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Critical Care

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis

10/3/2017 Ram Parekh, MD , Mark Andreae, MD

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis A 90-year-old male with a past medical history of severe aortic stenosis, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and chronic kidney disease p

Match , Advising , MSIV , Med Student , MSIII

Making the Most of Your Final (Medical School) Year

9/12/2017 Teimojin Tan, MS-IV

Making the Most of Your Final (Medical School) Year Application and interview season is upon us. As medical students enter their fourth year, some may ask, “How do I make the best of my final year of

Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Sharing Is Caring

9/6/2017 Louis Yu, MD, MA

Health Policy Journal Club: Sharing Is Caring Interconnected systems for information exchange might improve care and cut costs In 2009 Congress passed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, whic

Match , Advising , Medical Students , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Robin Naples, MD | Thomas Jefferson University

8/29/2017 Chichen Qiu, MD

Program Director Interview Series: Robin Naples, MD | Thomas Jefferson University Robin Naples, MD, Program Director of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program, spok

Prehospital Care

Tornado Touchdown: Mississippi Medical Students Overcome Disaster

8/29/2017 Olivia Kennedy, MS-II

Tornado Touchdown: Mississippi Medical Students Overcome Disaster In the early morning hours of Jan. 21, 2017, medical students in Mississippi were”¦ studying. Like every other first-year student, I

Recreational Drugs , Toxicology

Tripping off Trumpets: Diagnosis and Management of Jimson Weed Toxicity

8/14/2017 Henrik Galust, MD

Tripping off Trumpets: Diagnosis and Management of Jimson Weed Toxicity A 16-year-old male is brought to the emergency department for confusion and hallucinations for the past hour. Two hours prior t

Practice Environments , Community

Resident on the Reservation: A Month with the Indian Health Service

8/14/2017 Michael Butterfield, MD, MS, MPH, RDMS

Resident on the Reservation: A Month with the Indian Health Service Tuba City is an unincorporated town baked into the high desert of northern Arizona. With a population of 9,000, it is a major cente

Practice Environments , International EM

Central Line Training in a Resource-Limited Environment

8/14/2017 Torben K. Becker, MD, PhD , Moneer Abdo, MD

Central Line Training in a Resource-Limited Environment Medical residents in the United States have the opportunity to learn and practice procedures on simulators before ever attempting them on a rea

Editorial

Saber Tooth Tigers: Tactical Thinking in Emergency Medicine

8/14/2017 Matthew Huberty, MD

Saber Tooth Tigers: Tactical Thinking in Emergency Medicine The double doors leading to the emergency department opened and I was greeted by a large, startling Ice Age animal that opened its menacing

Clinical , Palliative Care

Sides of the Same Coin: Dispelling Myths About Palliative Care in the ED

8/14/2017 Allison Chan, DO

Sides of the Same Coin: Dispelling Myths About Palliative Care in the ED Emergency Medicine (EM) and Hospice/Palliative Medicine (HPM) are often viewed as two medical specialties on opposite sides of