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EMRA: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year The holiday season is upon us! Bright lights! Festive decor! And a string of... overnight shifts?  As EM doctors, the holiday season can be a harsh remi
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How Much Should Health Care Cost? There is no standard for how much insurers should pay for physician services There is no standard for how much health care services should cost nationally, so it is
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Critical Care ALERT! Apneic Oxygenation in RSI A 57-year-old male presents to the emergency department for shortness of breath. He became more hypoxic despite applying NIPPV. You decided to proceed w
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Critical Care Alert: Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock (ATHOS-III) A 68-year-old female with recurrent UTIs presents to the ED with 3 days of fever, back pain, and dysuria. She i
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Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output A 75-year-old male with a past medical history of congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease pres
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Tamponade and Valvular Catastrophe: TTE in the Hemodynamically Unstable Patient A 70-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes is brought to t
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Diagnose this Condition The Case. A 31-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a chief complaint of “rash to both legs.” Three weeks ago, the patient's vehicle was stuck in the sand
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Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders! Zach Jarou, MD President president@emra.org Denver Health @zachjarou At any given moment, Zach Jarou's to-do list is filled with everything from presenting at
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ECG Challenge - Nov 2017 Case. A 71-year-old male presents with exertional syncope. What do you see in the following ECGs (taken 4 minutes apart)? Answer Image 1. This ECG shows an atrial rate of ~78
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It's Getting HOT in Here! A Review of Serotonin Syndrome You are called to evaluate a 74-year-old woman who was found by her daughter, confused and unable to get out of bed. The patient's only medica