Pediatric EM , Dermatology

Melanocytes That Can Kill

12/15/2018 Yagnaram Ravichandran, MBBS, MD, FAAP , Maureen Luetje, DO , Katherine McVety, MD , Rajan Arora, MD

Children with risk factors for neurocutaneous melanosis should be followed closely and screened regularly.

President's Message

Get to Know Your EMRA President: Omar Z. Maniya, MD, MBA

12/15/2018 Omar Maniya, MD, MBA

Omar Maniya, a second-year resident at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, began his tenure as EMRA President in October. With an MBA from Harvard University, experience as the youngest Trustee

Health Policy Journal Club , Advocacy , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Under-Utilizing CT Scans in Brain Injury

12/6/2018 Matthew J. Christensen, MD, LT, MC, USN

Just over half of brain injury patients got recommended scans; uninsured fared worse.

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

Trauma , Prehospital Care , EMS

The Use of Low Titer Group O Whole Blood in Emergency Medicine

10/17/2018 Christa A. L. Arefieva, MS, MSIV , Bryan Chen, MD , Theodore T. Redman, MD, MPH , Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, PA-C, LP

Trauma is the leading cause of death for people ages 46 and younger in the U.S. - yet up to 20% of trauma deaths are potentially survivable. Can the use of low titer Group O whole blood improve outcom

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?

Prehospital Care

Emerging Prehospital Protocols

10/17/2018 Noah Bernhardson, MD, MS, NRP , Cameron B. Justice , Jared L. Ross, DO, FF/EMT-T

Evolving EMS protocols impact the care patients receive before they present to the ED, so emergency physicians should stay up-to-date on these changes in order to offer high-quality integrated care.

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

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