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

Social EM , Pain Management

Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

12/1/2020 Kyla Rakoczy , Kasha Bornstein, MSc Pharm, EMT-P , Suzanne Bialeck, MD, RDMS

Ongoing barriers to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder contribute to a major care gap, with only 10% of patients seeking long-term OUD treatment able to receive it. It's time to imp

Critical Care , Trauma

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Can't-Miss Diagnosis and Management

12/1/2020 Blake Briggs, MD , Marlena Wosiski-Kuhn, MD, PhD

Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a terrifying, relatively frequent cause of intracranial bleeding. It has a significant degree of morbidity and mortality - and therefore is a can't-miss diagnosis.

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?

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: ECMO Facilitated CPR for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation - The ARREST Trial

12/1/2020 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Sean M. Hickey, MD

What is possible with highly coordinated ECMO-facilitated cardiopulmonary resuscitation? A recent study demonstrates the value of exploring interesting alternatives such as ECMO cannulation in the eme

Airway , Research

Updates in the Airway

12/1/2020 Cameron Upchurch, MD , Joshua Kornegay, MD

The year of 2019 ushered in an abundance of interesting, practice-informing, and excellently conducted research regarding airway and peri-intubation management that is potentially applicable to the em

Neurology , Pediatric EM

MRI Confirmed Bell's Palsy Presenting with Multiple Cranial Nerve Involvement

12/1/2020 Gabrielle Ransford, MD , Vipin Philip, MD , Joel M. Clingenpeel, MD, MPH, FACEP

Bell's palsy, also called idiopathic facial nerve palsy, is the paralysis of facial motor function without an identifiable cause. It typically presents with sudden onset unilateral facial paralysis an

EMS , Consults , Medical Education

The Physician's Role in Providing EMS Feedback

12/1/2020 Courtney Shay, MD

As resident doctors, we are tasked with leading resuscitations, explaining our thought processes, and debriefing our team. All too often our pre-hospital peers are forgotten members of this team. We m

Social EM

Is Your Patient a Victim of Human Trafficking?

12/1/2020 Nicole Exeni McAmis, MD , Angela C. Mirabella , Elizabeth M. McCarthy , Cara A. Cama, MBA

Do you know how to recognize potential victims of human trafficking in your ED? Know the signs and have strategies in place to offer care.

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