Emergency Medicine Minute is a US-based podcast created by experienced emergency medicine physicians and educators. The series delivers rapid, evidence-based updates on key emergency medicine topics in approximately one-minute episodes.
The action is simple but often missed: 20 minutes of cool running water for a recent burn, ideally within 3 hours, followed by a non-adherent dressing and gauze. Open this one for a fast reset on pain reduction, limiting tissue damage, and why full-thickness burns are not excluded.
Central line choice is a long-term access decision, not just a quick procedure. When both neck veins are suitable, left internal jugular access may preserve the right side for later haemodialysis, CRRT, or ECMO and reduce downstream dialysis catheter problems.
Stable epistaxis is usually controlled stepwise rather than packed on arrival. Clear clots, use topical anaesthetic with vasoconstrictor and a clamp for 15 minutes, then cauterise a visible point. Early ENT input matters when posterior bleeding is suspected or balloon packing is required.
D-dimer is a rule-out test, not a shortcut to certainty. Use it only when pre-test probability is low, apply the higher YEARS threshold in very low-risk pulmonary embolism, and do not let a blood test delay imaging when dissection or embolism is likely.
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