

Emergency Medicine Board Bombs
EM Board Bombs
The ONLY Emergency Medicine board review Question Bank Podcast. Board prep is our thing. 10-15 minute episodes on classic EM topics where we tell you what you need to know. High yield, funny, and entertaining. Check out our new interactive question bank podcast, EM Rapid Bombs. We drop a new 3 to 5 minute pod every weekday! You can find it here: www.emboardbombs.com.
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Nov 1, 2021 • 24min
123. Open fractures: “Doc, is it broken or fractured?!?”
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We’ve all had this problem before: trying to explain the difference between a fracture and a break is....Well don’t worry, we solve that problem in this podcast! Let’s cover the high yield portions of open fractures, their management, grading scales, and antibiotic selection.

Oct 26, 2021 • 18min
122. Uterine Bleeding #ACEP21
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We're with everyone in spirit at #ACEP21, but someone had to work in the ED while everyone was in Boston! Let's talk uterine bleeding, a commonly seen, but improperly treated, problem.

Oct 11, 2021 • 18min
121. Tacos and Biliary Dilatation
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They say the craving for Taco Bell worsens after midnight…. while this might be true, we cannot say for sure if Taco Bell is associated with higher rates of cholecystitis. What we CAN tell you is how to not miss this question on the boards. ACEP PeerCert and EM Board Bombs join forces on this one.

Sep 27, 2021 • 23min
120. Epistaxis- No, its snot that easy
Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: https://emrapidbombs.supercast.tech
They say you can't pick your friends but you can pick their noses- wait, that's just wrong! Let's pick the pearls (hehe) of presentation, diagnosis, and management of epistaxis.

Sep 6, 2021 • 28min
119. Migraines: The Great Mimicker
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Time for a magic trick. What causes headache, vision changes, hemiplegia, vomiting, and even abdominal pain?? Migraines. Really? Let’s talk about the greatest neurologic mimicker- how to treat them, and which ones need further workup.

Aug 23, 2021 • 27min
118. Menacing Muscles: Myocarditis
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Load the shotgun. Time to talk about a disease that is hard to diagnose, and you'll find yourself firing off so many labs it's difficult to keep track.
Time to set the record straight with myocarditis, a potentially very scary cause of heart failure.

Aug 2, 2021 • 20min
117. Top 10 tips for residents starting out
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July just ended, so we figured it's the right time for some quick, distilled advice for early 4th years, new residents, and even new attendings. Yeah we know its not board prep, but dont @ us.

Jul 26, 2021 • 19min
116. Opioid Overdose- NarCAN!
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"Everybody counts or nobody counts". The motto of Harry Bosch is strong in this episode as we discuss how to best manage patients with opioid overdose in the ED. How to best approach these patients and promote staff and patient safety, and how to recognize opioid overdose.
Shoutout to Project Lazarus in North Carolina- a nonprofit who promotes training, education, community outreach, and Naloxone kits in their region thats hard hit by the epidemic.

Jul 12, 2021 • 27min
115. Live from the Bayou! Drowning & Submersion injuries
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This week Iltifat and Blake are reunited in Alabama on the Bayou. When faced with kayaking, camping, and gators, it’s time for us to review myths and proper treat drowning and submersion injuries.

Jul 6, 2021 • 24min
114. TACO Tuesday: transfusion reactions
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All aboard the TRALI, its time for TACO Tuesday. Wow how often can you fit the entirety of our podcast in one catchy sentence?? Let’s dig into these commonly tested transfusion reactions.