Ovarian Torsion in the Pediatric Population
It's the start of your afternoon community pediatrics shift and you are seeing a 7-year-old girl who started having acute RLQ pain followed by vomiting. Sh
Describing Scribes: Improving Efficiency and Satisfaction in the ED
Editor's Note: EM Resident is launching this new series, “What I Wish I Knew,” to help residents and medical students benefit from
The July Effect: Is the Emergency Department Safe?
Media outlets have been stepping up their game with increasingly captivating headlines. When we see titles like “Viagra Con Man Hit with a Stiff Sen
Ultrasound-Based Risk Stratification of Patients with Acute PE
An 85-year-old female with a history of hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents with sudden onset of dys
Helicobacter pylori: Underappreciated and Underdiagnosed
In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall, an Australian physician, ingested a petri dish known to contain Helicobacter pylori in an attempt to help prove h
The Level One Commitment
I'm writing this article inside a tent. Lying on my thinning mattress pad, I can occasionally feel a refreshingly cool and crisp mountain breeze seep in through my partially
Programs and Mergers: Uniting Residents
Hello, my fellow emergency medicine residents! I am your new representative to the Residency Review Committee – Emergency Medicine (RRC-EM), stepping into the
Q & A: Blazing International Trails with Dr. Haywood Hall
International medicine is an ever-growing and expanding specialty within emergency medicine and other medical fields. Amid all of the growth,
One Year Gone: Reflections on EMRA One Year Out of Residency
With this month, I have now officially been an attending emergency physician for one year. Residency graduation seems like it was just ye
A Report on Access to Health Care for Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP Patients Under the ACA
Access to health care is a key issue the U.S. government targeted for improvement through the Affordable Car