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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

Clinical , Ultrasound

Discovering the Artifact

4/30/2015 Michael Schick, DO, MA

Discovering the Artifact Reading Between the Lines in Point-of-Care Ultrasound Mastering point-of-care ultrasound image interpretation takes not only knowledge of anatomy and pathology, but also know

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children

4/30/2015 EM Resident

Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children From the February 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “PEMP – Emergency Department Management of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Chil

Fellowships , Critical Care

Pathways to Critical Care Fellowship Training (Panel Discussion, ACEP14)

4/30/2015 EM Resident

Pathways to Critical Care Fellowship Training (Panel Discussion, ACEP14) The Fellows' Perspective Ann Tsung, MD. Ann is from the University of Florida and has matched at Washington University in St.

Clinical , Infectious Disease , Critical Care , Neurology

The Masquerading HSV Infection

4/30/2015 Sajid Khan, MD , Maryam Arshad, MD

The Masquerading HSV Infection Case Presentation Your next patient is a 36-year-old female with fever, body aches, and headache. She has been ill for four days with a temperature of 101 °F at home. S

Health Policy , Leadership and Advocacy Conference , Events & Activities

2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit

4/30/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA

2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit On the Health Policy Horizon The first day of spring has passed, and that means the 2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leade

Visual Diagnosis , Ophthalmology

Anisocoria

4/30/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD

Anisocoria CASES Case 1. The Patient A 61-year-old female complains of sudden onset right eye pain, headache, blurred vision, and vomiting 2 hours prior to coming to the ED. Physical examination reve

Advocacy , Health Policy

A Call to Advocacy

4/30/2015 Joshua Enyart, DO

A Call to Advocacy As my shift is about to start, I look at the board to see what's new and what may be signed out. There's a drunk patient in bed 5, a psychotic patient in 19 in restraints, over in

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Trauma

The Pediatric Burn Patient: A Simplified Approach

4/30/2015 Megan Cobb, MD, DPT

The Pediatric Burn Patient: A Simplified Approach Burns are a fairly common occurrence among the pediatric population. While most burns are limited and require only localized wound care and outpatien