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Editor's Forum , Editorial

The Common Vernacular

10/15/2014 Nathaniel Mann, MD
The Common Vernacular “Dude, he talked to me today!” I couldn't help but express my joy in what seemed to be a milestone achievement for our struggling 5-year-old ICU patient. For weeks he had been b
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Health Policy

The Roll-Out of Health Insurance Exchanges: From Disaster to Success

10/15/2014 Sarah Hoper, MD, JD, FACEP
The Roll-Out of Health Insurance Exchanges: From Disaster to Success On October 1, 2013 U.S. health insurance exchanges opened to enrollees. Individuals were eligible to use the exchanges if they wer
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Clinical , Infectious Disease , Gastroenterology

Shaking Down Shigella

10/15/2014 EM Resident
Shaking Down Shigella Brian C. Phillips, MD, Resident Physician, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN As few as 10-200 organisms may be sufficient to develop an infecti
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Clinical , Toxicology , Toxins

Dangerous Elements: The Story of Lead and its Toxic Effects

10/15/2014 John Morrison, MD , Elizabeth Gorbe, MD
Dangerous Elements: The Story of Lead and its Toxic Effects A brief history In the roaring twenties, New York City was known to have the United States' premier forensic toxicology lab. Appointed in 1
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EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

Value of Service: Giving Your Time

10/15/2014 Jordan Celeste, MD
Value of Service: Giving Your Time As I approach the end of my year as EMRA president, I think it's natural to get a bit sentimental. And while yes, I do have one year remaining as immediate past-pre
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EMRA , Leadership Reports , President's Message

Accelerating Toward the Future: New Directions for 2015

10/15/2014 Matt Rudy, MD
Accelerating Toward the Future: New Directions for 2015 I am humbled and thrilled to begin my year of service as your incoming EMRA president. As you may know, I have been involved with EMRA for year
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EMIG , MSIV , Med Student , Medical Students , Editorial

Choosing EM: The Value of Supporting Student Interest Groups

10/15/2014 EM Resident
Choosing EM: The Value of Supporting Student Interest Groups Joshua Feblowitz, MS, MSIV, Former EMIG President, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA The contributions of emergency medicine residents an
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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medications , Toxicology

Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses

10/15/2014 Jason Chu, MD , Danish Malik, MD
Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses Part 1. Single-Pill Killers Introduction In this issue of EM Resident we present Part One in a two-part series on tox
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Clinical , Urology , Ultrasound

In a Twist: Testicular Torsion

10/15/2014 EM Resident
In a Twist: Testicular Torsion Dhimitri Nikolla, MSIV, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA Tyler Lewandowski, DO, Resident Physician Emergency Medicine, UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA Introduct
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Clinical , Critical Care , Neurology

Brain Storm: Treating Acute Stroke and its Mimics

10/15/2014 EM Resident
Brain Storm: Treating Acute Stroke and its Mimics Faye T. Pedersen, MSIV, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL Mohammad M. Qureshi, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurolog