In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and Dr. T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the May 2026 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Serious and High-Risk Infections in the Febrile Returning Traveler.

• 0:16 — Podcast Introduction
• 1:08 — Episode Introduction
• 7:30 — Malaria
• 13:55 — Dengue
• 17:33 — Enteric Fever (Typhoid/Paratyphoid)
• 20:53 — Leptospirosis
• 22:43 — Clinical Presentations
• 26:33 — Diagnostic Testing
• 33:17 — Treatment
• 38:59 — Special Populations & Risk Pitfalls
• 43:05 — Closing Pearls & Outro

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In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and Dr. T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the April 2026 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Wide Complex Tachycardia in the Emergency Department: An Updated Approach to Diagnosis and Management.



• Introduction – 0:11
• Article Overview – 2:02
• Top 5 Bedside Steps – 7:54
• Sodium Channel Blockade – 9:26
• Hyperkalemia – 11:53
• SVT with Aberrancy – 12:47
• WPW & Accessory Pathway – 13:34
• AFib with Accessory Pathway – 14:09
• Monomorphic VT – 19:01
• Polymorphic VT / Torsades – 20:08
• Bidirectional VT – 21:29
• Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia – 22:30
• Pre-Hospital Considerations – 24:52
• Stable vs. Unstable Assessment – 27:58
• Diagnostic Studies – 29:42
• Treatment – 38:00
• Risk Management Pitfalls – 44:49
• Wrap-Up – 49:44

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• Introduction & Welcome — 0:17
• Jack's Background in Healthcare AI — 0:58
• Brief History of AI — 3:57
• The "Perfect Storm" That Created Modern AI — 5:48
• From General to Specialized: Fine-Tuning AI for Medicine — 7:04
• LLM Confidence & the Sycophancy Problem — 13:01
• The Benchmark Problem — 14:25
• Building Your Own Personal AI Benchmark — 17:44
• Can You "Turn Off" AI Sycophancy? — 20:00
• RAG Systems & How Specialty AI Tools Work — 22:09
• Choosing the Right AI Tool for Clinical Use — 26:18
• Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail in Deployment— 28:10
• How to Ask AI Questions Well (Prompt Quality) — 31:25
• Knowledge Base Currency & Sam's Drug Withdrawal Test — 35:06
• Closing & Contact Info — 37:12