Browsing: December 2015

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

EMRA: Feeding the Roots of Emergency Medicine

12/3/2015 Ramnik “Ricky” Dhaliwal, MD, JD

EMRA: Feeding the Roots of Emergency Medicine I am humbled and thrilled to begin my year of service as your new EMRA president after being involved with EMRA for a few years — joining as an intern an

Health Policy , International

Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care

12/3/2015 Matthew Karp, MD

Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care A 51-year-old female with hypertension calls EMS for palpitations. The crew arrives on the north side of town to a large, somewhat worn apartment complex. A family

Cardiology , Clinical

Wolff-Parkinson Wait!

12/2/2015 Tim Barr, DO , Mike Hausberger, DO , Adam Sadowski, DO

Wolff-Parkinson Wait! A healthy 28-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with palpitations and dizziness. Vital signs are within normal limits except for a r

EMPower , Non Clinical

Christopher I. Doty, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

12/2/2015 EM Resident

Christopher I. Doty, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Medical school: Thomas Jefferson University Residency: SUNY Downstate and Kings County Hospital Current position: Program director and vice chair for Education,

Editorial

The Focus: Mastering the Art of Multitasking

12/2/2015 Samuel Zidovetzki, MD

The Focus: Mastering the Art of Multitasking “Doctor, come quick!” The anxious words pierce my reverie as I sit at my desk, attempting to chip away at the stack of unfinished charts piling up from t

Clinical , Critical Care

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens

12/2/2015 William Baker, MD, FACEP , Samuel Kim, MD

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens A 65-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer is brought to the emergency department with one day of left leg swelling,

Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Syncope in Adult Patients

12/1/2015 EM Resident

Syncope in Adult Patients From the April 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Syncope: Risk Stratification and Clinical Decision Making.” Reprinted with permission. To access your EMRA member

Pediatric EM , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls , Clinical

Urinary Tract Infection in Children

12/1/2015 EM Resident

Urinary Tract Infection in Children From the May 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Urinary Tract Infection in Children: Emergency Department Diagnostics and Interventions.” Repri

Visual Diagnosis , Ophthalmology , Clinical

Corneal Hydrops: A Complication of Keratoconus

12/1/2015 Lawrence Stack, MD , Craig Sheedy, MD , Brian Bales, MD

Corneal Hydrops: A Complication of Keratoconus The Patient A 36-year-old female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of decreased vision, pain, and photophobia of her left eye. She denies