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Representative Council , Program Reps , Leadership , Speaker Report

How to be an EMRA Program Representative

4/1/2017 Tiffany Jackson, MD

How to be an EMRA Program Representative Remember the saying “drinking from a firehose” we all learn during medical school? That's how I felt at my first EMRA Representative Council meeting. As I en

Legislation , Recreational Drugs , Health Policy

Weeding through the Effects of Marijuana Legalization

4/1/2017 Patrick Wallace, DO

Weeding through the Effects of Marijuana Legalization Legalization of marijuana has become a heated topic in the United States as 8 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized it for recreational use

President's Message , Advocacy

Caring for All in a Divided Society

4/1/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Caring for All in a Divided Society If you're anything like me, the latest news headlines have left a part of you feeling uneasy. Whether you're conservative or liberal leaning, it seems safe to say

Toxicology , Clinical

Mad as a Hatter: Physostigmine for Delirium Control in Anticholinergic Toxicity

4/1/2017 Sean Boley, MD , Natalia Rumas, MD

Mad as a Hatter: Physostigmine for Delirium Control in Anticholinergic Toxicity A 34-year-old female with a history of bipolar disorder, depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts is brought

ACEP Representative , Leadership Reports , ACEP Member Benefits

EMRA and ACEP Working Together

4/1/2017 Nida Degesys, MD

EMRA and ACEP Working Together As the EMRA Board member representing all residents to the ACEP Board of Directors, I am frequently asked how our two organizations work together. While both EMRA and A

Editor's Forum , Editorial

Letter from the Editor

4/1/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD

Letter from the Editor And in the end, when the life went out of him and my hands could work no more, I left from that place into the night and wept — for myself, for life, for the tragedy of death’s

Match , Medical Students

Post-Match Reflections

3/31/2017 Arielle King, MSIV

Post-Match Reflections Generally when people think of emergency physicians, they think of adjectives like “laid back,” “chill,” “type-B,” and so on. Well, I definitely was not feeling like any of

Advising , Medical Students , Away Rotations , Match

The Away Game: Strategy for Audition Rotations

3/31/2017 Ross Christensen, DO

The Away Game: Strategy for Audition Rotations Everyone interested in the specialty has heard the same comment time and time again: Emergency Medicine (EM) is becoming more competitive every year. Wh

Critical Care , Ultrasound , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Out-of-Hospital and in-ED Cardiac Arrests

3/27/2017 Yanika Wolfe, MD

Critical Care Alert: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Out-of-Hospital and in-ED Cardiac Arrests A 57-year-old male with unknown past medical history becomes unresponsive as witnessed by bystanders. He is

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Time to Join the War Against High Drug Prices

3/6/2017 Demetrio An Munoz, MD

Health Policy Journal Club: Time to Join the War Against High Drug Prices Physicians can take steps to limit the pharmaceutical industry's ability to price-gouge The cost of prescription drugs in the