during puberty
* Presents with nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, and/or testicular pain
* ALWAYS examine a child for signs of torsion who pres…
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Round 19 (MW) – Pediatric Abdominal Pain
You are working at Clerkship General when the next patient is put into your rack. It is an 8 year-old male with vomiting
Initial Vitals:
HR: 119
BP: 104/63
Temp: 98.0F
RR: 20
O2: 9…
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Deep Dive MW R18
Phase One: CNS
* Ataxia, Slurred Speech, Confusion, N/V, Seizures
Phase Two: Cardiopulmonary
* CHF, Cardiogenic Shock/Hypotension, Pulmonary Edema, ARDS
Phase Three: Renal
* Fla…
Sat 16 Mar 2024
Round 18 (MW) – Intoxication
You are working at Clerkship General when you hear an EMS call on the radio. Clerkship General, we are bringing you Arthur. He is intoxicated… Again
Initial Vitals:
HR: 116
BP: 150/70
Te…
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Deep Dive MW R17
Hypertensive Emergencies of Pregnancy
PreEclampsia, Eclampsia, HELLP syndrome
Diagnosis: BP >140/90 plus end organ dysfunction
* Acute Kidney Injury
* Proteinuria
* Thrombocytopenia
…
Fri 16 Feb 2024
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