I've Felt the Burnout and Live to Tell About It. If you're finished feeling burnout, The Burnout Code will help you get back on the right track. After 6 years of experience since the completion of my residency training, I have felt a tremendous amount of growth. As I have said earlier, the more experience I gain, the more I respect those who have it and realize how little I truly have. There is no [...]
Esmolol for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation, a guest post by Scott Dietrich, PharmD (@PCC_PharmD) A 63-year-old male arrives to the resuscitation bay in cardiac arrest with ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Per EMS, the patient was found in ventricular fibrillation (Vfib) and has received defibrillation 6 times with four rounds of epinephrine and 2 doses of amiodarone (300 mg, 150 mg) prior to arrival. In the emergency department (ED), the patient is noted to still be in [...]
Antihistamines for Analgesia Down to the Bone Pain on EM PharmD Clinicians in emergency departments across the country have increasingly become savvier in their approach to the management of common pain conditions that patients may present within this setting. In the effort to overcome the effects and consequences of the opioid abuse epidemic, great emphasis is now being placed in leveraging opioid-free alternatives in new ways for the management of these frequently encountered common pain [...]
