Browsing: January 2015

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Critical Care

Resuscitating the Neonate

1/8/2015 Melissa Rice, MD

Resuscitating the Neonate Up to 10% of all newborns will require some assistance to begin regular breathing, and just under 1% of newborns will require extensive resuscitative efforts. Introduction T

EMPower

Joseph F. Waeckerle, MD, FACEP

1/7/2015 EM Resident

Joseph F. Waeckerle, MD, FACEP Joseph F. Waeckerle, MD, FACEP This year we celebrated EMRA's 40th anniversary. Our organization has evolved with time, and has grown beyond what was ever anticipated a

Editorial , Workplace , Wellness

How Interprovider Communication in the ED Affects More than What You Think

1/7/2015 Joshua Davis, MD

How Interprovider Communication in the ED Affects More than What You Think Medicine is full of communication. We must communicate effectively with our patients and with other professionals on the car

Clinical , Critical Care , Sepsis

The Enlightened Era of Sepsis Management

1/7/2015 Melvin Ku, MD , Matthew Sarsfield, MD

The Enlightened Era of Sepsis Management Since the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SCC) Guidelines came out in early 2013,1 literature on sepsis management has expanded with not only the ProCESS trial,2 b

Health Policy

Mandatory Quarantines of Health Workers

1/7/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA

Mandatory Quarantines of Health Workers Responding to public fears regarding Ebola transmission, governors in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, California, and Maine have

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

EMRA at 40: Leaders in the Field

1/6/2015 Matt Rudy, MD

EMRA at 40: Leaders in the Field EMRA celebrated its 40th anniversary during ACEP14 in Chicago this October, and we were fortunate to welcome one of our founders, Joe Waeckerle, MD, to participate in

Representative Council

Representative Council Highlights

1/6/2015 Anant Patel, DO

Representative Council Highlights During my intern year, I was offered the chance to become our EMRA program representative. As I attended the EMRA Representative Council Meeting later that year and