Browsing: Opinion-Editorial

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Opinion-Editorial , Social EM , Health Policy

Viewpoint: A Preferential Option for the Poor in the Emergency Department

10/31/2024 Brian Elmore, MD
To be a border physician is to be confronted daily with the human consequences of a failed immigration policy. Our specialty has long operated as a band-aid for the policy-driven effects we see daily.
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Opinion-Editorial , Health Policy

Climate Change and Health: Why Emergency Physicians Must Lead the Charge

10/22/2024 Adrian Cois, MBBS
Emergency physicians will increasingly shoulder the burden of a warming planet and its effects on human health unless we work to reduce emissions and reverse climate change.
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Opinion-Editorial

Synthetic Cannabinoids Highlight the Need to Abandon the War on Drugs

6/10/2022 Timothy Kelly, MD
Illegal and unregulated marijuana markets in parts of our country have given rise to dangerous and easily obtainable synthetic options. The ill effects of this predictable phenomenon are being felt in
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Opinion-Editorial , Medical Education

Defining Procedural Competency in Emergency Medicine: How Much Is Enough?

4/9/2021 Richard Cunningham, MD
How frequently should a doctor perform a procedure in order to be called "competent" in the skill? Is emergency medicine doing enough to maintain procedural competence?
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Opinion-Editorial , Prehospital Care , EMS

A Letter from a Paramedic to an EM Doc

4/9/2021 Rob Canning Jr., JD, MBA, NRP
Whether waiting to unload a patient at the hospital or sitting in the ambulance after clearing a call, EMTs and paramedics (and increasingly social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician
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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.
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Opinion-Editorial

Title X Changes Egregiously Harm Women’s Access to Comprehensive Medical Care

4/23/2020 Noah Berland, MD, MS , Caitlin Farrell, DO, MPH
Changes to Title X threaten to reverse 40 years of advancement in women's health care. If we allow the Title X changes to limit what we as physicians can tell our patients, where does it end?
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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
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Opinion-Editorial

The Emergency Physician’s “Dereliction of Duty”

2/12/2020 William Bruno, MD
Why EM should lead the charge for foreign policy debate.
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Opinion-Editorial , Advocacy

President's Message: What Can We Do When a Residency Closes?

2/2/2020 Hannah R. Hughes, MD, MBA
EMRA President Dr. Hannah Hughes asks, "When the incoming class of EM residents open those envelopes this spring, how many will be plagued by the fear of a program’s insolvency? What are we - their se