Browsing: February 2021

Administration & Operations , Awards

EMRA & EDPMA Scholarship: A Worthy Investment

2/4/2021 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Tehreem Rehman, MD, MPH , Allen Chang, MD

In a year ravaged by a global pandemic and uncertainty, three EMRA physicians-in-training were selected for the unique opportunity to be 2020 EMRA/EDPMA Scholars.

Wilderness Medicine , COVID-19 , Wellness

Recreate Responsibly: Exploring the Wilderness in the Age of COVID

2/4/2021 Kathryn Kammert, DO , Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C , Michelle Skuba-Gray , Elaine Yu, DO, MS, FAWM

How can you safely get outdoors? What do you need to plan to stay safe? How can you spend time in the wilderness responsibly? What impact can you have on the health of our planet and its future after

Heart of EM , Workplace

Motherhood in Residency

2/4/2021 Alexandra Davic, MD

Are you among the growing number of trainees opting not to wait to start a family? This is your journey, but remember you are dragging all of your peers and supervisors along with you when you embark

Social EM , Health Policy

This is Also Our Lane - Climate Change and Public Health

2/4/2021 Hunter Lau, MD

The issue of climate change and public health is what the World Health Organization calls the greatest health challenge of the 21st century. Climate change is happening now, patients are being affecte

Infectious Disease , Ultrasound

ICE Detention Center Patient with Omental Tuberculosis: POCUS Aids in the Diagnosis

2/4/2021 Sean Beckman , Matthew A. Monson, DO , Amanda G. Toney, MD

A sick teen held in an ICE detention center was taken to the emergency department with non-specific findings of ascites and lymphadenopathy. Ultrasound helped differentiate omental tuberculosis from o

International EM

Global Perspective on EM Residency: A Guide to Maximizing an Elective Global Emergency Medicine as a Resident

2/4/2021 Hamid Ehsani-Nia, DO

As doctors, we are driven to help others. We also want to strengthen our community and propel our fields forward. I sought this fulfillment by involving myself in a medical project abroad.

Ophthalmology

Ocular Instillation of Cyanoacrylate Adhesive: A Case Report

2/4/2021 Marwa K. Maki , Jason W. David, MD, Capt (USAF)

Cyanoacrylate adhesive (superglue) is a common household product that is inadvertently instilled in the eye on rare occasions, with complications including conjunctivitis, corneal abrasion, conjunctiv

President's Message , Job Search , COVID-19

Defending COVID-19's Latest Victims

2/4/2021 RJ Sontag, MD

As the U.S. struggles to flatten the ever-rising curve of COVID-19, the virus has revealed a new weakness in the health care system. Despite putting their own health at risk to treat victims of the pa

Wellness , Workplace , COVID-19

Why Doctors Can't Get the Help They Need

2/4/2021 Evelyn Huang, MD

Imagine you have a patient who reports symptoms of depression. After ruling out other causes, you turn to treatment that addresses their mental health and any underlying psychiatric illness - but you

Wilderness Medicine

A SCUBA Scary Case of Shoulder Pain

2/4/2021 Nicholas A. Russo, MD , Gregory Sugalski, DO, FACEP , Michael Ullo, MD , Joseph P. Underwood III, MD

The Divers Alert Network records more than 1,000 diving-related injuries each year. Treatment for patients with decompression sickness should not be delayed.