July 2025 – Emergency Medicine Education

Ringer lactate or Normal Saline

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025Pourmand

Each time I come across another article on this topic, I tell myself it will be the last time I read one — yet somehow, I keep coming back. The ongoing debate over whether lactated Ringer’s (LR) is better than normal saline (NS), or vice versa, seems endless. The recent NEJM article concluded that there […]

Facial Fracture, Should we transfer?

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025Pourmand

I found this article very helpful and practical, particularly for situations when a patient presents with a facial fracture and no specialist or subspecialist is immediately available. It provides valuable guidance on which injuries may not warrant emergent consultation. In fact, the article published in the current issue of Journal of Trauma and Acute Care […]