Advice for EM Applicants: Planning Your Fourth-Year Schedule
EM rotations: When, where, and how many? For third-year medical students planning to specialize in emergency medicine, preparing a fourth
Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
From the January 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: An Evidence-Based Approach To Treatment.”
Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department
From the January 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “An Evidence-Based Approach To The Emergency Department Management of Acute Urinary Ret
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THE CASES Case 1. The Patient A 15-year-old female presents to the ED for the fourth time in three weeks because of low-grade fever, malaise, and chest pain. Over the past day she developed a
Subspecialty Training in Clinical Informatics
Clinical informatics is a new medical subspecialty that focuses on medical data, clinical processes, and computational systems applied to the practice of
Wilderness Medicine Races
“On your mark, get set, go!” My five teammates and I charge up the snow-blanketed hill, venturing into the dense timber of the state park. Armed with our essential survival
Unconventional Embolisms
Case. A 26-year-old female presents to your ED with four days of fever, shortness of breath (SOB), cough, and substernal chest pain. In two previous visits over the same tim
A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know
The world of EMS represents a mosaic of different systems and practices that share a common goal. If the emergency department had a mo
The Why, and the What's Next
I'm on the four-year plan. Four years of high school was followed by four years of college. This was followed by four years of medical school, and then four years of resi
Sounding the Bowel
Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Small-Bowel Obstruction Case 1. A 72-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the ED with two days of vomiting and severe abdominal