August 28, 2015
PA Student: Staying Active & Healthy During the Semester
PA Student: Why It Is Important to Stay Active & Healthy During the Semester …
August 14, 2015
PA Student: How to De-stress
How to De-stress and Relax Even When You Think You Can’t There have been…
August 12, 2015
PA CME: Surgical Abdomen and Sepsis
PA CME: Surgical Abdomen and Sepsis With a surgical abdomen, my first thought is…
August 6, 2015
PA CME : Inferior MI
PA CME : Inferior MI Ok, so we gave you an easy one! Clearly this…
July 31, 2015
Physician Assistant Student : Study Techniques That Work
Physician Assistant Student : Study Techniques That Work Study Techniques that Work (and…
February 3, 2015
Self Assessment CME for Physician Assistants
Category 1 Self Assessment CME and PI-CME are now part of our CME requirements as…
January 7, 2015
PA Board Review: Rheumatology
As many people know, when studying for the PANCE or PANRE, there are certain subjects…
December 29, 2014
Cardiology CME: Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest
A recent study out of Paris looked at a large number of out of hospital…
December 22, 2014
Cardiology CME: EKG Basics
Make no mistake about it, you can learn EKG rhythms from a book. No problem. …
November 19, 2014
Case Study: Acute PE in a 61 y/o Male
Case Study: Acute PE in a 61 y/o Male A 61 y/o male admitted for…
November 19, 2014
Your Most Important 12-Lead EKG Lesson
Your Most Important 12-Lead EKG Lesson I’m going to kick off this post with its…
October 30, 2014
Bell’s Palsy or CVA?
To image or not image - that is the question! This was a dilemma for…
October 23, 2014
12 Lead EKG Quiz and Answers
This is a test I gave to PA students here in Buffalo NY. My advice…
September 2, 2014
Pneumonia Kills People. No Doubt.
Earlier this summer I talked about the HORID approach to pulmonary patients. You don’t want to…
August 25, 2014
Contiguous Leads and the EKG
This week, we’re talking about coronary blood flow, contiguous leads and understanding EKGs. A Closer…
August 5, 2014
Pulmonary Embolism With Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath – How to Not Get Smoked by PE!
There are five causes of chest pain that I teach in my Demystifying Emergency Medicine…
July 30, 2014
This one small thing saves 21% of patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and an Abnormal EKG
What is Life Saving in an Acute Coronary Syndrome? Aspirin. That is a key. Aspirin…
July 29, 2014
Landmines that Kill on the 12 Lead EKG: Wellen’s Sign
There are some sneaky findings on an EKG that are landmines. Wellen’s Sign is one.…
June 27, 2014
A New Look at IE Ratio and Medical Providers
When we think about IE ratio, we traditionally think of it in the clinical sense:…
June 20, 2014
The “HORID” Approach to Pulmonary Patients
How many patients out of 100 that present with pulmonary symptoms are really sick? How…