Browsing: April 2016

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Health Policy

EMTALA: Things You Never Knew (or Never Thought to Ask)

4/4/2016 Ross Christensen, DO , Elizabeth Davlantes, MD
EMTALA: Things You Never Knew (or Never Thought to Ask) Happy birthday, EMTALA! The law that revolutionized emergency medicine turns 30 this year. We all know the basic tenets of this legislation: pr
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President's Message , EMRA , Leadership Reports

EMRA's Strategic Plan for the Future

4/4/2016 Ramnik “Ricky” Dhaliwal, MD, JD
EMRA's Strategic Plan for the Future Every year, the EMRA Board of Directors meets to plan the direction of the organization. Every 3 years, this meeting entails creating a specific strategic plan to
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Clinical , Cardiology

Clinical Utility of BNP in Acute Congestive Heart Failure

4/4/2016 Nilesh Patel, DO , Joseph Bove, DO
Clinical Utility of BNP in Acute Congestive Heart Failure You are working in the acute side of your emergency department when EMS brings in a patient in respiratory distress on CPAP. EMS reports a 58