Emergency Medicine Board Bombs

Managing mild traumatic brain injury can be challenging in the ED. Which patients need admission? Who requires repeat imaging? And who can safely go home without any imaging? In this episode, we welcome Dr. Jeff Cloyd, Medical Director of UT LIFESTAR, to discuss the Modified Brain Injury Guidelines (mBIG) and how they help emergency physicians risk stratify patients with mild traumatic brain injury and traumatic intracranial hemorrhage.
We also discuss the upcoming UT LIFESTAR Emergency & Trauma Symposium on August 19, featuring cutting-edge trauma and emergency medicine education.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Cloyd, Jeff. 288. Managing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the ED. Accessed [date].
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Sometimes in EM, less thinking is a good thing. It's one of the most important concepts in EM board preparation: recognizing when immediate action is required before additional testing.
Through high-yield board-style cases, we review common exam traps and the critical interventions that should never be delayed. Whether you’re preparing for ABEM boards, in-training exams, or simply want to sharpen your emergency medicine decision-making, this episode focuses on the moments where acting quickly changes patient outcomes...for real.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake, Wosiski-Kuhn, Marlena. 287. Critical Decision moments in EM: when the right answer is act now. Accessed [date].
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Pulmonary embolism ECG findings are one of the most commonly tested Emergency Medicine board topics — and one of the easiest places to get tricked. Let's quickly cover what is the right answer on boards, and how in real life there is an even better option.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. 286. The PE ECG Finding Everyone Memorizes… But Gets Wrong. Accessed [date].
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In this special Rapid Bombs Premium preview, we’re talking about how to treat intractable nausea and vomiting in the ED like a boss.
This episode gives you a taste of the Rapid Bombs format: fast, practical, high-yield EM teaching built for boards, residency, and real-life clinical decision-making. We’ll walk through key treatment options, antiemetic strategy, common pitfalls, and what to think about when the usual “Zofran and fluids” approach is not cutting it.
We’re also dropping details for our SAEM26 Atlanta meet-and-greet:
Tuesday, 5/19
12–2 PM
Jittery Joe’s at the Ritz-Carlton
Atlanta, GA
Come hang out with us, say hello, talk EM, and grab some EM Board Bombs / Rapid Bombs merch while it lasts.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. 285. How to Treat Intractable Nausea and Vomiting Like a Boss. Accessed [date].
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Let's talk airway superiority. Rapid sequence intubation is not just “push the meds and pass the tube.” In this episode, we break down 5 RSI pitfalls in emergency medicine that can derail an emergency airway — from poor preoxygenation and peri-intubation hypotension to medication errors, lack of backup planning, and missed post-intubation priorities.
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Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. 284. 5 RSI pitfalls every EM clinician should avoid. Accessed [date].
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