Browsing: Topics

6monthslump-banner.jpg
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-Alert_header-1.jpg
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.
ECG.jpg
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
endotracheal-tube.png
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
New-Board-Solnick.jpg
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
ACEP1.jpg
ACEP Scientific Assembly

ACEP16: A Sure Bet for Progress

12/2/2016 EM Resident
ACEP16: A Sure Bet for Progress With EMRA events spanning more than a week in Las Vegas, progress surged on multiple fronts. Resolutions & Elections The Representative Council discussed, debated — an
Awards9-CORD.jpg
Awards , Award Winners

Congratulations Award Recipients!

12/2/2016 EM Resident
Congratulations Award Recipients! ACEP16 Travel Scholarships: Abena Obenewaa Akomeah, MD; Jerome Rogich; Michelle Lynch   Clinical Excellence Award (presented by program director Salvatore Silvestri,
105992137.jpg
Medical Education , Fellow , Alumni

Pimping 101: Maximizing Medical Student Teaching on Shift

12/1/2016 Sara Paradise Dimeo, MD
Pimping 101: Maximizing Medical Student Teaching on Shift We've all been there........you wake up late, arriving to your shift just in the nick of time. You log on to the computer and notice the wait
Samuel-Beckett-Bridge.jpg
Editorial , Burnout

Letter from the Editor

12/1/2016 Abby Cosgrove, MD
Letter from the Editor Some days I feel like quitting. I always imagine it happening in the same way. It will be the end of an exhausting 12-hour overnight shift. I will have just been yelled at by a
RapidResearch.png
Research

Rapid Research Review: Study Types

12/1/2016 EM Resident
Rapid Research Review: Study Types Case-Control (“What happened?”) Compares a group with a disease to a group without disease.  This study can calculate an odds ratio. Advantages: many exposures can