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Research , Rapid Research Review

Rapid Research Review: PPV and NPV

4/7/2016 EM Resident

Rapid Research Review: PPV and NPV An Initiative of the EMRA Research Committee Terms Positive Predictive Value (PPV): The probability that a positive test result predicts disease Negative Predictive

Editorial

Leaving our Agendas at the Door

4/7/2016 Michelle S. Mitchell, MD

Leaving our Agendas at the Door Over the past year, many of us have seen images of refugees and migrants attempting to flee countries of political unrest and move toward Western Europe. Many times, m

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Rebecca B. Parker, MD, FACEP

4/7/2016 EM Resident

Rebecca B. Parker, MD, FACEP Engage in a 5-minute conversation with ACEP President-Elect Becky Parker, and her densely packed CV will begin to make sense: Energy, connections, and clarity are hallmar

Match , Away Rotations , MSIII , MSIV

Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Away Rotations

4/7/2016 Sean Ochsenbein, MSIV , Michael Spigner, MD, EMT-CC , Dru Morgan , Adam Kellogg, MD, FACEP

Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Away Rotations Why settle for being average, when you can be the best version of yourself? Take advice from those who know how to shine on EM away rotations – because when 4 w

Clinical , Airway , Ultrasound

Confirmation of Endotracheal Intubation with Bedside US

4/7/2016 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Jennifer Beck-Esmay, MD

Confirmation of Endotracheal Intubation with Bedside US A 45-year-old female is brought into your emergency department after cardiac arrest. A quick history from her husband reveals they recently ret

Editorial

ACGME Congress on Resident Learning and Working Environment: ACEP Testimony and Position Paper

4/7/2016 Stephen Wolf, MD, FACEP

ACGME Congress on Resident Learning and Working Environment: ACEP Testimony and Position Paper (reprinted with permission) Stephen Wolf, MD, FACEP Chair, ACEP Task Force on Resident Duty Hours I woul

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Ophthalmology

Tips for Tots: Ocular Chemical Burns

4/7/2016 Charles Justin Hall, DO

Tips for Tots: Ocular Chemical Burns A 3-year-old boy presents with his frantic parents after spilling bleach in his right eye 20 minutes prior to arrival while playing in the laundry room. Parents d

Clinical , Toxicology , Wilderness Medicine

5-Step Approach to Marine Envenomations

4/7/2016 Navneet Cheema, MD , Carrie Jurkiewicz, MD

5-Step Approach to Marine Envenomations When medical toxicologist Matthew Sztajnkrycer, MD, FACEP, was a second-year resident, he answered a truly strange telemetry call. EMS had arrived on scene of

Workplace , Practice Environments

What Do Residents Need to Know?

4/5/2016 Terry E. Carlisle, PA-C , Michelle Seithel, PA-C , Chadd Kraus, DO, DrPH, MPH

What Do Residents Need to Know? Emergency departments (EDs) nationwide depend on physician assistants (PAs) to assist in seeing high volumes of patients with varying complaints and complexity. In fac

Medical Education , Fellowships , Education Fellowships

Spotlight on Medical Education Fellowships

4/5/2016 Nicholas Governatori, MD

Spotlight on Medical Education Fellowships “So, like, you want to teach?” When asked what I'm doing with the next year of my life, I often get a puzzled look. “Wait, what is medical education? Like,