Nerve agents have been in the news again recently... Scary stuff.

The patient with a tracheostomy can be challenging, but what do you need to know when caring for these patients?

Opioid addiction is a major problem, but what role does buprenorphine play? This post from Dr. Cisewski and Dr. Santos sheds light on the controversy.

How should you evaluate and manage the patient with possible rectus sheath hematoma? This post from Dr. Baker and Dr. Yang provides you with pearls and pitfalls for this condition.

Remember Huntington's Disease? This post provides you with the key information concerning this disease for EM.

Emergency clinicians are well-versed in the evaluation and management of heart failure, but sometimes the underlying cause of the heart failure exacerbation isn't so easy to determine.

Generalized weakness in the elderly patient is probably not your favorite chief complaint to evaluate, but these patients could be experiencing a life-threatening condition. What do you need to consider in these patients?

The patient with flu-like illness and diffuse erythroderma who appears sick... What should you consider? Could it be toxic shock syndrome? This post provides keys in the evaluation and management of toxic shock syndrome, as well as a downloadable handout.