Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing Wellness 
Don't Forget the Bubbles
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A 7-week-old baby presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with a one-day history of coryza and cough. In triage, she is noted to be alert and feeding well. You perform a viral swab test at ED which comes back positive for SARS-CoV-2. What about that well-appearing seven-week-old infant with a fever of 38.2⁰C
PEMBlog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
These tests come with various costs, such as drawing your attention away from direct patient care, placing financial burdens on the patient, and even posing potential harm. This harm can manifest through the discomfort of blood draws and urine catheterizations, as well as the radiation exposure involved in head CT scans.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 15, 2024
Colin is an emergency medicine resident beginning his critical care fellowship in the summer with a strong interest in the role of ECG in critical care and OMI. A patient in their 40s with type 1 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with 5 days of “flu-like” illness.
ACEP Now
DECEMBER 10, 2023
At the time, those who wanted to get tested for HIV had to go to receive an hour of counseling and then wait a week for their results. As the science was progressing into point-of-care testing, Dr. Calderon and her colleagues started testing different options for providing HIV counseling in the ED.
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. ng/mL, 0.25-0.5
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