HLH… the White Whale of Hematology!
Dr. Michael Scott is the second member of the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care program to contribute to the website over the last 2 weeks. As acting chief resident, […]
Education
Educational posts, organized by topic
CRASH-2: Prosecution’s Closing Statement
The comments regarding our recent post about the limitations of the CRASH-2 trial focus on definitions of trial design and purpose, the relative importance of those limitations in reducing the
Improving Cardiac Arrest Care: Two Tips You’ve GOT to Know
Dr. Michael Allison is a Chief Resident in the combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care Residency. He was invited to the recent Greater Chesapeake Emergency Medicine Conference to speak about ways
How CRASH2 got it right – Counterpoint by Dr. Scott Weingart
The academic debate surrounding the strengths & weaknesses of the CRASH 2 trial & TEG has been heating up. Dr. Walsh’s comments have been met with both contention and praise… either
How CRASH-2 got it wrong – A response by Dr. Mark Walsh
Some great questions came out of Dr. Mark Walsh’s lecture on TEG, so we decided to go straight to the source and pick the HUMONGOUS brain of Dr. Walsh and
VTE Prophylaxis in TBI
A 32 year old male is admitted to your trauma ICU after a head on motor vehicle collision. He was intubated in the resuscitation unit for altered mental status and
Riding the Wave–An Interesting ECG
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] As you sit in the ICU watching the latest lecture on MarylandCCProject you get called to assess your newest transfer from the
Clinical Case: Pneumonia
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”]A 68 year-old male is brought to the ED from a nursing home with a fever & cough. He has a history of
Intro to Critical Care Ultrasound
Dr. Haney Mallemat felt that specializing in emergency medicine, internal medicine AND critical care was too easy, and decided to become one of the leading experts in the use of
