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Medical Education , ACGME RC-EM

Update: The Single Accreditation System and How It Is Affecting AOA Residencies and Fellowships

1/25/2017 Ashley Guthrie, DO

Update: The Single Accreditation System and How It Is Affecting AOA Residencies and Fellowships We are 18 months into the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Accreditation Council for Grad

EMRA , Leadership Reports

An Open Letter to the EM Community

1/24/2017 EM Resident

An Open Letter to the EM Community Every day, in every hospital in America, the practice of medicine is carried out faithfully by dedicated providers intent on caring for their patients and educating

Editorial , Editor's Forum

Letter from the Editor

1/24/2017 Abby Cosgrove, MD

Letter from the Editor I couldn’t stop staring at the eerie photo I had just taken from the 7th floor of the Texas School Book Depository, peering out over the intersection of Elm and Houston. I was

President's Message , Advocacy

Use Your Voice!

1/24/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD

Use Your Voice! Hello there, EMRA! What a few months it has been! On the national level, we've had a presidential election and inauguration causing the politics in our capital to take a palpable pivo

Match , Medical Students , Program Director Interviews

Program Director Interview Series: Maria Moreira, MD | Denver Health

12/30/2016 Erin Karl, MD

Program Director Interview Series: Maria Moreira, MD | Denver Health This month, the EMRA Medical Student Council interviewed Maria Moreira, MD, Program Director at Denver Health's Emergency Medicine

Burnout , Personal

Intern Year: 6-Month Slump

12/21/2016 Andrew Pelikan, MD

Intern Year: 6-Month Slump I don't know about you all, but 6 months into intern year I found myself a little pooped. It's not the “4 a.m. on my first nightshift back—hospital coffee isn't cutting it—

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , PGY1

Critical Care Alert: Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage

12/14/2016 Yanika Wolfe, MD

Critical Care Alert: Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage A 57-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes develops a severe headache and nausea.

Clinical , Cardiology , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge

12/9/2016 Zachary S. Wilson, MD

ECG Challenge Case. A 79-year-old male with a medical history of “some heart problems” presents to the emergency department with 3 days of fatigue and shortness of breath. This ECG is obtained in tri

Critical Care , Airway

Post-Intubation Tracheal Tear Leading to Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

12/6/2016 Rotem Friede, MD , Ben Liss, MD , Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH

Post-Intubation Tracheal Tear Leading to Abdominal Compartment Syndrome A 46-year-old female with a history of asthma and anxiety presents to the emergency department (ED) with progressively worsenin

EMRA Board of Directors

New EMRA Leaders

12/2/2016 EM Resident

New EMRA Leaders Congratulations new EMRA Board Leaders! Alicia Kurtz, MD, President Chief Resident, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA president@emra.org / @aliciakurtz_md Describe your leadership style in