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International , Practice Environments

The State of Emergency Medicine in Cameroon

9/21/2016 Shu Olivier Niba , Henrique Alencastro Puls , Gerhard Dashi

The State of Emergency Medicine in Cameroon Cameroon is a West African country with a population of approximately 22 million people and 2 official languages, English and French. The country is divide

International

A New Frontier: One Resident's Experience in Tamale, Ghana

7/20/2016 Lydia Luangruangrong, MD

A New Frontier: One Resident's Experience in Tamale, Ghana Figure 1. A 64-year-old male with a past medical history of peptic ulcer disease presents to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) Emergency De

International , Practice Environments

Spotlight on An International EM Doc

5/26/2016 N. Shakira Bandolin, MD

Spotlight on An International EM Doc Hilmar Kjartansson, MD, FACEM, a native of Grindavik, Iceland (a small fishing town near Reykjavik), works as the clinical director of emergency medicine at the N

Workplace , Practice Environments

What Do Residents Need to Know?

4/5/2016 Terry E. Carlisle, PA-C , Michelle Seithel, PA-C , Chadd Kraus, DO, DrPH, MPH

What Do Residents Need to Know? Emergency departments (EDs) nationwide depend on physician assistants (PAs) to assist in seeing high volumes of patients with varying complaints and complexity. In fac

EMS , Practice Environments

A Brief History of Emergency Medical Services in the United States

3/22/2016 Joshua Bucher, MD , Hashim Zaidi, MD

A Brief History of Emergency Medical Services in the United States Pre-hospital emergency care in the modern age is often described as a “hierarchy” of human and physical resources utilized in the ac

Health Policy , International

Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care

12/3/2015 Matthew Karp, MD

Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care A 51-year-old female with hypertension calls EMS for palpitations. The crew arrives on the north side of town to a large, somewhat worn apartment complex. A family

Practice Environments , International

Creando Nuevos Caminos Internacionales: Una Entrevista con el Doctor Haywood Hall

8/5/2015 Joseph Reardon, MD

Creando Nuevos Caminos Internacionales: Una Entrevista con el Doctor Haywood Hall En los últimos años, medicina internacional ha tenido un constante crecimiento y expansión dentro de la medicina de u

Editorial , Practice Environments

Describing Scribes: Improving Efficiency and Satisfaction in the ED

8/4/2015 Marc Martel, MD

Describing Scribes: Improving Efficiency and Satisfaction in the ED Editor's Note: EM Resident is launching this new series, “What I Wish I Knew,” to help residents and medical students benefit from

Editorial , Practice Environments

The July Effect: Is the Emergency Department Safe?

8/4/2015 Joshua Davis, MD , Benjamin Wurst

The July Effect: Is the Emergency Department Safe? Media outlets have been stepping up their game with increasingly captivating headlines. When we see titles like “Viagra Con Man Hit with a Stiff Sen

Career Planning , Practice Environments , International

Q & A: Blazing International Trails with Dr. Haywood Hall

8/1/2015 Joseph Reardon, MD

Q & A: Blazing International Trails with Dr. Haywood Hall International medicine is an ever-growing and expanding specialty within emergency medicine and other medical fields. Amid all of the growth,