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Legislation , Health Policy

Affordable Care Act vs. American Health Care Act

8/9/2017 Nathan Vafaie, MD

Affordable Care Act vs. American Health Care Act A Comparison of Central Principles The elections of November 2016, which left the Republican Party in control of Congress and the Executive Branch, ha

Cardiology , Clinical , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge - Aug 2017

8/9/2017

ECG Challenge - Aug 2017 Case. A 97-year-old female with a past medical history of congestive heart failure with an ejection fraction of 20%, hypertension, and chronic left bundle branch block presen

Informatics

Taking a Cue from Netflix, Priceline (and more)

8/9/2017 Mike Hoaglin, MD

Taking a Cue from Netflix, Priceline (and more) The Sustainable ED Looks to Other Industries for Tech With the current rise in patient census and physician burnout, is today's model of emergency medi

President's Message

Keep on Rockin' in Emergency Medicine

8/9/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Keep on Rockin' in Emergency Medicine First and foremost, a huge welcome to all of our new members! We are so excited to have this year's interns up an at ”�em in our departments already. While you m

Wilderness Medicine

Angling for Success: Techniques for Fishhook Removal in the ED

8/9/2017 Kayvon Izadpanah, MD , Amita Sudhir, MD

Angling for Success: Techniques for Fishhook Removal in the ED An 11-year-old boy presents to the emergency department. While fishing, he was startled by a dog. He began to run away but tripped, land

Pediatric EM

Pediatric Drowning: In Over Your Head

8/9/2017 Nancy Nguyen, DO , Lyncean Ung, DO , Jijoe Joseph, DO, MBA , Dean Olsen, DO

Pediatric Drowning: In Over Your Head The sudden and unexpected death of a child is especially tragic when it is preventable, which is oftentimes the case with drowning. There have been multiple term

Event Medicine

On Doctoring at the Olympics

8/9/2017 Justin D. Burkholder, DO , Brian M. Scheele, DO, MS

On Doctoring at the Olympics An Insider's View of Event Medicine Editor's note: During the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, two adventurous emergency medicine residents served as

Resolutions , Representative Council , Speaker Report , Leadership Reports

Anatomy of an EMRA Resolution

8/9/2017 Tiffany Jackson, MD , Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH, FACEP

Anatomy of an EMRA Resolution The EMRA Representative Council passed a whopping 16 resolutions at its spring meeting in Orlando, tackling topics ranging from electronic and remote voting (now approve

Burnout , Editorial

The Daddy Diaries: Emergency Tee-ball

8/9/2017 Eric McDonald, MD

The Daddy Diaries: Emergency Tee-ball Editor's note: Dr. McDonald and his wife are raising 7 children as he completes his third year of residency, serves on the EMRA Board, and represents residents o

Ultrasound , Clinical , Ophthalmology

Floaters: Retinal Detachment, Posterior Vitreous Detachment, or Vitreous Hemorrhage?

8/9/2017 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Leah McDonald, MD

Floaters: Retinal Detachment, Posterior Vitreous Detachment, or Vitreous Hemorrhage? A 68-year-old female with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presents to the emergency depart