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EM Clerkship

Deep Dive R10 (IT)

EM Clerkship

Zack Olson, MD ; Mike Estephan, MD ; Maddie Watts, MD

Health & Fitness, Science, Education, Medicine, Life Sciences

4.9816 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Hypertensive emergency? Urgency? Crisis? What’s the difference?

 

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https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/cardiovascular/emergency-medicine-hypertensive-emergencies

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, med students. This is Zach Olson. It is clerkship season. If you are heading into

0:06.9

emergency medicine and need to crush your upcoming EM rotation, then I highly encourage you to check

0:13.1

out EM Clerkship's Procrastinator's Guide to Emergency Medicine. This course is not the same as what you

0:19.1

get on the podcast. It is condensed in high yield, designed so that you can hit the ground running and make a great first impression in the ER.

0:29.1

You can find a link at our website, www.emclerkship.com.

0:34.3

Click Procrastinator's Guide to Emergency Medicine.

0:37.2

Now enjoy your show.

0:40.8

Hello, residents, and welcome back to EM Clerkship. My name is Maddie Watts, and this is our deep dive.

0:48.3

We're going to be talking about what is hypertensive emergency? What is hypertensive urgency? What is hypertensive urgency? What is hypertensive crisis?

0:56.7

This is one of those things that sounds so straightforward when you first learn in preclinicals,

1:02.1

and then you get to clinicals or residency or even attendinghood, and it all stops making sense.

1:08.0

Because the truth is, real life is is quite nuanced and it makes you question everything

1:13.0

that used to seem so simple in preclinicals but don't worry we're going to get into all of your

1:18.8

burning questions today about hypertensive emergencies but before we do a word from our sponsor

1:25.4

Pearson rabbits insurance disability we do, a word from our sponsor, Pearson Ravits Insurance.

1:30.9

Disability insurance is one of those things that you just don't think about until you need it.

1:36.7

None of us ever want to imagine becoming disabled to the point where we cannot do the job that we've trained so hard to do.

1:43.9

But unfortunately, it does happen,

1:45.9

and it happened to Stephanie Pearson. Our job requires the use of our hands for procedures. It

1:52.1

requires us to be mobile around the department. And if we ever were to incurred disabling condition,

1:57.4

it may really limit our ability to practice emergency medicine.

2:01.6

General disability insurance only covers you if you cannot work at all as a physician,

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