Match , Program Director Interviews , Medical Students

Program Director Interview Series: Jordan Spector, MD | EM Residency Program Director at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

5/20/2022 Caroline Bradford

In this month’s addition to the Program Director Interview Series we got to chat with Jordan Spector, MD to learn about the BMC EM Residency Program. Dr. Spector tells us more about residency in New E

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: Epinephrine v. Norepinephrine in Cardiac Arrest Patients with Post-Resuscitation Shock

5/14/2022 Brendan Innes, MD , Brian Sumner, MD , Taylor Miller, MD

Post-resuscitation shock occurs in 50-70% of patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and this study provides evidence that norepinephrine is likely a preferable vasopressor to epinephrine in po

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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Fractional Area Change and Left Ventricular Fractional Shortening – Building Blocks for Later

5/14/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Jon Bodner, MD , Ashley Panicker, MD, FACEP

Ultrasound is a powerful tool in the emergency department for the estimation of left ventricular ejection fractions. E-Point Septal Separation is a good way to obtain these measurements, but what if t

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: Effect of Intra-arrest Transport, Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Immediate Invasive Assessment and Treatment on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

5/14/2022 Erin Bell, MD , Taylor Miller, MD

The evidence surrounding ECPR continues to build. In this study, investigators demonstrated a 31.5% survival rate with favorable 180-day neurological outcome with ECPR in patients who suffered out-of-

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Show Me the Money

5/6/2022 Jacquelyn Callahan, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered ED patient volumes, resulting in decreased hours for emergency physicians and a difficult job market. Could the current fee-for-service reimbursement model

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Subclavian Central Venous Access - Dealer's Choice

5/2/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Jesse Liou, MD , Gabriel Hoffman, MD

The need for a central line is commonplace in the emergency department and critical care units. When deciding which of the three typical sites (internal jugular, femoral, and subclavian) to choose for

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