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Clinical , Critical Care

Resuscitation and the Humeral Intraosseous Line

6/13/2015 Justin Stimac, MD

Resuscitation and the Humeral Intraosseous Line A lethargic 56-year-old female with a history of end stage renal disease and intravenous drug use presents with hypoglycemia and severe hypotension. De

Clinical , Airway , Critical Care

Opinions and History on Laryngoscopy

6/13/2015 W. Tyler Winders, MD , Mike Steuerwald, MD

Opinions and History on Laryngoscopy As Kleenex ® has evolved to relate to facial tissue, video laryngoscopy (VL) has become a descriptor for any use of a laryngoscope device with a video camera on i

Match , Medical Students , MSIII , MSIV , Advising

MSIV Reflections on Matching EM (Part 2)

6/13/2015 EM Resident

MSIV Reflections on Matching EM (Part 2) What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then From the EMRA Medical Student Council Introduction Welcome back to part two of our MSC's reflections on matching, th

Editorial

Larger Aspirations: Support for Organizational Resident Involvement

6/13/2015 Saadia Akhtar, MD

Larger Aspirations: Support for Organizational Resident Involvement When program directors review applications for potential candidates for the incoming intern class, one of the aspects assessed is t

Research

Researching Barriers

6/13/2015 Paul Cheung, MD

Researching Barriers Research — An Important Skill? The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) states that a medical “curriculum must advance residents' knowledge of the basic p

Representative Council

National Movements and Local Roots

6/12/2015 Nida Degesys, MD

National Movements and Local Roots EMRA Continues to Represent its Members on the Largest Stages Hello EMRA members! It has been so exciting serving as your Vice Speaker. I joined the now 13,000+ mem

Wellness , Financial , Personal Finance

It's Never Too Early

6/12/2015 M. Shayne Ruffing, CLU, ChFC, AEP

It's Never Too Early Over the past 20 years, I have had the opportunity to work with thousands of different financial situations, encompassing many different practice and income models, as well as ma

Clinical , Critical Care , Neurology

Stroke Alert: Beyond the Non-Con

6/12/2015 Dhimitri Nikolla, DO

Stroke Alert: Beyond the Non-Con A 60-year-old female presents to the ED with altered speech and decreased responsiveness that began less than one hour ago. Outside of a resolving hypoxia, all vital

Wellness , Editor's Forum

The Pursuit

6/12/2015 Nathaniel Mann, MD

The Pursuit I wish I were perfect. At least I wish I were a perfect doctor. As a human I'm willing to accept that I make errors and sometimes fall short or make missteps in life. But, when others are

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

Building EMRA

6/12/2015 Matt Rudy, MD

Building EMRA Your Growth, Our Evolution In my seven years as an EMRA member, I have seen our association grow in size, strength, and influence. We've added not just members, but also accomplishments