Podcast #13 - Cold Hard Steel and the Abscess

If you have worked in emergency medicine for any length of time, you have seen an abscess.  No, it's not a spider bite, it's almost always an abscess.  With abscess management, there are a number of approaches.  We are going to review a relatively evidence based approach to treating these pus filled pockets of joy.  Grab your eye protection and masks as this can get messy. These two images from Mount Sinai EM Ultrasound's page shows an abscess and celluliti [...]