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Cutting the Check: The Money Trail in the ED

6/12/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA

Cutting the Check: The Money Trail in the ED Has a patient ever asked you, “How much will this visit cost me?” Have you ever wondered the same thing? The world of billing is complicated, but it's ext

Clinical , Critical Care , OB/GYN

Thrombolytics for Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy

6/12/2015 Mohammed Alomani, MD

Thrombolytics for Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy A 32-year-old pregnant woman at 30 weeks gestation is brought to the emergency department. Earlier in the day she had a sudden onset of shortness of

Editorial

Train Tracks

4/30/2015 Briana Tully, DO, RN, LP

Train Tracks This poem is intended to bring to life the inner turmoil and conflict that so many of us live with on a daily basis, day in and day out, as we see so many patients with chronic, preventa

Wellness , Financial , Personal Finance

Radical Financial Gains

4/30/2015 M. Shayne Ruffing, CLU, ChFC, AEP

Radical Financial Gains Disability Insurance, Retirement Planning, and Refinancing Student Loans April and May often lead to discussion regarding the subject of transition. Whether upgrading PGY stat

Clinical , Critical Care , Cardiology

Early Cardiac Catheterization and PCI in Cardiac Arrest with ROSC

4/30/2015 Joshua Davis, MD

Early Cardiac Catheterization and PCI in Cardiac Arrest with ROSC We all know early recognition and early CPR is important for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients; however, what is the optimal ca

Editor's Forum , Editorial

Man vs Machine

4/30/2015 Nathaniel Mann, MD

Man vs Machine Computer screens burn my eyes. But patients expectantly staring at me from a distance while I interact with a machine is even more uncomfortable. Entering medicine, I envisioned spendi

Clinical , Toxicology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

ED Management of Calcium-Channel Blocker, Beta Blocker, and Digoxin Toxicity

4/30/2015 EM Resident

ED Management of Calcium-Channel Blocker, Beta Blocker, and Digoxin Toxicity From the February 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “EMP – Emergency Department Management of Calcium-Channel Blo

Clinical , EMS , Prehospital Care

The Case for Prehospital and ED Use of Tourniquets

4/30/2015 Joshua Bucher, MD

The Case for Prehospital and ED Use of Tourniquets A 27-year-old male is brought in by ambulance after experiencing a gunshot wound to the mid right thigh. At the time of his arrival with EMS, he is

Medical Education , Critical Care

On Track: Creating the Critical Care Track in Your EM Residency

4/30/2015 Jenelle Holst, MD

On Track: Creating the Critical Care Track in Your EM Residency With these examples and suggestions, you can help prepare or improve your own residency's critical care track. Care of the critically

Events & Activities , SAEM Academic Assembly , Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Spring Meeting Preview

4/30/2015 Anant Patel, DO

Spring Meeting Preview One of the strengths and one of the challenges of EMRA will always be its changing membership. Senior residents will soon be graduating and becoming attending physicians and a