Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Emergency Medicine: 2010 SUDDEN EVENTS: ABDOMINAL PAIN/CARDIAC ARREST Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 24 December 21, 2010 Sudden abdominal pain: diverting disaster – David Pearson, MD Distinguishing the benign faint from warning sign of sudden death – Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 23 December 7, 2010 Conflict resolution in the ED – Gus M. Garmel, MD Strategies for effective and efficient patient communication – John G. King, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEDIATRIC AIRWAYS: LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG DISASTERS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 22 November 21, 2010 Laryngeal mask airway; Bag valve mask; Rapid sequence intubation; Intubation agents; Confirming tube placement; Foreign bodies – Ghazala Sharieff, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From High Risk Emergency Medicine, Sponsored By Center For Emergency Medical Education LAWSUITS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 21 November 7, 2010 Surviving a lawsuit – Michael Frank, MD, JD Mock deposition – Dr. Frank; Jacquelyn Salas, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 21st Annual High Risk Emergency Medicine, Sponsored By Center For Emergency Medical Education NEONATAL EMERGENCIES Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 20 October 21, 2010 The crying infant – Cheryl W. Vance, MD Neonatal nightmares – Steven M. Selbst, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TOXICOLOGIC EMERGENCIES Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 19 October 7, 2010 Managing the poisoned patient – Marcel J. Casavant, MD Three antidotes you should know – Henry F. Simmons Jr, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TRAUMA: PART 2 Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 18 September 21, 2010 Trauma in pregnancy – James F. Holmes, MD, MPH Adjuncts for nonoperative management of liver and spleen injuries – Thomas H. Cogbill, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TRAUMA: PART 1 Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 17 September 7, 2010 Head trauma: state of the art in 2010 – James F. Holmes, MD, MPH Tasers – Thomas Joseph Lydon, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 16 August 21, 2010 Important pediatric infectious diseases in the emergency department – W. Matthew Linam, MD Pneumonia: management and core measures compliance – Christopher Fee, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 15 August 7, 2010 Treatment of agitation in the emergency department – Leslie S. Zun, MD Psychiatric patients with dual diagnosis – David S. Howes, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Utilization Of The Emergency Department For Psychiatric Patients, Sponsored By The Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science, And The Sinai Health System POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 14 July 21, 2010 The language of possibilities; Letting them feel heard; Clock metaphor; Resilience and courage; The story of Vicky; Therapist as biographer – Donald Meichenbaum, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 4th Annual Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symposium, Sponsored By The Cleveland Clinic THE ELDERLY HEART Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 13 July 7, 2010 Acute coronary syndromes in the elderly: Introduction; Epidemiology; Physiologic aspects of aging; Presenting features; Management – Amal Mattu, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Presented And Sponsored By Giant Steps In Emergency Medicine, In Cosponsorship With Sterling Healthcare PATIENT SATISFACTION AND CLINICAL TIPS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 12 June 21, 2010 Patient satisfaction: why should we care? – Kevin Klauer, DO Tricks of the trade – Edward A. Panacek, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. COMMON AILMENTS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 11 June 7, 2010 Management of bursitis and tendonitis – Joseph R. Lex Jr, MD Dental problems in the emergency department – Dr. Lex Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Giant Steps In Emergency Medicine, Sponsored By Sterling Healthcare And Giant Steps In Emergency Medicine CARDIAC CARE 2: ANTICOAGULATION AND ANTIARRHYTHMICS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 10 May 21, 2010 Anticoagulation in the cardiology patient – Douglas Humber, PharmD Pharmacology of antiarrhythmics – David Krummen, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CARDIAC CARE 1: HYPERTENSION, FIBRILLATION, AND POSTARREST Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 09 May 7, 2010 Hypertensive emergency and urgency – Luke Hermann, MD Advances in atrial fibrillation: new management strategies – Wyatt W. Decker, MD Post–arrest care: in the eye of the storm – Scott D. Weingart, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. OUTDOOR HAZARDS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 08 April 21, 2010 Poisonous plants, sunburn, and biting and stinging insects – John Loiselle, MD Altitude sickness and mushroom ingestion – Judith R. Klein, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEDIATRIC TRAUMA: SPINE & SPORTS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 07 April 7, 2010 Clearing the cervical spine – John Loiselle, MD Pediatric sports injuries – Dr. Loiselle Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Sponsored By Nemours TECHNIQUES IN AIRWAY MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 06 March 21, 2010 Airway management: five devices you must know about – Ron M. Walls, MD Evaluation of the pediatric airway – Benjamin B. Cable, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HEADACHE Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 05 March 7, 2010 Guidelines; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Cases: other causes of headache you don't want to miss – Jonathan Edlow, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From High Risk Emergency Medicine, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine, Department Of Emergency Medicine, And San Francisco General Hospital, Emergency Department AGITATED AND SUICIDAL PATIENTS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 04 February 21, 2010 Management of the acutely agitated patient – James C. Hardy, MD Assessing risk for suicide – Robert S. Hockberger, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. POISON MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 03 February 7, 2010 Monsters and sheep in pediatric poisoning – Kirk Hughes, RN Cyanide toxicity – Stephen W. Borron, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HIV UPDATE Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 02 January 21, 2010 HIV emergencies – Rachel L. Chin, MD Management of the HIV patient in the antiretroviral era – Arvind Venkat, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CHEST PAIN Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 27, Issue 01 January 7, 2010 Management of chest pain – Jay L. Falk, MD Child with chest pain – Steven M. Selbst, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.