Author: Cullen O’Donnell, DO, Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY IFaculty: Alexis Cates, DO, Medical Toxicology/Emergency Medicine Attending The Case: A 3 year-old male presents to the emergency department via EMS after his parents found him on the kitchen floor crying with a wet face, clothes, and a spilled container of bleach next to him. The parents … Continue reading Caustics During Covid
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Bad Mouth from Bad Drugs
Author: Donielle Sturgis, DO, MPH, Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY I Faculty: Alexis Cates, DO, Medical Toxicology/Emergency Medicine Attending The Case: A 33-year-old male presents to the emergency department accompanied by his girlfriend with a chief complaint of mouth sores. He appears older than his stated age and very diaphoretic so he is immediately evaluated with … Continue reading Bad Mouth from Bad Drugs
A Heart Stopping Plant
Author: Brittany Hartman, DO Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY IIFellow: Richard Chen, MD, Medical Toxicology / Emergency Medicine AttendingFaculty: David Goldberger, MD, Medical Toxicology / Emergency Medicine Attending The Case A 22-year-old pre-operative male-to-female transgender patient with a history of PTSD and depression presents to a Midwest ED following a suicide attempt. The patient states she … Continue reading A Heart Stopping Plant
A “Dirty” Medication
Author: Frank Marowitz, DO Emergency Medicine Resident, PGY II Fellow: Richard Chen, MD, Medical Toxicology / Emergency Medicine Attending Faculty: James Krueger, MD, Medical Toxicology / Emergency Medicine Attending You are a junior resident at a prestigious EM residency in North Philadelphia working a busy Monday morning shift in the ED when you get an … Continue reading A “Dirty” Medication
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