Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Planes, Trains, and Ambulances

9/6/2019 Caitlin Farrell, DO, MPH

Will freestanding EDs truly improve access to medical care for underserved populations? A geospatial analysis comparing FSEDs to the nearest public transport station casts doubt.

Critical Care , Cardiology , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

9/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD , Susannah Empson, MD , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Jaskirat Gill, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Omid Manoochehri, MD , Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Jonathan Pickos, DO , Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P , Yanika Wolfe, MD

Will transesophageal echocardiography become the first imaging incorporated into ACLS protocols?

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students , Advising

Program Director Interview Series: Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD, Residency Program Director at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

8/26/2019 Amanda Amen

This month our Program Director Interview Series is focused on the Midwest. We spoke with Danielle Turner-Lawrence, MD, Program Director at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, about the training opportuniti

Program Director Interviews , Match , Medical Students , Advising

Program Director Interview Series: Vicki E. Noble, MD, Residency Program Director at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

8/26/2019 Samuel Southgate, MD, MA

This month our Program Director Interview Series is focused on the Midwest. We spoke with Vicki E. Noble, MD, Program Director of the Center for Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Me

Social EM

Climate Change is Killing Patients. Let’s Not Make it Worse

8/14/2019 Laura Haselden, MD

A climate assessment from November 2018 comprehensively measured the current and projected state of climate change and its effects on human health. It found what we as emergency physicians should alre

Neurology

Detecting Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

8/14/2019 Lee Johnson , May Li, MD

A missed diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) can lead to Korsakoff syndrome, which carries a 20% mortality rate. Because this life-threatening condition can be easily misdiagnosed, it's importan

Toxicology

Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: Mind the Gap, Give Patients What They Need

8/14/2019 Brendan Innes, MD , Stephanie Carreiro, MD

Patients with alcohol use disorder commonly present to the ED critically ill, with myriad underlying pathologies. Alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA) should be considered in anyone with prolonged and/or bing

Career Planning , Practice Environments

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

8/14/2019 Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO, FACEP

Residency provides a built-in community, culture, and structure all its own. But as you look toward those early career years, how do you decide which practice environment is right for you?

Advocacy

Finding My Voice

8/14/2019 Katherine Dowdell, MD

Regardless of where you are in your medical training or your level of experience with advocacy, know that you have a unique insight to some of the most fundamental issues in your community. You have a

Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , Health Policy

The Acute Unscheduled Care Model: A Chance to Prove Our Value

8/14/2019 Mahesh Polavarapu, MD , Claudie Bolduc, MD, MPH

An elegantly simple proposal, the Acute Unscheduled Care Model, attempts to put emergency physicians back in the driver's seat of care while illustrating value within the health care delivery system.

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