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Editorial , Practice Environments

The July Effect: Is the Emergency Department Safe?

8/4/2015 Joshua Davis, MD , Benjamin Wurst

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

Clinical , Ultrasound , Cardiology

Ultrasound-Based Risk Stratification of Patients with Acute PE

8/4/2015 Sharmin Kalam, MD , Mark Favot, MD

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

Clinical , Gastroenterology

Helicobacter pylori: Underappreciated and Underdiagnosed

8/3/2015 W. Tyler Winders, MD

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

Editor's Forum , Editorial , Wellness

The Level One Commitment

8/1/2015 Nathaniel Mann, MD

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

Leadership Reports , ACGME RC-EM

Programs and Mergers: Uniting Residents

8/1/2015 Leonard Stallings, MD

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

Career Planning , Practice Environments , International

Q & A: Blazing International Trails with Dr. Haywood Hall

8/1/2015 Joseph Reardon, MD

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,

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

One Year Gone: Reflections on EMRA One Year Out of Residency

8/1/2015 Matt Rudy, MD

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

Health Policy , Advocacy , Affordable Care Act

A Report on Access to Health Care for Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP Patients Under the ACA

8/1/2015 Kristen Cadden Swann, MD

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

Health Policy , Events & Activities , Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Wrap-up: ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference

8/1/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA , E. Page Bridges, MD

Wrap-up: ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference This year's iteration of the ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit (LAC) took place May 3-6 and was exceptional. For many in emergen

Med Student , Medical Education

Making the Most of Patient Presentations

7/9/2015 Michael Yip, MD , Aditi Mitra, MD

Making the Most of Patient Presentations EMRA and CDEM this week launched "Patient Presentations in Emergency Medicine," a new training video for medical students. Demonstrating how to tell a compell