Emergency Medicine blog
Clinical teaching and practical ideas for your next study session.
Circumrescue Collapse: Emergency Medicine Board SAQ
A focused framework for defining classic and analogous rescue collapse, separating mechanical from physiologic contributors, avoiding common SAQ reasoning errors, and converting a short hypothermia prompt into a reliable retrieval exercise.
Rescue Collapse in Hypothermia: Why Gentle, Horizontal Handling Matters
Rescue collapse describes time-linked cardiovascular deterioration in a hypothermic patient during extrication, transfer, or early treatment. Understand the mechanical and physiologic mechanisms that make careful handling lifesaving.
Post-ROSC VF Arrest With ST Elevation and Cardiogenic Shock: What Cannot Wait
Persistent ST elevation after VF arrest demands simultaneous reperfusion, shock support, temperature control, and disciplined neurologic prognostication. This case-based review focuses on the decisions that cannot wait—and the findings that should not be overinterpreted.