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Cardiology

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Not Your Average Heart Attack

12/1/2016 William Patterson, MSII , Krystle Shafer, MD , Jennifer S. Jackson, MD

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Not Your Average Heart Attack A 32-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of severe chest pain. The pain started 3 h

EMRA MedWAR , Events & Activities , Wilderness Medicine

EMRA MedWAR Rolls to Record Heights in Red Rock Canyon

11/4/2016 Geoff Comp, DO, FAWM , Carrie Jurkiewicz, MD

EMRA MedWAR Rolls to Record Heights in Red Rock Canyon In its inaugural year, the 2016 EMRA MedWAR raced into the record books, with 30 competitors and nearly 40 volunteers staging a wildly successfu

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Effects of Buffered Crystalloids vs. Saline on Acute Kidney Injury in Resuscitation of ICU Patients

10/6/2016 Jonathan Jaffe, MD , EMRA Critical Care Division

Critical Care Alert: Effects of Buffered Crystalloids vs. Saline on Acute Kidney Injury in Resuscitation of ICU Patients A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with fever, productive

Orthopedics , Consults , Consult Corner

Consult Corner Ortho

10/2/2016 EM Resident

Consult Corner Ortho EM Resident is pleased to introduce a new column. “Consult Corner” is designed to help you communicate effectively when seeking input from other specialists. In our inaugural col

Clinical , Osteopathic

OMM in the Emergency Department

10/2/2016 Scott Bland, MSIII , Robert C. Gesumaria, DO , Joshua Kim, MD

OMM in the Emergency Department Any Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) is familiar with the following question: “Hey Doc, what does that DO mean after your name?” While a detailed response regardin

Visual Diagnosis , Orthopedics

Diagnose this Condition

10/2/2016 Maryam Arshad, MD

Diagnose this Condition The Patient A 62-year-old male presents to the ER complaining of right knee pain. He was changing a light bulb when he lost his balance and fell from a 6-foot height, landing

Pediatric EM

Evidence-Based Updates

10/2/2016 Ravi Chekka, MD , Dhimitri Nikolla, DO

Evidence-Based Updates Case 1 A 6-year-old female presents with 3 days of fever, nausea, and vomiting from a presumed viral gastroenteritis. On examination she is febrile to 39 degrees Celsius and he

Critical Care

Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis

10/2/2016 John Ramos, MMS, PA-C

Current Advances in Rapid Stroke Diagnosis At a rural acute stroke-ready hospital in the year 2030, you are using a tele-stroke tablet to evaluate a 62-year-old male en route by mobile computed tomog

Toxicology

The Danger of Weight Loss Supplements

10/2/2016 Maryam Arshad, MD

The Danger of Weight Loss Supplements A 54-year-old male presents with a chief complaint of heat exhaustion. He is a truck driver who has been traveling across the country without air conditioning. P

Informatics

Perils and Pitfalls of Adopting Bleeding-Edge Technology in the ED

10/2/2016 Philip Kray, MD

Perils and Pitfalls of Adopting Bleeding-Edge Technology in the ED “Wearable technology” has become a part of daily life for millions of individuals. Who can remember the last time they navigated a