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Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

10/9/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor One of my first editions as Editor-in-Chief of EM Resident featured a story about the fascinating history of space medicine. I loved this article not only because it introduced
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Editorial

Saber Tooth Tigers: Tactical Thinking in Emergency Medicine

8/14/2017 Matthew Huberty, MD
Saber Tooth Tigers: Tactical Thinking in Emergency Medicine The double doors leading to the emergency department opened and I was greeted by a large, startling Ice Age animal that opened its menacing
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Editorial , Wellness , Compassion Fatigue

Obsidian

8/9/2017 Bart Paull, MD
Obsidian The pager goes off”¦ trauma activation. SICU and I'm on call. I make my way to the ED. My fellow resident is there, doing the lateral canthotomy, ET tube's in. It's bad — auto vs. pedestrian
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Telemedicine , Informatics , Editorial

Telemedicine

8/9/2017 Chichen Qiu, MD , Aditi Joshi, MD, FACEP
Telemedicine A 34-year-old female woke up today with a sore throat. She hoped she would improve as the day went on, but the pain persisted despite over-the-counter medications. She tried calling her
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Burnout , Editorial

The Daddy Diaries: Emergency Tee-ball

8/9/2017 Eric McDonald, MD
The Daddy Diaries: Emergency Tee-ball Editor's note: Dr. McDonald and his wife are raising 7 children as he completes his third year of residency, serves on the EMRA Board, and represents residents o
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Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

8/9/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor Every year as interns don their long white coats for the first time ever, swipe their glossy name badges, and figure out where the bathrooms are, I have flashbacks to my first
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Editorial , Wellness , Compassion Fatigue

The Crucible of Medicine: Reflections on Becoming a Doctor

6/6/2017 Debra Ravert, MD
The Crucible of Medicine: Reflections on Becoming a Doctor I entered the third year of medical school with great excitement. I was finally out of the classroom and seeing real patients, connecting w
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Editorial , Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

5/30/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor There I was, driving giddily to the Social Security Administration office on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis. It was June 30, and I was a newlywed doctor (surely it was a mistake
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Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

4/1/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor And in the end, when the life went out of him and my hands could work no more, I left from that place into the night and wept — for myself, for life, for the tragedy of death’s
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Editorial

Can I Take Your Order? Patient Satisfaction in Emergency Medicine

2/2/2017 Jonathan Dobrinsky, MD
Can I Take Your Order? Patient Satisfaction in Emergency Medicine A man named Tim goes out to eat at a restaurant. He asks Joe, the server, for his recommendation. Joe insists the salmon is by far th