Linking To And Excerpting From Emergency Medicine Cases’ “EM Quick Hits 70 MedMal Cases Upper Back Pain, Traumatic Pneumothorax/Hemothorax Decision Making, Risk Stratification of ICH for Consultation, Post-Circumcision Bleeds, IV Contrast Allergy, Emotional Contagion”

Posted on February 3, 2026 by Tom Wade MD

Today, I review, link to, and excerpt from Emergency Medicine Cases‘ “EM Quick Hits 70 MedMal Cases Upper Back Pain, Traumatic Pneumothorax/Hemothorax Decision Making, Risk Stratification of ICH for Consultation, Post-Circumcision Bleeds, IV Contrast Allergy, Emotional Contagion“.*

*Helman, Petrosoniak, A. Morgenstern, J. Tagg, A. Rosenberg, H. Hendin, A. Seregren, S. EM Quick Hits 70 – MedMal Case Upper Back Pain, Traumatic Pneumothorax/Hemothorax Decision Making, Risk Stratification of ICH for Consultation, Post-Circumcision Bleeds, IV Contrast Allergy, Emotional Contagion. Emergency Medicine Cases. January, 2026. https://emergencymedicinecases.com/em-quick-hits-70-jan-2026/. Accessed February 3, 2026.

All that follows is from the above resource.

EM Quick Hits 70 MedMal Upper Back Pain, Traumatic Pneumothorax, Post-circumcision Bleed, Emotional Contagion in Team Resuscitation, Risk Stratification ICH for Neurosurgical Consultation, Admission and Repeat Imaging

Topics in this EM Quick Hits podcast

Mike Weinstock on medmal cases: upper back pain (1:29)

Any patient with pain above the waist: Think of Acute Coronary Syndrome, Pulmonary Embolus, and Dissection of the Aorta

Andrew Petrosoniak on traumatic pneumothorax and hemothorax decision making (27:55)

Justin Morgenstern on brain injury guidelines: risk stratification for neurosurgical consult, imaging and admission (38:23)

Andrew Tagg on management of post-circumcision bleeding  (47:32)

Hans Rosenberg & Ariel Hendin on evaluation and management of CT contrast allergy  (50:30)

Shawn Segeren on emotional contagion in resuscitation teams  (59:30)

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