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Affordable Care Act , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Policy Journal Club

ACA Increased Emergency Department Use

5/6/2017 Eric Maughan, MD

ACA Increased Emergency Department Use Increasing access to insurance alone does not lead to a decrease in ED visits As the Affordable Care Act was being implemented, many politicians and health po

Interviewing , Match , Advising , Med Student

EMRA Medical Students: Senior Interviews

4/28/2017 Morgan Bobb

EMRA Medical Students: Senior Interviews After another successful application cycle, we sat down with some of the outgoing EMRA Medical Student Council seniors to find out a bit more about their over

Cardiology

High Performance CPR: Leading the Way to Better Outcomes

4/28/2017 Ryan Joseph, DO, DTM&H , Lee Wood, DO

High Performance CPR: Leading the Way to Better Outcomes The heart is an incredible organ. The average American's heart will beat nearly 2.5 billion times over the course of a lifetime.1 But eventual

Clinical , Cardiology , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge - April 2017

4/12/2017

ECG Challenge - April 2017 Case. A middle-aged male with unknown medical history is brought to the emergency department after being found outside on the streets of New York City in February smelling

Awards , Award Winners

Round of Applause for Our 2017 Spring Awards Recipients!

4/11/2017 EM Resident

Round of Applause for Our 2017 Spring Awards Recipients! Please join EMRA in congratulating our 2017 Spring Awards recipients. Your contributions are already making a difference to the specialty! Spe

Pain Management , Critical Care

Pain Management in Vaso-occlusive Sickle Cell Crisis

4/11/2017 Amani Mahdi, MD, MBBS

Pain Management in Vaso-occlusive Sickle Cell Crisis Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common genetic blood disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 100,000 persons.1 Vaso-occlusive

Orthopedics , Sports Medicine

Boxer's Break: Metacarpal Fractures

4/11/2017 R. Ian Ross, MD , Ibbad Yousuf , Albert Leung, MD

Boxer's Break: Metacarpal Fractures A 21-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with pain and swelling in his left hand several hours after an injury that occurred while playing foot

Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Access to Specialists Worse with Medicaid

4/5/2017 Vidya Eswaran, MD

Health Policy Journal Club: Access to Specialists Worse with Medicaid Orthopedic appointment availability 5 times higher for uninsured than for Medicaid Increase outpatient services and thereby decre

Consults , Neurology , Consult Corner

Consult Corner Neurosurgery

4/2/2017 Colin Przybylowski, MD

Consult Corner Neurosurgery When you have a patient with a neurosurgical emergency, time is precious. Colin Przybylowski, MD, of the Barrow Neurological Institute offers insight on how to present an

Neurology

When The Room Is Spinning: Can't-Miss Diagnoses in the Dizzy Patient

4/2/2017 Jeremy Branzetti, MD , David Murphy, MD

When The Room Is Spinning: Can't-Miss Diagnoses in the Dizzy Patient A 34-year-old previously healthy female presents with abrupt onset right-sided headache, vertigo, and vomiting associated with di