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Editor's Forum , Editorial

The Why, and the What's Next

2/14/2015 Nathaniel Mann, MD

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

Clinical , EMS , Prehospital Care

A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know

2/14/2015 Michael Spigner, MD, EMT-CC

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

Clinical , Ultrasound

Sounding the Bowel

2/14/2015 Tomislav Jelic, MD , David Kirschner, MD

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

Editorial , Wellness , Workplace , Personal

One Shift

2/14/2015 Samuel Zidovetzki, MD

One Shift There is something unique about being an emergency physician. There are a few other specialties who also see large breadths of pathology and some undifferentiated patients, but probably no

Editorial , Medical Education , Advising

Cost-Effective Equality & Residency

2/14/2015 Anonymous

Cost-Effective Equality & Residency The reason certain residencies have a robust global health or research program and others have mediocre ones is not that the opportunities don't exist — it's the d

Clinical , Trauma , Neurology

A Review of Basilar Skull Fractures

2/14/2015 Sajid Khan, MD , Katie Thompson, DO

A Review of Basilar Skull Fractures Case A 57-year-old intoxicated female presents after a fall from standing height. She denies any headache, vision changes, loss of consciousness, or neck pain, and

Clinical , Airway , Pediatric EM

Foreign-Body Aspiration: A Pediatric Airway Emergency

2/14/2015 Molly Wormley, MD

Foreign-Body Aspiration: A Pediatric Airway Emergency Foreign-body aspirations are potential life-threatening emergencies and are the leading causes of unintentional injury in children less than one

Research

The NNT: Reclaiming the Negative Space

2/14/2015 Timothy E. Snow, MD

The NNT: Reclaiming the Negative Space Taking into account the negative space, we have a more complete picture of the positive and negative effects of treatment and can make more informed decisions w

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

The Future of EMRA

2/14/2015 Matt Rudy, MD

The Future of EMRA “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Both baseball legend Yogi Berra and Nobel laureate Neils Bohr are credited with versions of this saying. Regardless of

Clinical , Toxicology

Uncomfortably Numb: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Treatment

2/14/2015 Ryan Surmaitis, DO

Uncomfortably Numb: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Treatment Case Scenario You are in the middle of a busy shift when you receive a pre-hospital call that EMS is 15 minutes out with an active