Editor's Forum

Hurricane Haircuts

12/19/2024 Morgan Sweere, MD, MPH

"I could not have gotten through residency without these people." As I am acutely aware of the time counting down until the end of my residency training, I recognize more so than ever before the power

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Anniversary , Wellness

EMRA Art Gallery 2024

12/15/2024

Welcome to the EMRA Art Gallery 2024. Find the most outstanding arts & crafts, music, prose, poetry, photography, and painting - all done by emergency physicians.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology , Medical Education

ECG Challenge: Jan-Feb-March 2025

12/11/2024 Elizabeth Nisper , Matthew Hysell, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

EMRA ECG Challenge presents a real-life case from the emergency department, offering you a chance to practice your interpretation skills before reading on for the expert diagnosis, discussion, case co

International EM , Medical Education , Informatics

Empowering Emergency Medicine Clinicians in Low-Resource Settings: Continuing Medical Education on Stick (CMES) Innovations for Global Learning

12/10/2024 Bethel Mwenze, EMT-P , Manoj Thomas, PhDMBA, MS IS, PhD , Emily Cloessner, MD, MSPH , Nicholas Maxwell, MD , Vera Sistenich, BMBCh, MA, FACEM, DH&TM, MPH , Deb Stoner, MD , Yan Li, PhD , Jessica Pelletier, DO, MHPE, FAAEM

High-quality CME resources can be difficult to access in many parts of the world. An initiative by Techies Without Borders aims to change that.

Genitourinary , Infectious Disease , Patient Interactions

Pneumolabium: A Case Report of COVID Turned Fournier’s Gangrene

12/10/2024 Miranda Teixeira, MD

It’s easy to fall prey to diagnostic anchoring, especially on busy shifts. But reliance on initial triage information can obscure life-threatening conditions.

Vascular , Critical Care

Bad Arterial Material: A Case of Leriche Syndrome

12/10/2024 Aditi Ranade, MD , Connor Welsh, MD , Patrick Eiben, MD

Aortoiliac occlusive disease, otherwise known as Leriche syndrome, mostly affects older individuals with classic risk factors for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Although typically a progressive dise

President's Message , Leadership , Wellness

From Burnout to Breakthrough

12/10/2024 David Wilson

Burnout isn't just a buzzword in EM - it’s a lived reality. EMRA President Dave Wilson reflects on a key treatment for burnout: belonging. Build your lifelong professional community, starting with EMR

Cardiology

Emergency Department Approach to LVAD Patients

12/10/2024 Anam Chaudhry, DO , Jeremy Berberian, MD , Nisha Gandhi, MD

Nearly 6.7 million Americans over the age of 20 have been diagnosed with heart failure – and more than 2,500 receive a left ventricular assist device. Do you know how to triage and treat LVAD patients

Toxicology , Pharmacology

Case Report: A Review of Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis

12/10/2024 Madeleine Silverstein, MD , Avirale Sharma, MD , Vivek Medepalli, MD , Andrea Nillas, MD , Jedidiah Leaf, MD , Dazhe Cao, MD

In the emergency department, it can be difficult to get a complete medication history, especially in patients who have altered mental status or are too acutely ill to provide a meaningful history. Yet

Ophthalmology , Trauma , Ultrasound

Acute Right Eye Pain and Vision Loss: A Workout Gone Wrong

12/10/2024 Corey Michelson, MD , Philippe Stanier, MD , Sydney DeArmond, PA

Patients with suspected ocular trauma are at risk of vision loss - and emergency physicians must recognize the danger. This is one situation where an emergent ophthalmology consult is critical, as you

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