Browsing: January 2016

Match , Medical Students , MSIII , MSIV

What You Want to Know About EM Residency Programs

1/30/2016 Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV

What You Want to Know About EM Residency Programs As medical students, we are in love with understanding our future. If crystal balls ever become available on Amazon Prime, we'll all choose same-day

Medical Education , Fellowships , Sports Medicine

EMRA Sports Medicine Fellowship Playbook

1/30/2016 Kylie Conroy, DO

EMRA Sports Medicine Fellowship Playbook The EMRA Sports Medicine Division is excited about its mission to increase awareness, resources, and opportunity for those emergency medicine (EM) residents a

Critical Care , Cardiology

ED-ECMO: Coming Soon to an ED Near You

1/30/2016 Michael Overbeck, MD , James M. Tsahakis, MD , Danish Malik, MD

ED-ECMO: Coming Soon to an ED Near You A 52-year-old man experiences crushing sub-sternal chest pain while walking through the mall and slumps to the floor. EMS performs an EKG and notes tombstone ST

Diversity and Inclusion , EMRA

Diversifying Emergency Medicine

1/30/2016 Zach Jarou, MD , Jeffrey Druck, MD

Diversifying Emergency Medicine The Importance of a Diverse Physician Workforce In 2015, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) released a report highlighting that the number of black ma

Clinical , Space Medicine

Redefining the (Emergency) Physician-Astronaut

1/30/2016 Jennifer S. Jackson, MD , Faye T. Pedersen, MD

Redefining the (Emergency) Physician-Astronaut (All images courtesy of NASA. Above, emergency physician Scott Parazynski, MD, participates in an Extravehicular Activity during STS-120, the 23rd shutt

Editor's Forum , Editorial , Personal

Letter from the Editor

1/30/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD

Letter from the Editor If you had asked my elementary school self what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said an astronaut. I wore space suits made of painter’s coveralls, built a paper-mâc

Clinical , Recreational Drugs , Toxicology

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: The Anti-Munchies

1/30/2016 Ryan Surmaitis, DO

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: The Anti-Munchies Introduction "The munchies” is a common term familiar to both casual and chronic marijuana users that amusingly describes the appetite-stimulating

Health Policy , Legislation

Is the Sky Falling?

1/30/2016 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA

Is the Sky Falling? The past year saw a flurry of activity in the world of health policy, with movement in the regulatory and legislative realms on multiple fronts. For emergency medicine physicians,

President's Message , Leadership Reports , Wellness

Wellness: The Life You Save May Be Your Patient's and Your Own

1/30/2016 Ramnik “Ricky” Dhaliwal, MD, JD

Wellness: The Life You Save May Be Your Patient's and Your Own Residency has been a challenging but fulfilling chapter in my life. But there have been times when I've fought cynicism and burnout. On

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose this Rash

1/29/2016 Saralyn Williams, MD , R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM

Diagnose this Rash The Patient A 54-year-old female presents to the emergency department with a rash on her hands and legs that has progressed over the past day. She reports having used Lysol to clea