Witnessing a seizure can be deeply alarming. Watching a friend, family member, or coworker suddenly lose control of their body naturally triggers fear and urgency. However, staying calm and taking the right steps makes a profound difference in keeping the person safe during an episode. Understanding the subtle signs that precede a seizure helps you...
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
6/23/2026
A recently released child-safety battery designed to reduce the danger of accidental ingestion is showing significant promise, but medical professionals should not alter their management protocols yet.
Postpartum intracerebral hemorrhage is rare but potentially catastrophic. This JMCR case highlights massive basal ganglia hemorrhage occurring hours after cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia despite absence of classic risk factors.
Would you know how to respond if someone was taken critically ill? Experts explain the basic skills we can all learn and how to perform them with confidence “If you learn one thing, it should be how to resuscitate,” says Richard Webber, an associate clinical director of St John Ambulance and practising NHS paramedic in the south of England. “We know that for every one minute delay in restarting t…
Led by Jesus Tejero, PhD, at Pitt’s Vascular Medicine Institute, researchers have developed a fast, portable therapy that could change how carbon monoxide poisoning is treated in emergencies.
A heart attack is a medical emergency that requires immediate attention. Knowing what to look for and how to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack can help you save your life or someone else’s. It is important to be aware of the signs and act quickly if you suspect that you or someone else
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For those of you who have not yet cared for a patient in Thyroid Storm, I guarantee that the experience will humble you. As far as endocrine emergencies go, this one is (quite literally) a killer. In 1993, Burch and Wartofsky cited mortality rates as high as 20 to 50% [1]. In more recent literature, the mortality rate of this condition is still at a whopping 10% [2]. As you can …
UW Medicine | ACCELERATE | April 24, 2019 WISH training helps prepare doctors for all sorts of situations. On the way to a friend’s wedding, Rajeev Saxena, MD, MBA, a resident physician in the UW Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, discovers the power of training for an emergency. This is his story. This… The post Help! Is There a Doctor Here? appeared first on Department of Surgery…
Written by: Jordan Maivelett, MD (EM Resident Physician, PGY-1, NUEM); Edited by: Bill Burns, MD (EM Resident Physician, PGY-4, NUEM); Expert Commentary by: Jacqueline Kruser, MD
High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is a method of oxygen delivery that can administer oxygen at flow rates of up to 60 L/min with fractions of inspired oxygen between 0.21 and 1.0 [1]. The main proposed benefit of HFNC is im…
