Browsing: April 2015

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Health Policy , Leadership and Advocacy Conference , Events & Activities

2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit

4/30/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA
2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit On the Health Policy Horizon The first day of spring has passed, and that means the 2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leade
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Fellowships , Critical Care

Pathways to Critical Care Fellowship Training (Panel Discussion, ACEP14)

4/30/2015 EM Resident
Pathways to Critical Care Fellowship Training (Panel Discussion, ACEP14) The Fellows' Perspective Ann Tsung, MD. Ann is from the University of Florida and has matched at Washington University in St.
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Landmark Articles: GI Edition

4/30/2015 Tiffany Scott, MSIV
Landmark Articles: GI Edition Welcome back to the Landmark Article project! In this issue, we are focusing on the gastrointestinal tract, and the care of two major conditions. We examine some of the
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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children

4/30/2015 EM Resident
Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children From the February 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “PEMP – Emergency Department Management of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Chil
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Visual Diagnosis , Ophthalmology

Anisocoria

4/30/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD
Anisocoria CASES Case 1. The Patient A 61-year-old female complains of sudden onset right eye pain, headache, blurred vision, and vomiting 2 hours prior to coming to the ED. Physical examination reve
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Advocacy , Health Policy

A Call to Advocacy

4/30/2015 Joshua Enyart, DO
A Call to Advocacy As my shift is about to start, I look at the board to see what's new and what may be signed out. There's a drunk patient in bed 5, a psychotic patient in 19 in restraints, over in
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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Trauma

The Pediatric Burn Patient: A Simplified Approach

4/30/2015 Megan Cobb, MD, DPT
The Pediatric Burn Patient: A Simplified Approach Burns are a fairly common occurrence among the pediatric population. While most burns are limited and require only localized wound care and outpatien
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International EM , Career Planning

ISAEM and the Push for Emergency Medicine Worldwide

4/30/2015 Larshan Perinpam , Lance Adams , Anh-Nhi Thi Huynh, MD
ISAEM and the Push for Emergency Medicine Worldwide Establishing the Standard To many EMRA members, it may come as a surprise that the specialty of emergency medicine is a foreign term, and in many c
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Match , Advising , MSIII , MSIV

MSIV Reflections on Matching EM (Part 1)

4/30/2015 EM Resident
MSIV Reflections on Matching EM (Part 1) What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then From the EMRA Medical Student Council Introduction This time of year brings feelings of change to every medical studen
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Medical Education

A Call for Formalized Training in Hand-Off Procedures

4/30/2015 Nicholas Governatori, MD
A Call for Formalized Training in Hand-Off Procedures 7 pm arrives. Your stomach is growling. You realize you haven't taken a bathroom break in the past twelve hours, and it's already time to sign ou