International Emergency Medicine Education Project
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In case you didn’t encounter a sudden shortness of breath today!
A 23-year-old male patient presented with sudden onset SOB and chest pain. BP: 121/68 mmHg, HR: 102 bpm, RR: 22/min, T: 37, SpO2: 93% in room air. He has no history of disease. On the exam, you appreciated a decreased breath sound on the left and checked the thorax with bedside ultrasound. Here are the ultrasound findings of the patient.
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Pulmonary/Respiratory Emergencies selected from SAEM and IFEM undergraduate curriculum are uploaded into the website. You can read, all these chapters freely. More specific disease entities are on the way.
by Ayse Ece Akceylan Case Presentation A 50-year-old male with a history of asthma presents to the emergency department (ED) with shortness of breath, tachypnea,
by Ramin Tabatabai, David Hoffman, and Tiffany Abramson Case Presentation A 68-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with audible wheezing, and he is
by Mary J. O. Case Presentation A 74-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes presented to the emergency department with a cough productive
by Mahmoud Aljufaili Introduction Pneumothorax refers to the presence of air in the pleural cavity. It can impair oxygenation/ventilation. There are two types of spontaneous pneumothorax
A 68-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with audible wheezing, and he is in severe respiratory distress. He is speaking in 2-3 word sentences, and he is diaphoretic and slightly confused. Per the paramedic report, the patient is a two pack per day smoker. On physical examination, the patient demonstrates poor air movement, and you note that he has a “barrel chest.” As you pick up the phone to call the respiratory therapist for airway management, you wonder, “What other interventions should I initiate and are there other diagnoses I should be considering?”
