Environmental Emergencies

Image Credit: Photo by Hohum on Wikimedia Commons Author: Jeff Chen, MSIII UCSF School of Medicine This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.  My first encounter with marine envenomations was in 9th grade. Wading out into the ocean to catch a wave, I felt a sharp pain in my left foot that shot up […]

Author: Teng Lu, MD Emergency Medicine Resident Stanford-Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Case: It’s summer in the South Bay, California area, with temperatures averaging more than 80 °F. An elderly gentleman was brought in by emergency medical services (EMS) for altered mental status and hyperthermia. He was found […]