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We believe in the educational merits of Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM), which includes podcasts, blogs, articles on PubMed Central, conferences streamed for free and more. As a re...

This episode reviews the basics of cervical spine clearance in adult blunt trauma patients including Deciding between clinical decision tool...

In this episode, we review a new clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) on the use of risk stratification...

Historically, RhD immunoglobulin was recommended in Rh-negative patients presenting after spontaneous or induced abortion. However, guidelin...

This episode discusses asthma guidelines and a systemic review and network meta-analysis on the use of inhaled corticosteroids for asthma. S...

In this episode, we discuss treatment of acute ischemic priapism, including some updates from the American Urological Association . Show not...

In this episode, we review a consensus guideline from the American College of Emergency Physicians on the use of topical anesthetics in corn...

This episode covers emergency medicine-related recommendations from the American Heart Association's (AHA) clinical guideline on atrial fibr...

The AABB recently published updated recommendations for blood transfusion thresholds. This podcast reviews these recommendations and a recen...

This epsiode reviews the new clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) on medication for acutely agitated pat...

In this episode, we review Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA), notably dissecting the recent Jansen et al tri...

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is commonly encountered in the ED and visits related to alcohol are estimated to be ~4% of all ED visits in the U...

Recommendations for the use of steroids in community-acquired pneumonia have been mixed. This episode reviews a large multicenter randomized...

In this episode we review the CLOVERS trial , a randomized trial of early (first 24 hours) restrictive versus liberal fluids. Show notes/ref...

This episode reviews guideline recommendations and literature on the management of acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis - highlighting the re...

This episode reviews a shift from the "lethal triad" in trauma to the "diamond of death," exploring the role of calcium in hemostasis and cr...

This episode is a departure from the typical FOAMcast clinical content, we will be back with strictly clinical content soon. In May 2022, I...

This episode covers the 2022 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) clinical policy on acute heart failure syndromes with a special...

In this episode, we review the largest trial of double sequential external defibrillation (DSED) and vector change (VC) defibrillation for r...

The American College of Cardiology released a new consensus statement endorsing several signs on the electrocardiogram (ECG) as "STEMI Equiv...

Since 2010, the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have de-emphasized pulse checks - such that th...

There is a global outbreak of human monkeypox virus cases. In this episode we provide a quick summary of monkeypox to date. Check out our tw...

There is a global outbreak of human monkeypox virus cases. In this episode (the second of a 2 part series), we summarize clinical manifestat...

There is a global outbreak of human monkeypox virus cases. In this episode (the first of a 2 part series), we summarize some brief virology,...

We review the Anorectal emergencies: WSES-AAST guidelines on complicated hemorrhoids that include some practice-changers References: FOAMcas...

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and other first-generation antihistamines are commonly used, despite decades of data that there are safer and eff...

In this episode we review acute urticaria and new guidelines related to the treatment of urticaria. We review additional relevant trials Pal...

In this podcast we discuss onset of action of various intramuscular agents for chemical sedation for severely agitated patients. This includ...

Outpatient management of pulmonary embolism for low-risk patients has been encouraged for several years. However, little is known about pulm...

The diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism (PE) has evolved over the past few years to include probability or risk-adjusted D-dimer. Th...

A seminal single-center study in 2018 by Driver et al found a 98% first-pass success in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation in the E...

Subsegmental pulmonary embolism (SSPE) is a controversial entity as they have uncertain clinical significance. As a result, the Chest Guidel...

We review the FDA briefing document from Pfizer as well as from the CDC Advisory Council on Immunization Practices that approved the Pfizer-...

We previously covered the management of young febrile infants in a 2017 podcast but now we have updated guidance from the AAP. In this podca...

In this episode, Jeremy discusses what we know about breakthrough infections in the delta variant era and what this may mean for COVID-19 va...

In this episode, we discuss the current evidence (as of September 24, 2021) on COVID-19 vaccine boosters as well as the CDC recommendations...

In this literature update podcast covering important papers of 2021, we cover Becattini et al on the assessment of right ventricular dysfunc...

This is a quick literature update on practice-changing literature from 2021. Here we discuss Pappal et al in Annals of Emergency Medicine on...

This is a quick literature update of important literature in 2021 covering take-home naloxone by Kilaru et al . In this episode, we discuss...

We review new clinical policy guidelines from SAEM on patients with recurrent (2 ED evaluations in 12 months) low risk (e.g. HEART score Sho...

In this episode, we review the data on the association between myocarditis and the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Show notes / References: FOAMcast...

In this quick literature update, we review a recent paper by Branch et al on early 'panscan' (head to pelvis CT scan ) in patients with retu...

In this episode we review what we know about vaccine induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), which has been associated with the COVID-19...

In this podcast, we review Cerebral Vein Thrombosis (CVT) including clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management. Show notes: FOAMcast.o...

In this episode, we discuss ivermectin as a potential therapeutic for COVID-19 and review available randomized trials evaluating this drug....

In this episode, we review new registry data from the ACIP meeting on pregnant people who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and discuss, in...

In this episode, we review the FDA briefing document on the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) viral vector COVID-19 vaccine. Show notes: FOAMcast....

We have previously covered epistaxis on FOAMcast , including the use of tranexamic acid (TXA). Now, we cover a new, large RCT, the NoPac tri...

There's been a lot of excitement over various drugs for COVID-19, including anti-inflammatory drugs. Colchicine, a medication long used for...

Early studies of tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds interleukin-6 , were disappointing. However, the REMAP-CAP trial recently rep...

As vaccinations role out, the news of SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations to the spike protein have dominated news cycles. One unanswered que...