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Clinical , Critical Care , Sepsis

The Enlightened Era of Sepsis Management

1/7/2015 Melvin Ku, MD , Matthew Sarsfield, MD

The Enlightened Era of Sepsis Management Since the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SCC) Guidelines came out in early 2013,1 literature on sepsis management has expanded with not only the ProCESS trial,2 b

Health Policy

Mandatory Quarantines of Health Workers

1/7/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA

Mandatory Quarantines of Health Workers Responding to public fears regarding Ebola transmission, governors in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, California, and Maine have

EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

EMRA at 40: Leaders in the Field

1/6/2015 Matt Rudy, MD

EMRA at 40: Leaders in the Field EMRA celebrated its 40th anniversary during ACEP14 in Chicago this October, and we were fortunate to welcome one of our founders, Joe Waeckerle, MD, to participate in

Representative Council

Representative Council Highlights

1/6/2015 Anant Patel, DO

Representative Council Highlights During my intern year, I was offered the chance to become our EMRA program representative. As I attended the EMRA Representative Council Meeting later that year and

Medical Students , Match , ERAS & Residency Application

Diagnosing the Match: Trends in the Applicant Selection Process

12/2/2014 Zach Jarou, MD , Adam Kellogg, MD, FACEP

Diagnosing the Match: Trends in the Applicant Selection Process Diagnosis -- “to know between.” It's something we do daily as medical care providers, especially in the emergency department as we are

EMPower

Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD

11/1/2014 EM Resident

Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD Emergency physician, attorney, and Washington State Senator Dr. Nathan Schlicher explains how EMRA helped hone his impressive career and empowered

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Trauma , Blunt , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

An Evidence-Based Approach to Blunt Chest Trauma in Children

10/22/2014 EM Resident

An Evidence-Based Approach to Blunt Chest Trauma in Children From the November 2013 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Emergency Management Of Blunt Chest Trauma In Children: An Evidenc

Clinical , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

An Evidence-Based Approach to Acute Aortic Syndromes

10/22/2014 EM Resident

An Evidence-Based Approach to Acute Aortic Syndromes From the December 2013 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “An Evidence-Based Approach To Acute Aortic Syndromes.” Reprinted with permission. T

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Which is Which?

10/21/2014 Tracey Hong, MSII , R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Rebecca Kasl, MSIV , Lawrence Stack, MD

Which is Which? THE CASE The Patients The images provided come from two different patients who presented to the ED with non-ocular complaints, but the ocular findings seen in the clinical photographs

Clinical , Infectious Disease

Small Bugs with Big Bites: North American Tick-Borne Diseases

10/20/2014 EM Resident

Small Bugs with Big Bites: North American Tick-Borne Diseases James Hall, MD, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO Sajid Khan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine,