Explore public FOAM Cortex examples across differential diagnosis, procedures, evidence summaries, medication dosing, and disposition decisions.
Disposition-focused answer on when ED callbacks for positive blood cultures need admission versus close outpatient follow-up.
Query: Do patients referred to the ED for positive blood cultures need to be admitted?
Structured pediatric assessment example with practical signs to estimate dehydration severity and guide treatment.
Query: How do I assess dehydration in a pediatric patient?
Differential diagnosis template comparing bedside findings that separate peripheral facial palsy from central stroke.
Query: How do I distinguish Bell's palsy from an acute stroke?
Resuscitation differential that separates metabolic etiologies from toxicologic causes in wide-complex PEA arrest.
Query: How do I distinguish metabolic from toxic causes of wide-complex PEA?
Stepwise ED management and procedural considerations for cold injury evaluation and treatment.
Query: How do I manage frostbite in the emergency setting?
Pediatric seizure management pathway with medication sequencing and escalation checkpoints.
Query: How do I manage pediatric status epilepticus?
Medication-focused toxicology response with antidote use and dosing-focused treatment priorities.
Query: How do I recognize and treat a cholinergic toxidrome?
Procedure guide showing indications, setup, and safety checkpoints for ultrasound-guided subclavian access.
Query: How do I use ultrasound guidance for subclavian access?
Trauma-focused framework for zone-based evaluation and management priorities in penetrating neck injury.
Query: How should I evaluate and manage penetrating neck trauma?
Environmental emergency example outlining staged rewarming and monitoring priorities for moderate hypothermia.
Query: How should I rewarm a patient with moderate hypothermia?
Full procedure template with indications, contraindications, equipment, and practical execution tips.
Query: How to perform LP
High-acuity procedural response covering maternal cardiac arrest timing and resuscitative delivery technique.
Query: How to perform perimortem c-section
Rapid procedure walkthrough focused on maternal arrest decision points and emergency operative steps.
Query: How to perform resuscitative hysterotomy
Procedure-centered pacing guidance with setup, complications, and practical troubleshooting pearls.
Query: How to place a transvenous pacer?
Central line procedure example covering landmarks, complications, and procedural risk reduction.
Query: How to place subclavian line
Companion pacing example showing a second real output for transvenous pacing procedural structure.
Query: How to place transvenous pacer
General-reference style output summarizing normal pediatric vital sign ranges by age group.
Query: What are the pediatric vital sign normal ranges by age?
Trauma algorithm response organized around immediate life-threat prioritization during primary survey.
Query: What are the priorities of the primary survey in trauma?
Risk-focused pediatric differential highlighting serious bacterial infection warning features.
Query: What are the red flags for serious bacterial infection in febrile infants?
Differential and risk-screening structure for identifying when headache needs urgent imaging.
Query: What are the red flags that require imaging in headache?
Medication and pharmacology answer style describing mechanism, uses, and toxicity concerns.
Query: What is Paracetamol?
Evidence-summary style response with triage, workup, empiric antibiotics, and disposition logic.
Query: What's the ED management of febrile neutropenia?
Environmental emergency treatment template with rapid cooling priorities and critical interventions.
Query: What's the ED treatment for exertional heat stroke?
Medication regimen example for empiric neonatal meningitis coverage with emergency care context.
Query: What's the empiric antibiotic regimen for suspected meningitis in a neonate?
General evaluation template showing initial ED assessment and risk-directed workup for hemoptysis.
Query: What's the initial evaluation of hemoptysis in the ED?
Protocol-style toxicology answer with antidotes, acidosis correction, and dialysis indications.
Query: What's the treatment protocol for ethylene glycol poisoning?
Risk-stratification output for safe ED discharge timing after naloxone reversal.
Query: When is it safe to discharge a patient after naloxone reversal?
Procedure-linked decision response on when to intervene clinically before imaging confirmation.
Query: When should I suspect a tension pneumothorax and intervene without imaging?
Resuscitation algorithm focused on inclusion criteria, timing windows, and contraindications for eCPR.
Query: Which cardiac arrest patients should I activate eCPR for?
Diagnostic pattern example summarizing ECG findings associated with high-risk pulmonary embolism.
Query: Which ECG findings suggest high-risk pulmonary embolism?
Evidence-based decision template identifying which patients need neuroimaging before LP.
Query: Which patients need a head CT before lumbar puncture?
Disposition and risk output for identifying low-risk syncope patients suitable for discharge.
Query: Who can be safely discharged after a syncopal episode?
Medication eligibility template covering stroke thrombolytic inclusion, exclusions, and decision timing.
Query: Who qualifies for thrombolytics in acute stroke?