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Emergency Medicine Cases

Dr. Anton Helman 396 Episodes Jul 21, 2026

Emergency Medicine Cases is a podcast that keeps medical professionals in the know with expert insights on emergency medicine. Hosted by Dr. Anton Helman, it offers show notes, quizzes, videos, and other learning tools available at emergencymedicinecases.com.

Episodes

EM Quick Hits 72 EMC²: Peds Neurocritical Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cytokine Release Syndrome, Peds Wrist Fracture, Bradycardia ECG Interpretation, Coaching the EM Mind Part 2
EM Quick Hits 72 EMC²: Peds Neurocritical Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cytokine Release Syndrome, Peds Wrist Fracture, Bradycardia ECG Interpretation, Coaching the EM Mind Part 2 Jul 21, 2026 1:39:00 In this month’s EM Quick Hits Podcast, Amna Karabegovic joins us for an EMC² case of pediatric altered LOA and neurocritical care, Anand Swaminathan simplifies the high-risk management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure, and Brit Long reviews how to recognize and treat Cytokine Release Syndrome. Plus, Andrew Tagg on whether uncomplicated pediatric distal radius fractures need
Ep 220 Facial Injuries: Assessment, Management and Disposition
Ep 220 Facial Injuries: Assessment, Management and Disposition Jun 30, 2026 1:43:20 Facial trauma is common in emergency medicine, but the biggest pitfalls are often not the fractures themselves—they're the threatened airway, vision-threatening ocular injuries, missed septal hematomas, and subtle soft tissue injuries hiding beneath the skin. Which facial fracture is most likely to cause delayed airway obstruction? Why does the physical examination often matter more than the CT sc
Ep 219 Hip Emergencies: Recognition and Management
Ep 219 Hip Emergencies: Recognition and Management Jun 16, 2026 1:25:19 Hip complaints are bread-and-butter emergency medicine—but every so often they are anything but straightforward. The obvious shortened, externally rotated leg after a fall is one thing; the patient with acute hip pain, a normal x-ray, unremarkable blood work, and no clear diagnosis is another. Hip fractures are also far from benign, carrying a 30-day mortality of 6–7% and a 1-year mortality of abo
Journal Jam 24 Antibiotics for Strep Throat: Evidence, Myths and Misperceptions
Journal Jam 24 Antibiotics for Strep Throat: Evidence, Myths and Misperceptions Jun 2, 2026 1:19:21 Antibiotics for strep throat seem like a simple decision—but the evidence is anything but simple. In this Journal Jam podcast with Dr. Casey Parker and Dr. Justin Morgenstern, we critically appraise the literature behind one of the most common infections seen in emergency medicine. Do antibiotics meaningfully improve symptoms? Do they prevent peritonsillar abscess, post-streptococcal glomeruloneph
Ep 218 Substance Use Disorder in the ED – Stigma, Compassion and System Change
Ep 218 Substance Use Disorder in the ED – Stigma, Compassion and System Change May 19, 2026 1:01:07 Emergency physicians pride themselves on recognizing and treating life-threatening illness under pressure. Yet one of the most lethal, common, and treatable conditions presenting to our EDs still often receives fragmented, stigmatized care: substance use disorder. The opioid crisis has evolved into an era of increasingly toxic and unpredictable drug supplies, including ultra-potent synthetic opioi
Ep 217 Pediatric Agitation: Assessment and Management
Ep 217 Pediatric Agitation: Assessment and Management Apr 28, 2026 1:22:18 Pediatric agitation in the Emergency Department is one of those presentations that can escalate quickly and leave even experienced clinicians feeling on edge. It is high-risk, resource-intensive, and often unfolds in an already overstimulating environment where small missteps can make things worse. At the same time, agitation is not a diagnosis, it is a clinical presentation that may reflect anyth
Ep 216 Cardiac Arrest Update: Beyond the 2025 ACLS Guidelines Part 2 – Medications, Airway, Termination and Post-ROSC Care
Ep 216 Cardiac Arrest Update: Beyond the 2025 ACLS Guidelines Part 2 – Medications, Airway, Termination and Post-ROSC Care Apr 7, 2026 1:41:55 In this Part 2 or our 2-part EM Cases podcast series on Cardiac Arrest Update, Dr. Sheldon Cheskes and Dr. Rob Simard take us beyond the algorithms and into the real-world decision-making of cardiac arrest care. We answer questions like: Do vasopressin and steroids improve survival or just ROSC? Should we be giving amiodarone earlier—and is lidocaine just as good? When should we use calcium, bicar
Ep 215 Cardiac Arrest Update: Beyond the 2025 Guidelines Part 1: CPR, Defibrillation and Ventilation
Ep 215 Cardiac Arrest Update: Beyond the 2025 Guidelines Part 1: CPR, Defibrillation and Ventilation Mar 25, 2026 1:52:48 In this EM Cases update on cardiac arrest management, Dr. Sheldon Cheskes and Dr. Rob Simard join Anton to walk us through the evolving science and bedside practicalities of cardiac arrest management in the wake of the 2025 ACLS Guidelines. They answer questions such as: What are the most common failures in CPR quality, and how can we recognize and correct them in real time? Should we employ head
EM Quick Hits 71 EMC²: Fever Without a Source, Coaching the EM Mind Part 1, Traumatic Pneumothorax Part 2, PECARN C-spine Rule, Medetomidine Withdrawal, EMS Handover
EM Quick Hits 71 EMC²: Fever Without a Source, Coaching the EM Mind Part 1, Traumatic Pneumothorax Part 2, PECARN C-spine Rule, Medetomidine Withdrawal, EMS Handover Mar 10, 2026 1:38:53 In this month's EM Quick Hits Podcast we introduce not one, but two new series! First, "EMC²" - EM Cases Cases (we know, horrible name ;) where Anton or Katie discuss a knowledge building case with a special guest. And second, "Coaching the EM Mind" with Dr. Sara Gray a professional coach for EM providers, where Katie discusses with her the science and best expert advice on how to perform your bes
Ep 214 Bridging the Gap in Endometriosis Care: Recognition, Risk Stratification, and ED-Initiated Management
Ep 214 Bridging the Gap in Endometriosis Care: Recognition, Risk Stratification, and ED-Initiated Management Feb 25, 2026 55:44 We walk you through what Emergency Physicians need to know to recognize, risk stratify, and manage endometriosis safely and pragmatically. We answer question such as: When should endometriosis rise to the top of the differential for pelvic pain? How do we distinguish an endometriosis flare from a  dangerous endometriosis complication? from Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? Why hemorrhagic cyst the most
Ep 213 Update in Management of Status Epilepticus
Ep 213 Update in Management of Status Epilepticus Feb 10, 2026 59:25 Convulsive status epilepticus is one of the most morbid neurologic emergencies we manage in the ED, and outcomes depend far more on speed than drug selection. Like ventricular fibrillation, each minute of ongoing convulsions worsens hypoxia, acidosis, cardiovascular instability, and neuronal injury, while making seizures progressively harder to terminate. Modern definitions are intentionally time-
Ep 212 PECARN Febrile Young Infant Prediction Tool: When To Safely Forgo LP and Empiric Antibiotics
Ep 212 PECARN Febrile Young Infant Prediction Tool: When To Safely Forgo LP and Empiric Antibiotics Jan 27, 2026 47:36 If you’ve been practicing EM for more than a decade, your approach to the febrile young infant has (appropriately) evolved. For years, the default was LP + empiric antibiotics + admission for almost everyone. That approach prevented missing meningitis, but at the cost of a lot of harm: invasive testing, unnecessary antibiotics, and hospitalization-related complications. The modern approach is a pa

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