Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten

2/27/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Natalie Htet, MD, MS

Obtaining arterial access is a common procedure in both emergency medicine and in critical care. It's a good idea to become familiar with the axillary artery as an alternative location for placement o

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: David Barnes, MD | EM Residency Program Director at University of California Davis

2/24/2022 Alexander Gallaer

In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series, we got to chat with David Barnes, MD, to learn about the University of California Davis Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Barnes tell

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: February-March 2022

2/12/2022 Diane Y. Wang, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 79-year-old male with a past medical history of coronary artery disease s/p CABG in 2012 presents with chest pain. His initial ECG showed atrial fibrillation with RVR at 168 bpm. Despite rate contro

Heart of EM

An Empty Loss

2/12/2022 Sophie Karwoska Kligler

When the time of death was called and the moment of silence was finished, we turned and went back to our work. The fact that I felt so little made me feel strange and guilty.

Op-Ed , Career Planning

Disability Insurance and Naloxone: An Intern's Perspective

2/12/2022 Ellen Shank, MD

A naloxone prescription can muddy the waters when applying for disability insurance as a young physician.

Administration & Operations , Fellowships , Medical Education , Career Planning

What You Need to Know About EM Administration Fellowships

2/12/2022 Michael Muradian, MD , Daniel A Novak, DO , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA

EMRA’s Administration and Operations Committee recently held a virtual panel of EM Administration Fellowship Directors and Co-Directors. Get key points from the conversation as well as other important

Prehospital Care , Administration & Operations

Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Optimize Emergency Department Utilization for High-Risk Elderly Patients

2/12/2022 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Gilbert Nelson, DO , Michael J. Rushton Jr., DO , Philip M. Fennema, EMT-P, CCP , Chad Barnhart, MD, EMT-P , Sean Anderson , Todd Chassee, MD, FACEP , Jeffrey S. Jones, MD, FACEP

Community paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare are forming a new paradigm. Using paramedics to evaluate and treat medically complex elderly patients in the home setting could have wide-reachi

Critical Care

Atraumatic Splenic Rupture

2/12/2022 Daniel White, DO

Traumatic splenic injury and hemorrhage is a diagnosis familiar to most emergency physicians. However, a condition that some may not be familiar with is atraumatic splenic rupture.

Health Policy

EMRA and YPS Health Policy Primer: Why Attend LAC

2/12/2022

The ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference puts advocacy in the spotlight and makes it easy to get involved. Held in-person this year - May 1-4 in Washington, D.C. - ACEP LAC brings together hundreds

President's Message , Representative Council

We Can Make a Difference Together

2/12/2022 Angela Cai, MD, MBA

How does EMRA work for you? EMRA President Angela Cai's story was impacted by every piece of EMRA's representative process.

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