How are EDs Leading in the COVID-19 Pandemic?

5/18/2020 Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Andrew Luo, MD , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc

Nearly every aspect of patient care — from triage to discharge, from documentation to intubation — has been revised in an effort to streamline care of COVID-19 patients. Concerns around minimizing pro

Infectious Disease

Understanding and Combating Antibiotic Resistance

5/18/2020 Rubayet Hossain, MD , Vinitha Jacob, MD

Most antibiotics in use today fall into just 10 categories - but there are more than 100,000 known antibiotic-resistance genes spanning almost every known antibiotic class. Yet the rate of development

Infectious Disease

Should We Be Vaccinating Our Patients Against Influenza?

4/22/2020 Bruce J. Grattan Jr., DO, MS, RD

ED vaccination strategies have been successful and reimbursable and are advocated by several major clinical practice advisory groups. So why aren't we offering flu vaccines routinely?

COVID-19 , Opinion-Editorial

I Am Glad You Are at Home. . .

4/16/2020 Jefferey S. Holoman, DO

Are you tired of sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic? Disgruntled with the same 4 walls and familiar faces that mark your experience with COVID-19? An emergency physician wants you to

COVID-19 , Wellness

Weathering the Storm: What Psychiatrists Want You to Know

4/13/2020 Jessi Gold, MD, MS , Margaret Duncan

Overwhelming volume and acuity, an alarming lack of PPE, the anguish of seeing your patients die alone, the jarring incongruence of layoffs and salary cuts - COVID-19 brings with it a major threat to

Away Rotations , Medical Students , COVID-19

COVID-19 Quarantine Can't Contain Medical Student Creativity

4/7/2020 Matthew J. Christensen, MD, LT, MC, USN , Jazmyn Shaw

Since clerkships were disrupted by a global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, medical students got creative. Contributing to health care during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has taken many forms for those not yet at

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Career Planning , COVID-19

A Letter to Graduating Residents & Fellows during the COVID-19 Pandemic

4/6/2020 Gus M. Garmel, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Everyone in emergency medicine prepares for emergencies. But the COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges on a different scale and of a different nature. Graduating residency and entering the profession