COVID-19 , Social EM

EM Docs in the Streets: A Call for Community Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

1/6/2021 Spencer Kerl, DO , Justin Pile, DO , Nick Kulas, DO , Patrick Boyle, DO

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted EM residents from Chicago's Swedish Hospital to reach out to their community, visiting local businesses to help educate and protect citizens.

COVID-19 , Simulation , Medical Education

Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Weekly Multidisciplinary Simulation Education

12/17/2020 Shehni Nadeem, MD , David Szafron, MD , Daniel Chu, MD , Yusuf Ansari

Thrust into a pandemic unlike any other, health professionals today must continually adapt. Protocols change at dizzying rates, while the physical and mental demands of our jobs increase exponentially

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: Drivers of Disparities in COVID-19

12/6/2020 Daniel Brownstein , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire country, but early data suggest its effects have been particularly devastating on Black and Latino communities.

Career Planning , COVID-19 , Workplace

8 Tips to Finding a Job During a Global Pandemic

12/1/2020 Deena Khamees, MD

A pandemic has introduced the house of medicine to unprecedented numbers of hiring freezes, suspended bonuses, and scaled-back continuing medical education funds and stipends. Add to that looming cuts

Heart of EM , COVID-19 , Wellness

Heart of EM: I Answered

12/1/2020 Sharland Johnson, MD

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the hospital bursting at the seams and patients growing sicker and sicker as they edged toward a lonely death, I answered.

Infectious Disease

Lefamulin: Potential Role of a New Antibiotic in Community Acquired Pneumonia

12/1/2020 Mortatha Al-Bassam, MD , Vir Singh, MD, MBS , Bobby Desai, MD , Latha Ganti, MD, FACEP

A novel antibiotic that may play a role in ED management of community acquired pneumonia is lefamulin. What is this medication? How could it fit in the ED paradigm for pneumonia treatment?

Rheumatology , Infectious Disease , Orthopedics

Septic Arthritis in a Patient with a Confounding History

12/1/2020 Loren Touma, DO, MS , Michael Samodio, DO

Septic arthritis is a rheumatologic emergency, which may lead to permanent joint damage and a mortality rate of 10-15%. If left untreated, non-gonococcal septic arthritis can destroy articular cartila

Infectious Disease , Wilderness Medicine , International EM , Dermatology

Cutaneous Larva Migrans: The Rash Is Not What You Think

12/1/2020 Hussain Shakir, MD, FAAP , Louis King, MD

Treating a rash that follows no pattern and appears after a vacation? Check for cutaneous larva migrans. Humans are accidental hosts who often acquire this infestation while walking barefoot on soil t

Medical Education , Opinion-Editorial , COVID-19

Observations from Intern Year: First 60 Days

12/1/2020 Leslie Jewett, MD

What counts as the "first day"? Is it the intern welcome party? Hospital orientation? When computer access is finally granted? The intern class of 2020 has had a very different experience.

Dermatology , Neurology , Infectious Disease

Coincident VZV Encephalitis and Otomastoiditis

12/1/2020 Aaron Tiffee, MD, FACEP , Kinnari Modi , Christina Chanthanivong

We explore a case of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation without typical skin findings in a 66-year-old patient who presented with mastoiditis and encephalitis.

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