Leadership , Representative Council

10 Ways You Can Help End Trafficking

2/11/2020

Resources to help victims of human trafficking in your emergency department are at the ready.

Leadership , Representative Council

Show Me the Money! How to Fund Your Program’s EMRA Representative

2/11/2020 Breanne Jaqua, DO, MPH , Karina Sanchez, MD

Interested in being an EMRA program representative? Two EMRA leaders have advice on getting the position funded.

Editorial , Advocacy , Leadership

Emergency Medicine Residents Oppose the Sale of Graduate Medical Education Slots

2/11/2020 Dhimitri Nikolla, DO , Hannah R. Hughes, MD, MBA , Allison Beaulieu, MD , Haig Aintablian, MD , Nehal Naik, MD

Read the joint statement from the All-EM Resident Organizations and Students group (AEROS) takes a stand on GME slots.

Cardiology

Primary Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma Complicated by a Malignant Pericardial Effusion

2/11/2020 Ryan Joseph, DO, DTM&H , Charles Kennedy , Meera Gebrael, MD , Shane Jennings, MD, FACEP

In this patient, bedside transthoracic echocardiography was key to discovering the cause of chest pain and shortness of breath.

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OB/GYN

Ticking Time Bomb: Defusing Ectopic Pregnancy

2/11/2020 Blake Briggs, MD , Iltifat Husain, MD

Failure to appropriately manage this increasingly common pathology leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Are you prepared to step in and help?

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Patients - the ICU-ROX Study

2/10/2020 Melissa Villars, MD, MPH , Sean M. Hickey, MD

The ICU-ROX study, designed as the largest RCT of mechanically ventilated ICU patients, investigates whether conservative oxygen therapy could reduce mortality. Are the results enough to tip the scale

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: The Best Medicine Isn't Medicine At All

2/6/2020 Kenneth Kim

It is clear from this study that frequent ED users are a population with many interdisciplinary needs, and integrated data systems can help identify needs that might be otherwise obscured when focusin

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

Wellness , Heart of EM

The Heart of EM: Bring Your Shovel

2/2/2020 Jeremiah White, MD

When a personal unexpected moment faces this EM resident - "Your aorta might rupture" - he pulls his thoughts together about how the uncertain world of EM docs sometimes visits very close to home and

Research , Rapid Research Review

Rapid Research Review: Type of Error

1/29/2020 Joshua Davis, MD

Type I error. Type II error. Alpha. Beta. And that null hypothesis. Let's look at what these all really mean in clinical studies.

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