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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Rapid Review: Small Bowel Obstruction
Reviewed January 2024 Small Bowel Obstruction
Podcast Ep 20: Cocaine Chest Pain, Migraines, Hypothermia, & More
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. -Charles Morgan Welcome back to Episode 20! We have a great episode lined up for you this week, again covering topics that run the gamut of Emergency Medicine. We are excited to say that we have covered over 100 questions in approximately five hours of Roshcast over six months! As always, read more…
Today’s Essential Teaching Image: Cardiac Tamponade
Today’s teaching image and Rapid Review covers cardiac tamponade. Pericardial Tamponade Patient will be complaining of dyspnea and chest pain PE will show muffled heart sounds, JVD and hypotension (Beck’s triad), pulsus paradoxus ECG will show low voltage QRS, electrical alterans Echocardiography will show diastolic collapse of RV Treatment is pericardiocentesis For more teaching images, try read more…
Today’s Essential Teaching Image: Tinea Versicolor
Today’s teaching image and Rapid Review covers tinea versicolor. Tinea Versicolor Malassezia furfur Patches with altered pigmentation Torso Affected skin does not tan Selenium shampoo For more teaching images, try a free trial of our board review qbanks.
Podcast Ep 19: Anaphylaxis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, & More
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Welcome back to episode 19! We are certainly relieved to have this year’s in-training exam behind us, and we are sure you are too. We hope you recognized some of the content we reviewed in episodes 1-15 read more…
Today’s Essential Teaching Image: Basilar Skull Fracture
Today’s teaching image and Rapid Review covers basilar skull fracture. Basilar Skull Fracture Petrous portion of temporal bone fracture most common Battle’s sign, raccoon eyes, hemotympanum, CSF otorrhea/rhinorrhea CN VII, VIII entrapment CT For more teaching images, try a free trial of our board review qbanks.
Elite Test-Taker Profile: Jennifer Bach, D.O.
Q. Do you have a specific pretest breakfast? No. Q. Do you have any night-before-the-exam routines? Quit studying at least a few hours before I plan to sleep. Q. What do you bring for lunch during your exam? Peanut butter sandwich, Mountain Dew Q. Do you have any strategies that you employ during the exam (e.g. Answer particular read more…