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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Patients with Septic Shock (ADRENAL Trial)

12/1/2018 Susannah Empson, MD , Yanika Wolfe, MD , Meghan Gorski, DO

The ADRENAL trial was designed to test the hypothesis that hydrocortisone results in lower mortality than placebo among patients with septic shock. Find out what investigators discovered.

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Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: ACA Impact On Frequent Flyers in California

11/6/2018 Issac Shaw, MD

The odds of ED visits by frequent users declined after the Affordable Care Act.

Medical Students , Workplace

Educational EMRA and ACEP Resources for Medical Students

10/22/2018 Erin Karl, MD , Ross Christensen, DO

As a medical student member of EMRA and ACEP, you have a veritable treasure trove of resources at your disposal. Find out how to use them to improve your knowledge and your practice, both on-shift and

Medical Education , EMS

Understanding EMS Provider Education and How to Participate as a Resident

10/17/2018 Geoff Comp, DO, FAWM , Rachel Munn, DO , Vishnu Mudrakola, MD , Eric Cortez, MD, FACEP

The most effective medical education is designed with specific learners in mind. Using that as a guiding principle, the emergency medicine faculty and residents at Doctors Hospital came up with an eng

Practice Environments , Locum Tenens , Workplace

Locums Life: So Many Choices

10/17/2018 Paul Weinberg, MD

The practice of emergency medicine is awesome: It is broad, it is intense, knowledge-based, and packed with emotion - and all of that eventually can be exhausting. But being able to pack up leave (a l

International EM

Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Ascariasis Infection

10/17/2018 Jett MacPherson, MSII , Saundra Jackson, MD, RDMS, FACEP , Wesley Wallace, MD, FACEP

The etiologies of small bowel obstructions may vary between underdeveloped and developed nations, but the presenting signs and symptoms of an acute bowel obstruction are similar. When it occurs in a r

Clinical , Medical Students

Unraveling the Mystery of Dizziness in the ED: A Guide for the Student Clerkship

10/17/2018 Kevin Wilcox, DO , Krystle Shafer, MD

Dizziness is the third most common complaint reported in the ED. Asking the right questions and teasing out the details of this vague complaint can lead to proper management and reduced negative outco

Financial , Loan Refinancing , Personal Finance

EM's Own Emergency: Financial Education

10/17/2018 Peter Patitsas, MD, MBA

Back in the good ol' days, it was said you can never go wrong with spending money on your education. And then came student loan debt... Have things ever been worse? Can they get better?

Sports Medicine

Berlin Concussion Summary and Active Rehabilitation for Concussion Management

10/17/2018 Dustin Harris, MD

An important question still being researched is how much rest to prescribe after a concussion. With the advent of active rehabilitation, along with other techniques, we can better manage our concussio

Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose This Condition

10/17/2018 Matin Shah, MD

A 3-month-old female born at 37 weeks via vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery presented as a referral to the emergency department from an outpatient imaging center after obtaining a computed tomography (