Resuscitative transoesophageal echocardiography performed by emergency physicians in the emergency department: insights from a 1-year period.

Aims: Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) has increasingly been described as a possible complementary and point-of-care approach for patients with cardiac arrest (CA). It provides information about potentially reversible causes and prognosis and allows monitoring of resuscitation efforts without affecting ongoing chest compressions. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of TOE performed by emergency physicians (EPs) during CA in an emergency department (ED).

Education in Academic Emergency Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Our Experience From an Ongoing Crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the suspension of the entire teaching program at the Medical University of Vienna till the end of the summer semester. As the department that is responsible for emergency medicine teaching, we adapted the program to continue the courses and maintain the learning progress. Our objective is to evaluate the number of courses conducted and report the methods used.

Severe Hypernatraemic Dehydration and Unconsciousness in a Care-Dependent Inpatient Treated with Empagliflozin.

A 66-year-old Caucasian male became unconscious 2 weeks after initiation of add-on therapy with empagliflozin for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus. The inpatient had recently suffered focal pontine stroke, rendering him bedridden and requiring increased nursing care, including assistance with drinking. The patient had received empagliflozin 10 mg once daily for glycaemic control.