Browsing: April 2019

Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

4/26/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Chad Meyers, MD

An estimated 6.5 million Americans suffer from heart failure, a broad term that can encompass a range of patients. Acute decompensated heart failure may be the first presentation of a heart condition,

Medical Students , Advising , Match , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Paul DeKoning, MD | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Emergency Medicine Residency

4/25/2019 Kate Anderson, MD

Next up in our Program Director Interview Series is E. Paul DeKoning, MD, who shares details about the opportunities available at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire

Non Clinical

News and Notes: Upcoming EMRA Books, Moving Service Discounts, and More

4/18/2019

Catch up with the news and opportunities available through EMRA.

Wellness

Resilience: The Art of Picking Yourself Up After a Fall

4/11/2019 Jeffrey Gardecki, DO

What happens when you're having a lucid, pleasant conversation with a patient one minute - and noting her time of death the next?

Medical Education

EM Podcasting Advice from Andy Little

4/11/2019 Will Hockett, MD , Tate Higgins

The podcasting space is a hot spot in FOAMed. How do you get started if you want to add your voice to the mix? We asked Andy Little, DO, an EMRA•Cast advisor and one of the hosts of EM Over Easy.

EMS

Firefighter Down! Sudden Cardiac Events and Risk Mitigation for Emergency Responders

4/11/2019 Catherine Divingian, MS, MBA, PhD

The top cause of line-of-duty deaths among firefighters is not trauma, burns, or asphyxiation from smoke. It is sudden cardiac events. EMS directors can have a profound impact on the health and longev

Opinion-Editorial

Cure Sometimes, Comfort Always

4/11/2019 Castrenze Fricano

Sometimes the best on-shift lessons come not from being on the front lines of a code - but from being the shoulder a patient's family leans on.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: April 2019

4/11/2019 Adam Quinn, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with palpitations. What is your interpretation of his EKG?

International EM , Medical Education

Responding to the Demand: EM Residency Programs and Global Health Experiences

4/10/2019 Danielle Rush Stevens, MD , Ryan Joseph, DO, DTM&H , Browning S. Wayman, MD, DTM&H , Andrew E. Muck, MD, FACEP

Although the majority of residency programs offer elective opportunities, few provide the foundation for formal global health experiences. Yet the benefits of international clinical rotations for a ph

Pediatric EM

ED Management of Inborn Errors of Metabolism

4/10/2019 Shagun Kaur, MD , Yagnaram Ravichandran, MBBS, MD, FAAP , Kuntal Sen, MD

Inborn errors of metabolism can present with a variety of nonspecific signs and symptoms. While individually rare, as a class of disorders they are not uncommon and should be recognized and treated ap