Episodes

In the August 2024 episode of the Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine podcast, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss ECG interpretation in athletes and emergency care for congenital heart defects. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in the regular features, including a coughing pediatric patient in Clinical Pediatrics, septic subacromial bursitis in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, drainage of a felon in The Critical Procedure, chronic drug use and abdomin...

In the July 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss traumatic brain injuries and urinary tract infections. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a rare complication of Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, atraumatic medial foot pain in Orthopedics and Trauma, distal fingertip amputation management in The Critical Procedure, alcoholic ketoacidosis in The LLSA Literature Rev...

In the June 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss identifying and managing patients with sepsis as well as stridor in pediatric patients. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including methotrexate-induced leukoencephalopathy mimicking a stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, medial clavicle fracture in Orthopedics and Trauma, perimortem cesarean delivery in The Critical Procedure, multisystem ...

In the May 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss spinal epidural hematoma and abscess and upper-extremity pain treatments. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including late presentation of hyperthyroidism in a patient with trisomy 21 in Clinical Pediatrics, atypical medial collateral ligament injury in Orthopedics and Trauma, arthrocentesis of the knee in The Critical Procedure, perip...

In the January 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss the consequences of envenomation and acute vision loss. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including persistent dysuria in an adolescent girl in Clinical Pediatrics, an unusual case of osteomyelitis in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, tungsten carbide ring removal in The Critical Procedure, cellulitis and abscess in the emergenc...

In the April 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric seat belt injuries and diabetic foot infections. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including septic shock caused by a perforated appendix in Clinical Pediatrics, chronic cervical myelopathy following a fall in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, stopping intra-oral bleeding post dental extraction in The Critical Procedure,...

In the March 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing abdominal and neck stab wounds and identifying and assisting victims of human sex trafficking. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric rash post vaccination in Clinical Pediatrics, ultrasound-guided aspiration of a septic prosthetic knee joint in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, removal of magnets from the ...

In the February 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric asthma and recognition and management of vaccine-preventable illnesses. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including the importance of a thorough family history in Clinical Pediatrics, chronic shoulder dislocation secondary to a seizure disorder in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, reduction of a distal interphalangeal...

In the December 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss ABEM continuing certification and the evaluation and management of hemoptysis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including baking soda intoxication in Clinical Pediatrics, a multiligamentous knee injury in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, cerumen removal in The Critical Procedure, managing opioid use disorder in The LLSA Liter...

In the November 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric head injuries and organisms resistant to antibiotics. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including lung injuries from vaping in Clinical Pediatrics, a high-pressure injection injury in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, anoscopy in The Critical Procedure, shoulder dislocations in The LLSA Literature Review, and a child ...

In the October 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss opportunistic infections in patients with HIV and presentations of pelvic inflammatory disease. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a winged scapula in Clinical Pediatrics, a die-punch fracture of the distal radius in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, manual reduction of paraphimosis in The Critical Procedure, early anti...

In the September 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss management of the acutely agitated patient and metabolic acidosis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a feared complication of cystic fibrosis in Clinical Pediatrics, Morel-Lavallée lesions in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, phimosis treatment in The Critical Procedure, headache presentations in the emergency depart...

In the August 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss liver disease and syphilis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including ultrasound of a skin abscess in Clinical Pediatrics, triplane fracture in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, intrauterine device removal in The Critical Procedure, emerging and re-emerging sexually transmitted illnesses in The LLSA Literature Review, and thumb...

In the July 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss deep vein thrombosis and small bowel problems. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including new-onset seizure in Clinical Pediatrics, bilateral patellar tendon rupture in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, emergency needle decompression in The Critical Procedure, outpatient treatment for low-risk pulmonary embolism in The LLSA Litera...

In the June 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pericarditis presentations in the emergency department and esophageal emergencies. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including lead reversals in The Critical ECG, Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, trans-scaphoid perilunate and complete radiocarpal dislocations in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, drainage of an acute paro...

In the May 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss thyroid storm and pediatric headaches. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, traumatic hemipelvectomy in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, cold gastric lavage in The Critical Procedure, the importance of lactate in The LLSA Literature Review, foreign body ingestions in The Critical Imag...

In the April 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss illnesses of bioterrorism as well as upper GI bleeds. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including posterior auricular mass in Clinical Pediatrics, flexor tenosynovitis of the thumb in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, dorsal penile nerve block in The Critical Procedure, buprenorphine for opioid withdrawal in The LLSA Literature Re...

In the March 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome as well as traumatic spinal cord injury. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric diphenhydramine overdose in Clinical Pediatrics, open Achilles tendon laceration in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, mallet finger splint in The Critical Procedure, management of acute isc...

In the February 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing mpox as well as emergency presentations of inflammatory bowel and diverticular diseases. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including splenic laceration in Clinical Pediatrics, isolated subtalar dislocation in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, reduction of a nursemaid’s elbow in The Critical Procedure, end-of-life care ...

In the January 2023 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss best practices for opioid administration as well as pediatric toxicology considerations. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including anaphylaxis caused by an aspirated foreign body in Clinical Pediatrics, Charcot neuroarthropathy of the ankle in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, tendon sheath injections in The Critical Procedure...

In the December 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss small bowel obstruction and ileus as well as septic arthritis and gout. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including acute otitis media in Clinical Pediatrics, chronic shoulder dislocation in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, the Dix-Hallpike maneuver in The Critical Procedure, outpatient stress testing for suspected acute coron...

In the November 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss kidney stones as well as mesenteric ischemia. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including monkeypox in Clinical Pediatrics, an atypical presentation of gout in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, management of small, bleeding tongue lacerations in The Critical Procedure, a comparison of ibuprofen regimens for acute pain in The Li...

In the October 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss caring for sexual assault victims as well as selecting appropriate critical care transport. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including moyamoya disease–induced stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, recurrent prosthetic hip dislocation in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, traction splinting a midshaft femur fracture in The Critical Pro...

In the September 2022 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss medication for opioid use disorder as well as care for geriatric patients in the emergency department. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including ectopic pregnancy in Clinical Pediatrics, occult talus fracture in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, eye irrigation in The Critical Procedure, community-acquired pneumonia in The Li...