The Long Haul
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us, and with vaccines starting to roll out, I think we’re all looking forward to getting past it. But some people who have had COVID-19, getting past it ....
Category: Heartbeats
These are focused mini episodes.
Vax Chat
I think we can all agree that this has been a long year. For those of us working in the emergency department, the stress of treating patients with COVID-19, while trying to keep our families ....
Open notes: Patients love it. Doctors fear it. Until they do it.
Open notes or the 21st Century Cures ACT introduces a brave new world of sharing the whole medical record immediately with our patients. In this episode we discuss with an informatics specialist what this mandate ....
We Are Problem Solvers
This is the fascinating story of Dr. Rory Stuart the Bronze Star recipient for his fight against COVID in Afghanistan. He shares what it was like to be blindsided by COVID in the Middle East ....
Glucose = Brain
A new PECARN study found just a single episode of moderate-severe DKA impacts cognition! This game changing article challenges what we thought about glucose and the brain and really makes a case for aggressive DKA ....
Residency Recruiting in the Time of COVID
It’s that time of year again - residency recruiting season! But this year, things will look very different, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk with Dr. David Barnes, Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at ....
MIS-C—What do we do???
Has MIS-C changed the way you approach a febrile child? I know I struggle to understand this new disease. Fortunately Dr. Natasha Nakra, a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist, joins us this month to clarify what ....
From Ally to Advocate
Welcome back to EM Pulse. It’s no secret that black, indigenous, and people of color are underrepresented in medicine and academics. This is largely due to structural or institutionalized racism, which is a massive topic ....
Lessons learned from NYC
What are you seeing in your hospital? How did your system prepare for a surge? Send us your answer via on social media, @empulsepodcast, or through our website, ucdavisem.com. And stay tuned for the June ....
Treating Pediatric Pain Equitably
How do you treat the pain of pediatric long bone fractures? Is it equitable? In this episode the authors of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Pain Management of Children With Fractures of Pediatrics ....